Hi Ray, we tested it with telnet and it seems that it works... but my mail client does not receive it. :-( php mail function just tells me that email can not be delivered. here is the function: > if (mail($to, $subject, $body)) > { > echo("<p>Message successfully sent!</p>"); > } > else > { > echo("<p>Message delivery failed...</p>"); > } > and it returns false... so message delivery failed. and i use on the same local PC so no ISP. server is used. Al. I'm curious what's the error you get when you use the "mail" function? > > Also, if you have SMTP running on port 25 you should be able to "telnet > localhost 25" and run some SMTP commands (EHLO, etc). > > Beware as well that some ISPs block port 25 so you may need to use their > SMPT > server instead of yours, if you can telnet your SMTP server but not send > emails, > then you either: > 1 - Need to authenticate yourself against your SMTP server, or > 2 - You have port 25 blocked, and need to use your ISP's server, or an > external > SMTP server that you can talk to on a port other than 25. > > Regards, > > Rob > > > Andrés Robinet | Lead Developer | BESTPLACE CORPORATION > 5100 Bayview Drive 206, Royal Lauderdale Landings, Fort Lauderdale, FL > 33308 | > TEL 954-607-4207 | FAX 954-337-2695 | > Email: info@xxxxxxxxxxxxx | MSN Chat: best@xxxxxxxxxxxxx | SKYPE: > bestplace | > Web: bestplace.biz | Web: seo-diy.com > > > > -- Alain ------------------------------------ Windows XP SP2 PostgreSQL 8.2.4 / MS SQL server 2005 Apache 2.2.4 PHP 5.2.4 C# 2005-2008