newbie: problem sending email from php web site

Hey

I'm developing a web site using php version 5.2.0. Users are offered to
register at the web site. To complete the registration the user will get an
email containg a link he need to use for to activate his account....

But sending email from my web site isn't working.
I get this error:
Warning: mail() [function.mail]: "sendmail_from" not set in php.ini or
custom "From:" header missing in C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\demo\registration.php on
line 21

This is the code the errror message above is refering to:
mail($email, "test av website", "helloworld", "it_consultant1@hotmail.com");

my php.ini:
; For Win32 only.
sendmail_from = it_consultant1@hotmail.com

; For Unix only. You may supply arguments as well (default:
"sendmail -t -i").
;sendmail_path =

This is on a winXP computer, so I didn't set the sendmail_path (the php.ini
says sendmail_path is for unix only)

Any suggestions on what I should do to solve this?

Jeff

On Mon, 8 Jan 2007 15:14:21 +0100, "Jeff"
<it_consultant1@hotmail.com.NOSPAM> wrote:

>Hey
>
>I'm developing a web site using php version 5.2.0. Users are offered to
>register at the web site. To complete the registration the user will get an
>email containg a link he need to use for to activate his account....
>
>But sending email from my web site isn't working.
>I get this error:
>Warning: mail() [function.mail]: "sendmail_from" not set in php.ini or
>custom "From:" header missing in C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\demo\registration.php on
>line 21
>
>This is the code the errror message above is refering to:
>mail($email, "test av website", "helloworld", "it_consultant1@hotmail.com");
>
>my php.ini:
>; For Win32 only.
>sendmail_from = it_consultant1@hotmail.com
>
>; For Unix only. You may supply arguments as well (default:
>"sendmail -t -i").
>;sendmail_path =
>
>This is on a winXP computer, so I didn't set the sendmail_path (the php.ini
>says sendmail_path is for unix only)
>
>Any suggestions on what I should do to solve this?
>
>Jeff

I believe your problem is with the header that you are sending. The
format for the mail function is:
mail ($to, $subject, $text_body, $headers);

Headers must be formed in an acceptable format:
$headers = "From: someone@somedomain.com\nBcc: bcc@somedomain.com\n";
etc.

"Tyrone Slothrop" <ts@paranoids.com> wrote in message
news:h0t4q2p9ptlr7lbvhl75plnk9jkdnsv199@4ax.com...
> On Mon, 8 Jan 2007 15:14:21 +0100, "Jeff"
> <it_consultant1@hotmail.com.NOSPAM> wrote:
>
>>Hey
>>
>>I'm developing a web site using php version 5.2.0. Users are offered to
>>register at the web site. To complete the registration the user will get
>>an
>>email containg a link he need to use for to activate his account....
>>
>>But sending email from my web site isn't working.
>>I get this error:
>>Warning: mail() [function.mail]: "sendmail_from" not set in php.ini or
>>custom "From:" header missing in C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\demo\registration.php
>>on
>>line 21
>>
>>This is the code the errror message above is refering to:
>>mail($email, "test av website", "helloworld",
>>"it_consultant1@hotmail.com");
>>
>>my php.ini:
>>; For Win32 only.
>>sendmail_from = it_consultant1@hotmail.com
>>
>>; For Unix only. You may supply arguments as well (default:
>>"sendmail -t -i").
>>;sendmail_path =
>>
>>This is on a winXP computer, so I didn't set the sendmail_path (the
>>php.ini
>>says sendmail_path is for unix only)
>>
>>Any suggestions on what I should do to solve this?
>>
>>Jeff
>
> I believe your problem is with the header that you are sending. The
> format for the mail function is:
> mail ($to, $subject, $text_body, $headers);
>
> Headers must be formed in an acceptable format:
> $headers = "From: someone@somedomain.com\nBcc: bcc@somedomain.com\n";
> etc.
>

