I keep getting this error when I try to send an e-mail in PHP:
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\dressoholic\register.php on line 50
my php.ini looks like this:
[mail function]
; For Win32 only.
; http://php.net/smtp
SMTP = localhost
; http://php.net/smtp-port
smtp_port = 25
; For Win32 only.
; http://php.net/sendmail-from
sendmail_from = you#yoursite.com
I'm using my laptop as a server.. What am I doing wrong? Thanks.
You need to be running a mail server locally.
If this is Unix, enable sendmail
If this is Windows install the Simple Mail Transfer Server (not sure if the name is correct) component of IIs. E.g. for windows 2003 follow this: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/8b83ac7t.aspx
For sending mails using php mail function is used.
But mail function requires SMTP server for sending emails.
we need to mention SMTP host and SMTP port in php.ini file.
Upon successful configuration of SMTP server mails will be sent successfully sent through php scripts.
On windows, nearly all AMPP (Apache,MySQL,PHP,PHPmyAdmin) packages don't include a mail server (but nearly all naked linuxes do have!). So, when using PHP under windows, you need to setup a mail server!
Imo the best and most simple tool ist this: http://smtp4dev.codeplex.com/
SMTP4Dev is a simple one-file mail server tool that does collect the mails it send (so it does not really sends mail, it just keeps them for development). Perfect tool.
If you are running your application just on localhost and it is not yet live, I believe it is very difficult to send mail using this.
Once you put your application online, I believe that this problem should be automatically solved. But i think ini_set() helps you to change the values in php.ini during run time.
First of all, you aren't forced to use an SMTP on your localhost, if you change that localhost entry into the DNS name of the MTA from your ISP provider (who will let you relay mail) it will work right away, so no messing about with your own email service. Just try to use your providers SMTP servers, it will work right away.
PHP mail function can send email in 2 scenarios:
a. Try to send email via unix sendmail program
At linux it will exec program "sendmail", put all params to sendmail and that all.
OR
b. Connect to mail server (using smtp protocol and host/port/username/pass from php.ini) and try to send email.
If php unable to connect to email server it will give warning (and you see such workning in your logs)
To solve it, install smtp server on your local machine or use any available server. How to setup / configure smtp you can find on php.net
Change SMTP=localhost to SMTP=smtp.gmail.com
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I keep getting this error when I try to send an e-mail in PHP:
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\dressoholic\register.php on line 50
my php.ini looks like this:
[mail function]
; For Win32 only.
; http://php.net/smtp
SMTP = localhost
; http://php.net/smtp-port
smtp_port = 25
; For Win32 only.
; http://php.net/sendmail-from
sendmail_from = you#yoursite.com
I'm using my laptop as a server.. What am I doing wrong? Thanks.
You need to be running a mail server locally.
If this is Unix, enable sendmail
If this is Windows install the Simple Mail Transfer Server (not sure if the name is correct) component of IIs. E.g. for windows 2003 follow this: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/8b83ac7t.aspx
For sending mails using php mail function is used.
But mail function requires SMTP server for sending emails.
we need to mention SMTP host and SMTP port in php.ini file.
Upon successful configuration of SMTP server mails will be sent successfully sent through php scripts.
On windows, nearly all AMPP (Apache,MySQL,PHP,PHPmyAdmin) packages don't include a mail server (but nearly all naked linuxes do have!). So, when using PHP under windows, you need to setup a mail server!
Imo the best and most simple tool ist this: http://smtp4dev.codeplex.com/
SMTP4Dev is a simple one-file mail server tool that does collect the mails it send (so it does not really sends mail, it just keeps them for development). Perfect tool.
If you are running your application just on localhost and it is not yet live, I believe it is very difficult to send mail using this.
Once you put your application online, I believe that this problem should be automatically solved. But i think ini_set() helps you to change the values in php.ini during run time.
First of all, you aren't forced to use an SMTP on your localhost, if you change that localhost entry into the DNS name of the MTA from your ISP provider (who will let you relay mail) it will work right away, so no messing about with your own email service. Just try to use your providers SMTP servers, it will work right away.
PHP mail function can send email in 2 scenarios:
a. Try to send email via unix sendmail program
At linux it will exec program "sendmail", put all params to sendmail and that all.
OR
b. Connect to mail server (using smtp protocol and host/port/username/pass from php.ini) and try to send email.
If php unable to connect to email server it will give warning (and you see such workning in your logs)
To solve it, install smtp server on your local machine or use any available server. How to setup / configure smtp you can find on php.net
Change SMTP=localhost to SMTP=smtp.gmail.com
Here's what's in my php.ini file:
[mail function]
; For Win32 only.
; http://php.net/smtp
SMTP = localhost
; http://php.net/smtp-port
smtp_port = 25
Is it possible to simply change localhost to smtp.live.com and change the port (smtp_port) to point to a different port (specifically, 567, as required by Microsoft) in order to send email to a Microsoft Live email address via PHP? I tried the normal mail() route, but I never received the email from the script, and can only assume it has to do with SMTP authentication. I don't have very much experience with PHP.
No, that won't work. smtp.live.com requires authentication, and the PHP mail() command does not support authentication. As Pascamel suggested, you should use a library that supports sending mail through a remote SMTP server using authentication. phpmailer is very good.
