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[thatsme]

Hi. I use this code to send e-mail to all users that are registered in database:

<?php
    $emailName = mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['emailName']);
    $letter = mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['letterText']);

    $con = mysql_connect("localhost", "root", "");
    
    if (!$con){
        die('Could not connect: ' . mysql_error());
    } 
    
    mysql_select_db("History", $con);
    
    $result = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM NewsletterSubscribers");
    while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($result)){
        $to = $row['Email'];
        mail($to, $emailName, $letter);
    }
    
    mysql_close($con);
?>

However, i get such error:
Warning: mail() [function.mail]: Failed to connect to mailserver at "localhost" port 25, verify your "SMTP" and "smtp_port" setting in php.ini or use ini_set() in C:\wamp\www\MH2\sendEmail.php on line 16

Any tips how to solve that problem?

[WingedPanther]

Do you have a mail server running on localhost?

[thatsme]

I dont't know. I use wamp 2.1

[Revolt]

I don't think wamp pre-configures an email account so you either do that or you can use the Mail PEAR package to send a mail using gmail for example:

Send email using GMail SMTP server from PHP page - Stack Overflow

[Alexander]

Hello thatsme,

Normally the script would connect with an SMTP mail server, and that server will send the email out to the client. If you are on your local home machine, your ISP likely has an SMTP server available for you to use (usually from yourname@yourisp.com) and this can be configured either in php.ini or a PHP mail package such as PEAR::mail or PHPMailer.

Most shared web hosts come preconfigured with an SMTP server available for clients to use, so if you could do your actual mail testing on there rather than localhost it may benefit you from having to either set up or find a service to send mail from as well.

[WingedPanther]

For doing testing on Windows, I use this tool: http://www.toolheap....il-server-tool/