php mail function

[cfleck]

i'm trying to use the php mail() function in my web page, but it doesn't seem to work.

i'm using it as,

if( mail( "email@email.com", "my subject", "my message") ){
  echo "mail sent";
}
else{ echo "mail not sent"; }

i always get the mail sent message, but no mail gets sent. is there something i have to set up special to send email?

 

[Captain Code]

Sendmail must be running on your machine for the mail() function to work.

 

[cfleck]

is it possible for me to use an smtp server not on my machine?

 

[Pengu]

There is probably a way to do it, because when you setup php for Windows, it asks for an SMTP server address, because windows doesn't have it's own MTA (mail transport agent)

 

[michaelsanford]

Yes you can, but you have to specify it in php.ini, and on OS X that's a bit tricky since there is no php.ini file installed by default