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I need to send email messages from my localhost.
I am using wamp server and my site is loaded on my own server, please could you suggest how to send emails using my localhost and PHP?
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Send Email from Localhost with PHPSet SMTP credentials (host, username, password, and port). Specify sender name and email ( $mail->setFrom ). Set recipient email address ( $mail->addAddress ). Set email subject ( $mail->Subject ).
If you want to send emails from localhost directly, you need to install a Mail Transport Agent (MTA), or if you like, a SMTP service. IIS provides one. You can otherwise find some others on Google.
PHP makes use of mail() function to send an email. This function requires three mandatory arguments that specify the recipient's email address, the subject of the the message and the actual message additionally there are other two optional parameters. mail( to, subject, message, headers, parameters );
Here's the steps to achieve this:
Download the sendmail.zip through this link
Open sendmail.ini and set the configuration as follows:
smtp_server=smtp.gmail.com
hostname=localhost
Access your email account. Click the Gear Tool > Settings > Forwarding and POP/IMAP > IMAP access. Click "Enable IMAP", then save your changes.
Run your WAMP Server. Enable ssl_module under Apache Module.
Next, enable php_openssl and php_sockets under PHP.
Open php.ini and configure it as the codes below. Basically, you just have to set the sendmail_path.
[mail function] ; For Win32 only. ; http://php.net/smtp ;SMTP = ; http://php.net/smtp-port ;smtp_port = 25 ; For Win32 only. ; http://php.net/sendmail-from ;sendmail_from = [email protected] ; For Unix only. You may supply arguments as well (default: "sendmail -t -i"). ; http://php.net/sendmail-path sendmail_path = "C:\wamp\sendmail\sendmail.exe -t -i"
I hope this will work for you..
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Open your php.ini and find the [mail function] section
After that you have to change the options that are following and are relevant to your SMTP settings.
Settings to change :
SMTP = ; Enter here the address of your SMTP server smtp_port = 25 Finaly from with your PHP script you have to use the mail function http://php.net/manual/en/function.mail.php
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