PHP - Sending mail with through gmail?

Question

Is there any way to send mail from a gmail account to someone? And by "from" i mean so that it stores the email in the gmail inbox aswell...?

I've tried using imap, but i'm not sure if that's the correct way? Either way i get this error:

Warning: imap_mail() [function.imap-mail]: "sendmail_from" not set in php.ini or custom "From:" header missing in C:\xampp\htdocs\gmail\index.php on line 12

Any idas how to achieve this?

Thanks!

Answer 1

Try using smtp instead, Gmail will put your email in sent folder for you. All the instructions are provided in the settings page of your gmail account.

http://deepakssn.blogspot.com/2006/06/gmail-php-send-email-using-php-with.html

Answer 2

You could do the same thing email clients do: Send your mail through SMTP and then create a mail in the Sent folder through IMAP.