Thanks, but now I get an new error:
Warning: mail() [function.mail]: SMTP server response: 501 5.5.4 Invalid
Address in

I'm sure the email addresses I use is valid

This is the code I use to send the email:
$headers = 'From: me <it_consultant1@hotmail.com>' . "\n";
mail($email, "test av website", "helloworld", $headers);

in php.ini I have SMTP = localhost

I haven't got microsoft exchange or similar mail program installed on my pc.
I have outlook express installed on my pc, so I use outlook express when
browsing newgroups and sending emails. So I thought if I could send email
via outlook express then maybe it's possible to send email from a web site
hosted on the same pc.

Any suggestions?

Jeff

"Tyrone Slothrop" <ts@paranoids.com> wrote in message
news:h0t4q2p9ptlr7lbvhl75plnk9jkdnsv199@4ax.com...
> On Mon, 8 Jan 2007 15:14:21 +0100, "Jeff"
> <it_consultant1@hotmail.com.NOSPAM> wrote:
>
>>Hey
>>
>>I'm developing a web site using php version 5.2.0. Users are offered to
>>register at the web site. To complete the registration the user will get
>>an
>>email containg a link he need to use for to activate his account....
>>
>>But sending email from my web site isn't working.
>>I get this error:
>>Warning: mail() [function.mail]: "sendmail_from" not set in php.ini or
>>custom "From:" header missing in C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\demo\registration.php
>>on
>>line 21
>>
>>This is the code the errror message above is refering to:
>>mail($email, "test av website", "helloworld",
>>"it_consultant1@hotmail.com");
>>
>>my php.ini:
>>; For Win32 only.
>>sendmail_from = it_consultant1@hotmail.com
>>
>>; For Unix only. You may supply arguments as well (default:
>>"sendmail -t -i").
>>;sendmail_path =
>>
>>This is on a winXP computer, so I didn't set the sendmail_path (the
>>php.ini
>>says sendmail_path is for unix only)
>>
>>Any suggestions on what I should do to solve this?
>>
>>Jeff
>
> I believe your problem is with the header that you are sending. The
> format for the mail function is:
> mail ($to, $subject, $text_body, $headers);
>
> Headers must be formed in an acceptable format:
> $headers = "From: someone@somedomain.com\nBcc: bcc@somedomain.com\n";
> etc.
>

After re-reading the documentation about the mail function I realize that
the mail function don't need addional headers in order to work. I've read in
the documentation that mail() can accept only 3 parameters:
http://no.php.net/manual/en/function.mail.php

This is my code sending the mail:
mail($email, "test av website", "helloworld");

This is the error I get:
Warning: mail() [function.mail]: "sendmail_from" not set in php.ini or
custom "From:" header missing in C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\demo\registration.php on
line 24

The problem must be related to the sendmail_from settings in php.ini:
[mail function]
; For Win32 only.
SMTP = localhost
smtp_port = 25

; For Win32 only.
sendmail_from = it_consultant1@hotmail.com

Any suggestions?

Jeff

>Thanks, but now I get an new error:
>Warning: mail() [function.mail]: SMTP server response: 501 5.5.4 Invalid
>Address in
>
>I'm sure the email addresses I use is valid
>
>This is the code I use to send the email:
>$headers = 'From: me <it_consultant1@hotmail.com>' . "\n";
>mail($email, "test av website", "helloworld", $headers);

Try this:
$headers = "From: me <it_consultant1@hotmail.com>\n";

>in php.ini I have SMTP = localhost
>
>I haven't got microsoft exchange or similar mail program installed on my pc.
>I have outlook express installed on my pc, so I use outlook express when
>browsing newgroups and sending emails. So I thought if I could send email
>via outlook express then maybe it's possible to send email from a web site
>hosted on the same pc.

It is very possible that you do not have a mail daemon set for PHP to
use. I only do work on *NIX servers, so I do not know.

Perhaps the question you should be asking is, what mailer daemon
should I use for Windows?