smtp authentication

[Guest]

I am trying to use the mail function to send email. My ISP requires
authentication. What do I need to add to the mail function to make it work?

mail($to, $subject, $msg, $mailheaders);

Thank you...

Bruce A. Julseth

[Jochen Buennagel]

Re: smtp authentication

bruceaj@attglob al.net wrote:
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> I am trying to use the mail function to send email. My ISP requires
> authentication. What do I need to add to the mail function to make it work?[/color]

mail() doesn't use a SMTP server but tries to send mail direct, calling
the sendmail program installed on the server or something similar.

For SMTP(Auth) access I suggest using the phpMailer class.

http://phpmailer.sourceforge.net

Jochen

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[Manuel Lemos]

Re: smtp authentication

Hello,

On 08/23/2003 10:41 AM, bruceaj@attglob al.net wrote:[color=blue]
> I am trying to use the mail function to send email. My ISP requires
> authentication. What do I need to add to the mail function to make it work?
>
> mail($to, $subject, $msg, $mailheaders);[/color]

The mail function does not support authentication. Youy may want try
this class for composing and sending e-mail messages that comes with a
wrapper function named smtp_mail() that emulates the mail() function.
You can configure several parameters that you are not allowed with the
mail() function, like for instance the authentication credentials as you
need.

http://www.phpclasses.org/mimemessage

You also need this for the actual message delivery:

http://www.phpclasses.org/smtpclass

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Manuel Lemos

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