Accept email address from user and send email to that address - php

Question

public function send_mail() {
$this->email->from('your#email.com', 'My Name');
$this->email->to('to#email.com');
$this->email->cc('cc#email.com');
$this->email->subject('Email Test');
$this->email->message('Testing the email class.');
$this->email->send();
echo $this->email->print_debugger();
}
i'm trying out the codeigniter email func but i cant seem to receive the test mail, but it saids that it has successfully send the mail but there's none,
new to ci so i'm confused about this problem, $this->load->library('email'); is also loaded,
anyhelp thanks!
EDIT
ok guys thanks for the answer i have added the ff code and it now works,
$config = Array(
'protocol' => 'smtp',
'smtp_host' => 'ssl://smtp.googlemail.com',
'smtp_port' => 465,
'smtp_user' => 'your email',
'smtp_pass' => 'your password'
);
Now my question is how will I edit the codes above to accept the "to" email from the user?
okay i did the "to" part already, and its like this
$this->email->to($point->email);
need help again with the "message" part, i need to put data from the user in the "message" part, i tried what i did in the "to" part but it only accepts one item, i need multiple items, thanks

Answer 1

In the section where you're calling the function send_mail(), pass the email address and other data as well, as arguments to the function; something like this:
$to = $point->email;
$msg = $point->message; // the message part
$phone = $point->phone; // phone number
$address = $point->address; // postal address
$this->send_email($to, $msg, $phone, $address);
And then slightly modify the send_mail() function as:
// $to_address will contain the value stored in $to, i.e. "abc#def.com" in this case
public function send_mail($to_address, $body_message, $phone_no, $addr) {
// can make use of extra data like phone number, address in here
$this->email->from('your#email.com', 'My Name');
$this->email->to($to_address);
$this->email->message($body_message);
.
.
.
}

Answer 2

It works fine in my linux server without any $config.
Please read this to set another protocol