SMTP help

General Web Coding PHP and MySQL
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hey guys i am a newbie at php please help me..
i hav receiving this prob:
“Warning: Failed to connect to mailserver, verify your “SMTP” setting in php.ini in c:\phpdev\www\email2.php on line 21”

can anyone help me??

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what is the value of SMTP in your PHP.ini. If you have a SMTP server running locally, set it to “localhost”. If you donot, then set it to your ISP’s SMTP.

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[QUOTE=tanmaya]
what is the value of SMTP in your PHP.ini. If you have a SMTP server running locally, set it to “localhost”. If you donot, then set it to your ISP’s SMTP.
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how do set it to localhost? where can i find this php.ini, ive tried searching it but i cant really find it

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Create a file named “php.ini” in your “c:\phpdev\www” folder and then put the below content in it:

[mail function]
SMTP = localhost
smtp_port = 25
sendmail_from = [email protected]

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ok, now i understand,..thanks for your help

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[QUOTE=jomapi]
hey guys i am a newbie at php please help me..
i hav receiving this prob:
“Warning: Failed to connect to mailserver, verify your “SMTP” setting in php.ini in c:\phpdev\www\email2.php on line 21”

can anyone help me??
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Make sure your email script not using smtp auth method