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php mail() function on localhost

I’m trying to do some localhost testing for password recovery on my site, but when I try to send an email, I get the following error:

Warning: 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()

Here are the relevant settings in my php.ini file.

; For Win32 only.
; http://php.net/smtp
SMTP = localhost
; http://php.net/smtp-port
smtp_port = 25

; For Win32 only.
; http://php.net/sendmail-from
sendmail_from = you@yourdomain

I am not sure what to set these to for localhost testing. I realize that I need to set SMTP to whatever my provider’s mail server is, but I work in a shared office building so I don’t know how to even find out who provides the internet here.

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

PHP’s mail requires a local mailserver to run.

Edit: As the PHP documentation site for mail() reveils, you may use a Mail package from PEAR.