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Trouble understanding the mail server
October 26, 2012 01:44PM

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I receive this error when I test my mail function.

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()

I am uncertain what information to put in for the mail server.
Will the settings I input be valid when the professor runs it on the UNISA servers?

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Re: Trouble understanding the mail server
October 26, 2012 01:50PM

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You need to change your email server configuration to connect to either an email server you setup yourself on "localhost" or if you have the interwebs you can connect to a dummy smtp server like "smtp.mailinator.com" provided by the guys at http://www.mailinator.com. Google it.

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Mac

Re: Trouble understanding the mail server
October 26, 2012 02:25PM

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XAMPP or EasyPHP will not send mail because it does not have a channel to the Internet (even if you are connected to the Internet). I can see in your code if it will work, so it does not have to work.

There is a post elsewhere on how to get it ti send mail, but it is too much effort. Much easier to test on a live server.