PHP mail function not working

Question

hello,

I have written a basic script for the mail functionality. I am trying to run this script through WAMP server.

<?php
phpinfo();

$to = "[email protected]";
$subject = "Test mail";
$message = "Hello! This is a simple email message.";
$from = "[email protected]";
$headers = "From: $from";
$res= mail($to,$subject,$message,$headers);
echo " $res Mail Sent.";
?>

I have set the SMTP, sendmail_from in the php.ini file . It gives me the following error

Warning: mail() [function.mail]: Failed to connect to mailserver at "mucse409.eu.xyz.com" port 25, verify your "SMTP" and "smtp_port" setting in php.ini or use ini_set() in C:\wamp\www\email.php on line 9 Mail Sent.

I am able to ping the SMTP address from my machine. Please guide me.

Answer 1

Can you also send mail from this machine to this smtp server using some mail client like ms outlook or mozilla thunderbird?

I had a problem once that my provider block traffic directed at smtp ports outside due to virus infection, and I couldn't send mail because of this, but I could ping server and port.

Answer 2

Could be blocked by a firewall or some such.

See if you can open port 25 with telnet (If you don't have software for this, you can download putty)

Answer 3

Your username and password not matched with the mailserver. Please check it.

Answer 4

Following this tutorial I was able to send mail .

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