Question

i am using
mail() function to send email from PHP without any authentication.

This function only work on my web server, but does not work on a local machine.

I am looking for best PHP function to send a email with authentication which would work on any machine without modifying the php.ini

i am using PHP with IIS and windows

thanks

Answer 1

Another possibility is to install mail and net_smtp through pear.

pear install Mail
pear install Net_Smtp

then you have the possibility to send mail with SMTP authentication to another server:

require_once "Mail.php";

$body = "Mein Mail Body\n";
$subject = "Mail mit SMTP Authentifizierung";
$mail_to = "[e-mail]";
$mail_from = "[e-mail]";

//SMTP Verbindungsdaten
$host = "smtp.meinemailserver.de";
$username = "phpmailer";
$password = "SuperGeheim";

$smtp = Mail::factory('smtp',
 array (
 'host' => $host,
 'auth' => true,
 'username' => $username,
 'password' => $password
));

$headers = array (
 'From' => $mail_from,
 'To' => $mail_to,
 'Subject' => $subject
);
$mail = $smtp->send($mail_to, $headers, $body);

if (PEAR::isError($mail)) {
 echo "Fehler beim Versender der E-Mail : ". $mail->getMessage();
}

(taken from http://www.jgeppert.com/2009/06/php-e-mail-mit-smtp-authentifizierung-versenden/)