Hi, is there an alternative to the mail() function that works in pretty much the same way, except you don't need an SMTP server?
And if there is no alternative, does anyone know any good, free SMTP servers that work well with PHP?
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well i found one free SMTP sever, its called Apache JAMES, from the makers of Apache HTTP server. I kind of quit on trying to get it to work since any mail sent from the server was never recieved and any I couldn't find a way to read the mail sent to the server. I looked for othr SMTPs but they never worked so thats why I'm looking for an alternative to the php mail function or a SMTP server
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Unless you've got a fixed domain/IP on your local machine, running your own SMTP server isn't the best idea in the world as any mail server with a reverse look-up will bounce any message you send.
Why not relay through your ISPs mail server via one of the many superb PHP classes like PHPMailer? http://phpmailer.sourceforge.net/
Why not relay through your ISPs mail server via one of the many superb PHP classes like PHPMailer? http://phpmailer.sourceforge.net/
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