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[Kristina Anderson]

Tim -- thanks -- 

I am 99% sure that it's not my code that's the issue...I will look into 
the below first thing in the morning.  If it comes down to it, we can 
port the site to a new server if we can't make it work in this 
environment.

-- Kristina

> mail() used to work fine on windows (under IIS, anyway) last time I 
had 
> to deal with it (years ago).
> 
> My suggestion:
>     - Get an SMTP server hostname at your hosting provider
>     - Use a better mail-sending system, like swiftmailer: 
> http://www.swiftmailer.org/ (I think you can still get a reasonably 
> up-to-date version that will work w. php4)
>     - Send mail by having PHP talk directly to a dedicated SMTP box. 
> 
> This is almost always the right answer.
> 
> -Tim
> 
> Kristina Anderson wrote:
> > Thanks David,
> >
> > I found the following...is it worth trying to modify the ini file 
or 
> > should I start trying to use the Zend mail function and/or Outlook?
> >
> > //==
> >
> > Runtime Configuration
> >
> > The behavior of the mail functions is affected by settings in the 
> > php.ini file.
> >
> >
> > Mail configuration options:
> >
> > Name Default Description Changeable 
> > SMTP "localhost" Windows only: The DNS name or IP address of the 
SMTP 
> > server PHP_INI_ALL 
> > smtp_port "25" Windows only: The SMTP port number. Available since 
PHP 
> > 4.3 PHP_INI_ALL 
> > sendmail_from NULL Windows only: Specifies the "from" address to be 
> > used in email sent from PHP PHP_INI_ALL 
> >
> > //==
> >
> > BTW the client's environment is a hosted server and I will 
investigate 
> > the options available if we determine that this turkey won't fly as 
> > configured. I wasn't anticipating having to install anything and 
not 
> > sure whether that is an option.
> >
> > --Kristina
> >
> >
> >   
> >> Kristina Anderson wrote:
> >>     
> >>> Hi everyone --
> >>>
> >>> My current client's app is a PHP 4 site running on a Windows box 
> >>>       
> > (don't 
> >   
> >>> ask...I have no idea why).
> >>>       
> >> Because it is a stable setup and typically outperforms a LAMPP 
stack. 
> >>     
> > I use 
> >   
> >> this since day one and even before my PHP time for both 
development 
> >>     
> > and 
> >   
> >> production use.
> >>
> >>     
> >>> I'm trying to use the mail() function and 
> >>> the mail isn't cooperating.  
> >>>
> >>> (Two things that I noticed in phpinfo() are that Internal 
Sendmail 
> >>> Support for Windows is enabled and the Zend engine is installed.
> >>>       
> >> I never got the mail() function to work right on Windows. There 
are 
> >>     
> > tools 
> >   
> >> around. I did try once the Unix Utilities from Luckasoft (get them 
> >>     
> > here: 
> >   
> >> http://luckasoft.com/download/UUtils_setup.exe). It is a freeware 
> >>     
> > package for 
> >   
> >> Windows that mimics sendmail. It has a GUI configuration program 
and 
> >>     
> > accepts 
> >   
> >> the same shell command format as known from Unix. But since this 
is a 
> >>     
> > client's 
> >   
> >> box installing extra stuff is probably the least desireable 
approach.
> >>
> >>     
> >>> So maybe I could/should be using another method to send the 
mails, 
> >>>       
> > or 
> >   
> >>> there is a trick that I'm not aware of that I need to use to get 
> >>>       
> > this 
> >   
> >>> to work?)
> >>>       
> >> Well, there are other means. You may even google for the CLI of 
> >>     
> > Outlook 
> >   
> >> assuming it is setup and configured right.
> >>
> >>     
> >>> It's not necessarily super high volume but we will be sending a 
> >>> significant amount of automated emails to registered people on 
the 
> >>>       
> > site.
> >   
> >>> Thanks for any help...
> >>>       
> >> Well, I guess once it works volume becomes a concern only when you 
> >>     
> > send a lot 
> >   
> >> of messages.
> >>
> >> Sorry, I'm not excessively useful here.
> >>
> >> David
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