On Mon, 2010-04-12 at 12:25 -0400, Alice Wei wrote: > > > > > > > Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2010 11:09:42 -0500 > > From: kdk@xxxxxxxxxx > > To: ajwei@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > CC: a.bovanenko@xxxxxxxxx; php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Subject: Re: Mail Function Problem > > > > Alice Wei wrote: > > >> Hi! > > >> You have the following php.ini params:SMTP = smtp.live.com > > >> > > >> smtp_port = 587 > > >> live.com not support relay and it requires authentication. > > > > > > Is there an email account that I could try? I thought > > > most email accounts requires authentication anyway. > > > > Well, "therein lies the rub," as the Bard said (maybe). > > PHP's mail() was built on a general assumption that > > there would be a local SMTP server. It supports remote > > SMTP, but I'm not aware of any ability to do SMTP auth, > > even in the PEAR packages. > > > > You might just wanna read up on mail in general. The > > php.net/mail page lists several relevant RFC's, and > > has links to most of the PEAR mail classes, etc. > > > > You should definitely read up on live.com's email > > configuration. If they use SMTP auth, I'm not sure > > you can do this (per above). If it uses, say, "POP > > before SMTP" for authorization, you might be able to > > hack something together with the PHP IMAP functions, or > > even sockets, but you're getting into a big lotta work > > for what seems a small thing. > > > > This is what I am talking about. > Two years ago when I first set up my own server with Linux and not Windows, I never had to deal with this. > Perhaps the authentication has since then got stricter, but it should not be so much of a heck of a deal. > > I found this doc from ATT's website, http://helpme.att.net/pdf/uverse/uverse_hsi_qsg_english.pdf, so obviously the smtp server I provided earlier is probably not up to date. > > I think I will fiddle around with the php.ini file and see what else is there. > Thanks. > > Alice > > _________________________________________________________________ > Hotmail has tools for the New Busy. Search, chat and e-mail from your inbox. > http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?ocid=PID28326::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WM_HMP:042010_1 Linux installations come with sendmail which allows you to send email directly. Windows doesn't have this as part of the base setup, but I believe if you can install a local mail server then this should fix the issue. Thanks, Ash http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk
