Change the ini_set line to this:
$result = ini_set("SMTP", "smtp.earthlink.net");
-Micah
On Sat, 2003-01-18 at 14:18, Tony S.Wu wrote:
> EarthLink is my DSL ISP, so its smtp server is not likely to block my
> mail.
> Besides, I can send email with my mail program just fine.
> I tried the similar thing on a friend's smtp server where I have access
> to the log, weird thing is I didn't even see PHP trying to access the
> smtp server.
> I need to figure out why it's not working fast...
> Thanks to your help.
>
> Tony S. Wu
> tony@universalmac.com
>
> "It takes a smart man to be stupid." ~Tony
>
>
> On Saturday, January 18, 2003, at 01:47 PM, Micah Stevens wrote:
>
> > The mail() function returns true if it functions, i.e. if you have all
> > the parameters correct, and that sort of thing. If the SMTP server
> > rejects the email, you'll still get true returned. I ran into this a
> > while back. Try and do a manual connection to the SMTP server from your
> > PHP machine and see if it works that way. It may be failing and you
> > don't know. If you have access to the mail logs, check those out too.
> >
> > -Micah
> >
> >
> > On Sat, 2003-01-18 at 12:48, Tony S.Wu wrote:
> >
> >> I need to send myself an email in one of my PHP page.
> >> So i wrote the following code:
> >>
> >> $result = ini_set(SMTP, "smtp.earthlink.net");
> >>
> >> if ($result)
> >> {
> >> echo ini_get(SMTP);
> >> $result = mail("tonyswu@earthlink.net", "test", "test123");
> >>
> >> if ($result)
> >> echo "mail sent";
> >> }
> >>
> >> It always print "mail sent", but I never got the email.
> >> So I was wondering if Mail() request any send mail program to work.
> >> Can anyone tell me?
> >> Thanks.
> >>
> >> Tony S. Wu
> >
> > tonyswu@mac.com
> >
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