how do i use the mail function using a personal web server

 
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PostPosted: Mon Sep 02, 2002 12:40 pm    Post subject: how do i use the mail function using a personal web server Reply with quote

i need to be able to use the mail function to test a PHP script but i dont know how to. i have downloaded sendmail for windows from www.indigostar.com/sendmail.htm and i still dont knwo how to set all this up? can i use my ISP's smtp server instead?
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PostPosted: Mon Sep 02, 2002 3:15 pm    Post subject: Re: how do i use the mail function using a personal web serv Reply with quote

whackaxe wrote:
i need to be able to use the mail function to test a PHP script but i dont know how to. i have downloaded sendmail for windows from www.indigostar.com/sendmail.htm and i still dont knwo how to set all this up? can i use my ISP's smtp server instead?

You can use your ISP's SMTP server directly without installing Sendmail. For that, just change the SMTP variable in php.ini to point to the server you use to send mails in your email clients (Outlook or others).
More information can be found in http://www.aprelium.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=114 and http://php.weblogs.com/stories/storyReader$67
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