PHP Email
Are you going to be sending email in PHP? Don’t use the mail() function, unless your site’s email needs are very basic and you are running on a Linux/Unix machine. It is light on features and not built into the Windows version.
The best approach is to use a 3rd party mail program. In the past I have used PHPMailer as it is has all features I have needed. This script is the fix to many SMTP email problems in PHP!
http://sourceforge.net/projects/phpmailer
Below is the PHP code to use it. Place class.phpmailer.php into your php includes directory.
Replace text in << >> with your server information:
http://www.emailaddressmanager.com/tips/mail-settings.html
<?php
require("class.phpmailer.php");
$mail = new PHPMailer();
$mail->IsSMTP(); // send via SMTP
$mail->Host = "<<smtpserver>>:<<stmpport>>"; // SMTP servers
$mail->SMTPAuth = true; // turn on SMTP authentication
$mail->Username = "<<uname>>"; // SMTP username
$mail->Password = "<<pword>>"; // SMTP password
$mail->From = "<<email address from>>";
$mail->FromName = "<<email name from>>";
$mail->AddAddress("<<email address to>>");
$mail->AddReplyTo("<<email address from>>","<<email name from>>");
$mail->WordWrap = 50; // set word wrap
$mail->IsHTML(true); // send as HTML
$mail->Subject = "Subject";
$mail->Body = "Body text";
$mail->AltBody = $mail->Body;
$mail->Send();
?>
