How to configure sendmail?

Hello anyone out there,

First, I'm trying to locate an ACTIVE php newsgroup. This one seems kind of
lonely. Any suggestions?

Here's my problem, in case any of you out there know the answer.

I have a live website where users must register, get activated and log-in to
use some of the functions on the web site. This is up and running just
fine. However, I'm trying to set up my Windows based computer to try and
duplicate the online atmosphere for testing purposes. I hate making
changes, upload it, test it, change it again, upload it, test it, change it
again,........ Anyway, I am running Windows XP Pro, I have installed the
Apache server, MySQL, PHP and MyPHPAdmin successfully. I can run scripts
and test them and everything so far seems to work EXCEPT sendmail. PHP is
SUPPOSED to be configured to use the Windows sendmail function.

When I test the login script by registering a dummy account, NO mail is ever
sent by my system so the activation key will never be received.

What do I have to do to get this thing to send email?

NOTE: I have no plans on turning my computer into a live server, so
anything I have to change to accommodate my testing locally would probably
be acceptable as long as it wouldn't effect the data (or the format that
it's in) that I'm going to process with the other scripts.

TIA,
Pat

"Andibub" <andibub@centurytel.net> wrote in message
news:l8WdnUEf_sYkObvdRVn-uQ@centurytel.net...
> Hello anyone out there,
>
> First, I'm trying to locate an ACTIVE php newsgroup. This one seems kind
of
> lonely. Any suggestions?
>
> Here's my problem, in case any of you out there know the answer.
>
> I have a live website where users must register, get activated and log-in
to
> use some of the functions on the web site. This is up and running just
> fine. However, I'm trying to set up my Windows based computer to try and
> duplicate the online atmosphere for testing purposes. I hate making
> changes, upload it, test it, change it again, upload it, test it, change
it
> again,........ Anyway, I am running Windows XP Pro, I have installed the
> Apache server, MySQL, PHP and MyPHPAdmin successfully. I can run scripts
> and test them and everything so far seems to work EXCEPT sendmail. PHP is
> SUPPOSED to be configured to use the Windows sendmail function.
>
> When I test the login script by registering a dummy account, NO mail is
ever
> sent by my system so the activation key will never be received.
>
> What do I have to do to get this thing to send email?
>
> NOTE: I have no plans on turning my computer into a live server, so
> anything I have to change to accommodate my testing locally would probably
> be acceptable as long as it wouldn't effect the data (or the format that
> it's in) that I'm going to process with the other scripts.
>
> TIA,
> Pat
>
>

Take a closer look at your php.ini file for sendmail

also you can browse

alt.php
alt.comp.lang.php