Hi Richard, The problem is that if I am using any open source software or any other pre-built software then I will not be able to manage through ini_set. Also http://www.softstack.com/freesmtp.html which vikash mentioned works through outlook settings. Anyways the below will help- http://php.net/manual/en/ref.mail.php http://glob.com.au/sendmail/ Thanks, Gaurav Kumar blog.oswebstudio.com On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 6:21 PM, Richard Quadling <rquadling@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote: > 2010/1/15 <vikash.iitb@xxxxxxxxx>: > > You can install any smtp server on your windows machine and the mail() > will > > work with default settings. You can check this out: > > http://www.softstack.com/freesmtp.html > > > > Thanks, > > > > Vikash Kumar > > http://vika.sh > > > > > > On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 5:30 PM, Gaurav Kumar > > <kumargauravjukebox@xxxxxxxxx>wrote: > > > >> Sorry Kim, don't want to use phpmailer script or manually setting user > >> accounts u/p in the script. > >> > >> > >> > >> On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 5:23 PM, Kim Madsen <php.net@xxxxxxx> wrote: > >> > >> > Hi Gaurav > >> > > >> > Gaurav Kumar wrote on 15/01/2010 09:54: > >> > > >> > > >> > NO SMTP > >> >> > >> >> Any trusted SMTP software to install on local development machine and > >> how > >> >> to > >> >> set it up with php to send an email? > >> >> > >> >> Also just providing the SMTP server details in php.ini will not work > for > >> >> me > >> >> as this requires authentication/credentials etc.. > >> >> > >> > > >> > Get PHPmailer and make a gmail account that you connect to and mail > >> > through. > >> > > >> > -- > >> > Kind regards > >> > Kim Emax - masterminds.dk > >> > > >> > > > > You only need a local SMTP server if you want to hold and relay mail. > > If you want to send mail directly to the recipients SMTP server you > can do that with standard PHP. > > getmxrr() is your friend here. > > You provide it with the domain of the recipient and you get back the > SMTP server(s) associated with that domain. > > Now, you can send the message to THEIR smtp server ... > > ini_set('SMTP', xxxx); > > where xxxx is one of the servers returned from getmxrr(). > > No authentication required. > > > > > -- > ----- > Richard Quadling > "Standing on the shoulders of some very clever giants!" > EE : http://www.experts-exchange.com/M_248814.html > Zend Certified Engineer : http://zend.com/zce.php?c=ZEND002498&r=213474731 > ZOPA : http://uk.zopa.com/member/RQuadling >
