2009/1/14 Thodoris <tgol@xxxxxxxxxx>: > >> hi php lovers, >> >> I have a debian lamp stack and I want to use php to send a form to my >> email server > > Do you mean that you need to send a mail directly from a web form? > > If that is the case check this out: > > http://www.w3schools.com/tags/tryit.asp?filename=tryhtml_form_mail > > Doesn't even need php. But it does require the user to have an email client set up which is not necessarily the case. >> that is on the same network. Someone suggested to me why don't i use >> php.ini mail function. >> But it says in the php.ini file for win 32 only. > > What did you find in php.ini that works only for windowz? The SMTP host only works on Windows. >> Does anyone know how I can get php to direct my forms request across the >> network >> to the email server? > > I am not sure what you mean by that... They mean not using sendmail but instead talking SMTP with a remote mail server. I believe PHPMailer supports this - check it out... http://phpmailer.codeworxtech.com/ -Stuart -- http://stut.net/ -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php