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[PaulCheung]

My PHP.INI is sitting in the root directory. Search using "mail" and 
hopefully it will be of some help. It might be prudent before you alter your 
PHP.INI to make a backup.

Paul
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <mikesz at qualityadvantages.com>
To: "NYPHP Talk" <talk at lists.nyphp.org>
Sent: Friday, April 25, 2008 8:30 AM
Subject: Re[2]: [nycphp-talk] using PHP mail function on Windows server?


> Hello Kristina,
>
> Friday, April 25, 2008, 3:16:55 AM, you wrote:
>
>> Hi Paul,
>
>> Thanks.  We are on PHP 4.x and Windows 2003 server and looking through
>> the directories through FTP, there doesn't appear to be an existing
>> PHP.INI file...the tech support is directing my client in what settings
>> to configure in PHP.INI (Port 25 and STMP=localhost and so on)...I'm
>> assuming for PHP 4.x I have to create this PHP.INI file?
>
>> Is it worth trying the below on a 4.x platform?
>
>> --Kristina
>
>>> Hi Kristina
>>>
>>> I was wrestling with this problem a few months ago, I remember having
>> to do
>>> some fiddling with the PHP.INI. Anyway the coding below works for
>> WINDOWS
>>> and PHP 5
>>>
>>>
>>> <?php session_start; ob_start;
>>>     ini_set("SMTP", "smtp.isp.com");
>>>     ini_set("smtp_port", "25");
>>>     ini_set("sendmail_from", admin at isp.com);
>>>
>>>    $to  = "johndoe at hotmail.com";
>>>    $subject  = "Enter your subject here";
>>>
>>>    $message = "YES IT WORKED @ LONG LAST
>>>                         I can put anything I like here";
>>>
>>>
>>>    $from  = "FROM: admin at isp.com ";
>>>    mail("$to", "$subject", "$message", "$from");
>>>
>>>    echo "The email has been sent";
>>> ?>
>>>
>>> Paul
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: "Kristina Anderson" <ka at kacomputerconsulting.com>
>>> To: <talk at lists.nyphp.org>
>>> Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2008 12:28 AM
>>> Subject: [nycphp-talk] using PHP mail function on Windows server?
>>>
>>>
>>> > 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).  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.
>>> >
>>> > 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?)
>>> >
>>> > 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...
>>> >
>>> > --Kristina  (completely Uncertified in PHP and Unsure why the mail
>> is
>>> > not sending!)
>>> >
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>
> php.ini is probably in the WINDOWS folders or the equivalent on your
> server as is my.ini as I remember.
>
> -- 
> Best regards,
> mikesz                            mailto:mikesz at qualityadvantages.com