WampServer

I have a working html page that has a form and action=php and it all works
(including an email sent as desired)
(all on http server)

BUT

I then put the whole thing onto my local computer, running under WAMP
and although the site works
and the php works
I cannot test the mail portion because I get this error:

Warning: mail() [function.mail]: Failed to connect to mailserver at "localhost" port 25, verify your "SMTP" and "smtp_port" setting in php.ini or use ini_set() in C:\wamp\www\STSInfo\html\STSMail.php on line 202

I have no idea how to edit my PHP or html to fix this
(while working on my local host)

wamp does not come with an smtp server so you you can not send emails.

Then can you explain how to test on WAMP server using PHP mail ( )?

Open the DOS prompt icon in Windows by selecting "Start," and in the provided search box type: Command Prompt From the list of programs, click "Command Prompt."

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Type one of the following commands: ping smtp.mysite.com ping mail.mysite.com
Locate the name of your SMTP address in the response, which displays immediately after the word "Pinging," and write it down for future reference.

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Open up Outlook Express and click “Tools," "Account Settings" and then the E-Mail tab.

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Double-click the email account for which you need the SMTP information.

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View the Server Information, which lists the "Outgoing mail server (SMTP)."

Ankur,

In order to test your code using mail() without making any changes, or rather just changing the mail servers name/address, you will have to install a mail server on your system.

Windows system do not come with a mail server like lots of *nix systems.

There are a few out there, but most only allow you to send a few ( like 10 ) emails per day on the free software.

I use hMailserver.com which works well for me. Its not a straight forward process though I am afraid.
The software is good, not limits that I have found, but unless you are familiar with mail servers it will take some reading of the documentation to get it working nicely.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/28/2013 11:16AM by RiggsFolly.