php mail function

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<?php
$sendto = "account@gmail.com";
$subject = "email confirmation"; // Subject 
$message = "the body of the email - this email is to confirm etc...";
# send the email 
mail($sendto, $subject, $message);
?>

this is the code that i wrote to test mail function on localhost. i have ran the script in browser for several times and still dun receive any email in my mail box.

Do I need any additional configurations?

thx in advance!

you need to have a mailserver running on the server that executes the script — knittl, May 03 '10 at 09:29
You only need a mail server if you're running Windows. Is localhost Windows? — Reece45, May 03 '10 at 14:33
you check this [phpmailer](http://email.about.com/od/emailprogrammingtips/qt/PHP_Email_SMTP_Authentication.htm) — Naveenbos, Oct 27 '11 at 10:12

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered May 03 '10 at 09:34

Basically is hard to send a mail from localhost to any mail providers. They have big restrictions on the incoming mails, and the simply mail() won't work.

You need to use an SMTP server. and define that server in php configuration

smtp = localhost  #(here should be your smtp server)
smtp_port = 25

if you don't have an SMTP server, try to pass all headers like in PHP examples:

$to      = 'nobody@example.com';
$subject = 'the subject';
$message = 'hello';
$headers = 'From: webmaster@example.com' . "\r\n" .
    'Reply-To: webmaster@example.com' . "\r\n" .
    'X-Mailer: PHP/' . phpversion();

mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers);

http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.mail.php

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:13

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You need to make sure that you have your PHP installation set up to use a working SMTP Server. You might find what you're looking for in answers to this question. Failing that you'll likely need to test your script on your live web server.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:13

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 12 '17 at 08:31

 <?php
   $name = $_POST['name'];
    $visitor_email = $_POST['email'];
   $message = $_POST['message'];
 ?>
 <?php
  $email_from = 'yourname@yourwebsite.com';

  $email_subject = "New Form submission";

  $email_body = "You have received a new message from the user $name.\n".
                        "Here is the message:\n $message"
 ?>
 <?php

 $to = "inspiretechpark@gmail.com";

 $headers = "From: $email_from \r\n";

 $headers .= "Reply-To: $visitor_email \r\n";

 mail($to,$email_subject,$email_body,$headers);

 ?>
 <?php
 $to = "name1@website-name.com, name2@website-name.com,name3@website-
 name.com";

  mail($to,$email_subject,$email_body,$headers);
  ?>
<?php
 $to = "name1@website-name.com, name2@website-name.com,name3@website-
 name.com";

  $headers = "From: $email_from \r\n";

  $headers .= "Reply-To: $visitor_email \r\n";

  $headers .= "Cc: someone@domain.com \r\n";

  $headers .= "Bcc: someoneelse@domain.com \r\n";

  mail($to,$email_subject,$email_body,$headers);
  ?>

Try This Guys..This Is For Sending Mail

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Mar 30 '20 at 13:34

Try this:

<?php
    $sender = 'email@example.com';
    $recipient = 'email@example.com';
    $subject = "php mail test";
    $message = "php test message";
    $headers = 'From:' . $sender;
    if (mail($recipient, $subject, $message, $headers))
    {
        echo "Message accepted";
    }
    else
    {
        echo "Error: Message not accepted";
    }
?>

score -1 · Answer 5 · answered May 03 '10 at 10:17

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If you are working with localhost then, i hope it will never work. It will work only on a mail configured server. Please try on it.

answered May 03 '10 at 10:17

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