Have a look at PHPMailer : https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer
I'm using it to send emails through a GMail account, settings are pretty easy!
This way you won't have to update your php.ini
in php.ini you can change smtp server to different server ONLY for WINDOWS machines.
You can't do it for unix machines. it just ignores even if you set smtp = yourserver.
I want to send an e-mail using a php code,I am using wampserver.
an error appear :
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\Newsletter1\index.php on line 29
My file php.ini
[mail function]
; For Win32 only.
; http://php.net/smtp
SMTP = localhost
; http://php.net/smtp-port
smtp_port = 25
; For Win32 only.
; http://php.net/sendmail-from
sendmail_from = myEmail#gmail.com
Is there any more configuration to do?
Update
I'am using the mail function to send a newsletter to subscriber and I am testing now locally then I will test the code on production environment
You need a SMTP mailserver daemon running on localhost. If you are using a unix host and you don't want to setup a full SMTP agent, try removing the SMTP config part, thus directly using sendmail. From the docs:
The Windows implementation of mail() differs in many ways from the Unix implementation. First, it doesn't use a local binary for composing messages but only operates on direct sockets which means a MTA is needed listening on a network socket (which can either on the localhost or a remote machine).
Check your Firewall maybe php is blocked to connect server. Or try change localhost to 127.0.0.1 .
You need either smtp server on your server or you need to connect to external smtp server to send email.
to connect via external smtp you can use
http://pear.php.net/package/Mail
here is answer to your question as well with an example of how to use it.
smtp configuration for php mail
If you are working on a test environement look at this link: http://www.toolheap.com/test-mail-server-tool/
This little app will simulate an SMTP server on your computer.
It gives you some hint on how to test and debug mail features for your php applications.
I keep getting this error when I try to send an e-mail in PHP:
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\dressoholic\register.php on line 50
my php.ini looks like this:
[mail function]
; For Win32 only.
; http://php.net/smtp
SMTP = localhost
; http://php.net/smtp-port
smtp_port = 25
; For Win32 only.
; http://php.net/sendmail-from
sendmail_from = you#yoursite.com
I'm using my laptop as a server.. What am I doing wrong? Thanks.
You need to be running a mail server locally.
If this is Unix, enable sendmail
If this is Windows install the Simple Mail Transfer Server (not sure if the name is correct) component of IIs. E.g. for windows 2003 follow this: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/8b83ac7t.aspx
For sending mails using php mail function is used.
But mail function requires SMTP server for sending emails.
we need to mention SMTP host and SMTP port in php.ini file.
Upon successful configuration of SMTP server mails will be sent successfully sent through php scripts.
On windows, nearly all AMPP (Apache,MySQL,PHP,PHPmyAdmin) packages don't include a mail server (but nearly all naked linuxes do have!). So, when using PHP under windows, you need to setup a mail server!
Imo the best and most simple tool ist this: http://smtp4dev.codeplex.com/
SMTP4Dev is a simple one-file mail server tool that does collect the mails it send (so it does not really sends mail, it just keeps them for development). Perfect tool.
If you are running your application just on localhost and it is not yet live, I believe it is very difficult to send mail using this.
Once you put your application online, I believe that this problem should be automatically solved. But i think ini_set() helps you to change the values in php.ini during run time.
First of all, you aren't forced to use an SMTP on your localhost, if you change that localhost entry into the DNS name of the MTA from your ISP provider (who will let you relay mail) it will work right away, so no messing about with your own email service. Just try to use your providers SMTP servers, it will work right away.
PHP mail function can send email in 2 scenarios:
a. Try to send email via unix sendmail program
At linux it will exec program "sendmail", put all params to sendmail and that all.
OR
b. Connect to mail server (using smtp protocol and host/port/username/pass from php.ini) and try to send email.
If php unable to connect to email server it will give warning (and you see such workning in your logs)
To solve it, install smtp server on your local machine or use any available server. How to setup / configure smtp you can find on php.net
Change SMTP=localhost to SMTP=smtp.gmail.com
I have encountered an 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:\works\test\registration-code3.php on line 56
Here is my php.ini:
define_syslog_variables = Off
[mail function]
; For Win32 only.
; http://php.net/smtp
SMTP = localhost
; http://php.net/smtp-port
smtp_port = 25
; For Win32 only.
; http://php.net/sendmail-from
sendmail_from = postmaster#localhost
How can I fix this?
Based on what you've shown us, particularly this bit:
C:\works\test\registration-code3.php
Leads me to believe your testing some script on your local system. If this is so and you haven't installed and set up a mail server, then of course its not going to work. You require a MTA to actually send the email, PHP just hands off to it.
If you've simply installed XAMPP then you don't have a working MTA to send through without some real work ahead of you.
If you must send email from your dev machine in this fashion, I recommend picking and using a script like Swiftmailer which will allow you to easily use a mail server hosted elsewhere - like your ISP or even google.
It looks like your Windows machine don't have SMTP server on the port 25. I am guessing that it is your development machine. Instead editing your ini file you can try some other SMTP servers, for instance, the one your ISP provided you with.
Try to add the following code to the top of email script:
ini_set("SMTP","mail.domain.com");
ini_set("smtp_port","25");
ini_set('sendmail_from', 'Email#domain.com');