Mail server authentication

Hi

I want to use a external SMTP server with the mail function (under Win32) but i need to make an authentication (user and password) on the server when i call the mail function (or before). Anyone knows how ?

Desbaratizador

Are you sure? The only thing I had to do was change the host from "localhost" to the IP of the SMTP server.

There aren't any authentication options in the php.ini file, so I assume any authentication would have to be done within PHP itself, and I'm sure the documentation on www.php.net is adequate.

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Originally Posted by Desbaratizador

Hi

I want to use a external SMTP server with the mail function (under Win32) but i need to make an authentication (user and password) on the server when i call the mail function (or before). Anyone knows how ?

Desbaratizador

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PHP's mail function doesn't allow you to authenticate to the SMTP server. I've attached a copy of a mailing class which does allow authentication though. This is how you use it:

PHP Code:

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  $mailer = new mail_message;
  
  $mailer->smtp_host = 'mail.host.com';
  $mailer->smtp_user = 'username';
  $mailer->smtp_pass = 'password';
  
  $mailer->add_recipient('Jim Davis', '[email protected]');
  $mailer->from('Webmaster', '[email protected]');
  
  $mailer->subject = 'Test';
  $mailer->body = 'This is a test message.'
  
  if (! $mailer->send()) {
      die($mailer->error);
  } 


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Thanks