On Tue, 2010-04-13 at 08:59 -0400, Alice Wei wrote: > > Subject: RE: Mail Function Problem > From: ash@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To: ajwei@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > CC: kdk@xxxxxxxxxx; a.bovanenko@xxxxxxxxx; php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2010 13:19:15 +0100 > > > > > > > > > > > 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. > > Something like http://www.hmailserver.com/? I use AT&T, why is it that I use their SMTP server and my From address in PHP.ini file didn't work? > > Thanks. > > Alice > > > > > > > Thanks,sh > > http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > 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 That looks to do what you need. I don't really know of any specific other examples as it's been a while since I've used Windows for anything now. The link you gave did say it was free though, so you don't really have anything to lose by installing it. Thanks, Ash http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk
