php mail() and SMTP

[Leslie Hoare]

Is there any way to set up the php mail() function so that it sends a
username and password to the server? I'm on a winXP machine, and I have an
SMTP provider, but it requires me to login to use it, and for some reason I
can't find anything about it in the php.ini file.

Many thanks,
Leslie

[Martin C. Petersen]

Re: php mail() and SMTP

> Is there any way to set up the php mail() function so that it sends a[color=blue]
> username and password to the server? I'm on a winXP machine, and I have an
> SMTP provider, but it requires me to login to use it, and for some reason[/color]
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> can't find anything about it in the php.ini file.[/color]
You could try:

http://phpmailer.sourceforge.net/

Martin

[Leslie Hoare]

Re: php mail() and SMTP

"Martin C. Petersen" <mcp@phys.au.dk > wrote in message
news:3f22451a$0 $83047$edfadb0f @dtext01.news.t ele.dk...[color=blue]
> You could try:
> http://phpmailer.sourceforge.net/
>
>
> Martin[/color]

Thanks, I'll take a look :)


Leslie

[Manuel Lemos]

Re: php mail() and SMTP

Hello,

On 07/26/2003 03:39 AM, Leslie Hoare wrote:[color=blue]
> Is there any way to set up the php mail() function so that it sends a
> username and password to the server? I'm on a winXP machine, and I have an
> SMTP provider, but it requires me to login to use it, and for some reason I
> can't find anything about it in the php.ini file.[/color]

No, mail() does not support authetication.

You may want to try this class that does exactly what you need. It comes
with a sub-class for sending messages via SMTP directly and supports
authentication.

If you do not want to change your program much, you can use the
smtp_mail() function that wraps around the class to emulate the mail()
function but with the advantage of letting you set authentication
credentials among other features.

http://www.phpclasses.org/mimemessage

You also need this for doing the actual SMTP delivery:

http://www.phpclasses.org/smtpclass

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Regards,
Manuel Lemos

Free ready to use OOP components written in PHP

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