PHP mail is generating the an error

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I am using the mail in php and I get the following error. Can any one please help me in resolving the error:
error message :
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() inD:\xampp\htdocs\rajesh\registrationProcess.php on line 98

Posted 11-Mar-11 17:20pm

Rajesh Yerramsetti

Updated 11-Mar-11 19:50pm

Sandeep Mewara

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Abhinav S · Answer 1 · 2011-03-11T17:31:00

Solution 1

The url to your mailserver appears to be incorrect. Localhost is your system, where as your email server would probably be located somewhere else.

Posted 11-Mar-11 17:31pm

Abhinav S

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 12-Mar-11 1:10am

localhost detected! My 5.
--SA

Abhinav S 12-Mar-11 3:14am

Thanks SA.

Albin Abel · Answer 2 · 2011-03-11T19:05:00

If you want to sent mail from local host then XAMPP comes with a mail server called Mercury.

In your XAMPP folder find the folder Mercury open that and open the Mercury.exe.

Then follow this http://www.danieltmurphy.com/setting-up-mercury-smtp/[^]

Open Xampp control panel, check the Mercury SVC checkbox and click start.

Important Point: Though you can send mails from local server. It is not desired. Because

1) Many other receiver mail servers block mails arising from unknown host as a precaution of spamming
2) When you move this to a production server you have to reconfigure everything.

So better advice is use the Mail server available with your expected hosting domain.