mail() problem concerning AOL

Hi all, I've been using PHP over the last year now, and have become quite capable with the language, but, there is one function/feature that I have yet to try/use, and that is the mail() function.

I am gonna start to learn it to night, but was wondering if there was any adjustments that were needed within the php.ini file before I actually start writing up the code.

The function seems staright forward enough to execute, but are there any other things i should know that is required to send email via PHP scripts.

I am using AOL to send and recieve my current emails, but have read many threads issuing problems with AOL.

Can anyone clarify this for me please?

Just to add to this, I dont really understand what value i'm meant to put in the php.ini file for the SMTP directive :-s

I've I use AOL to send and recieve email, should I use an AOL SMTP??

Trystano,

Yeah, your SMTP should be set to your outgoing SMTP server (not sure what AOL uses)...

I'm not sure if AOL will let you send email "outside" of their own application, but it's certainly worth a try.

Unfortunatly, AOL does use an SMTP, so it might mean that I download a email program/server which allows to send email voa PHP scripts.

At least I know where I going with this now :-)

Any luck on this Trystano?

What SMTP/POP servers do you use for AOL?

If you put the same SMTP server for AOL into your PHP.ini file, you may be able to send mail via PHP.

I'v got a few links to mailing programs, and will download them when I need to create scripts that require the mail() function.

AOL doesn use an SMTP, so I couldn't use them to send mail via PHP scripts.

Cheers for the concern :-)

I'll no doubtly be posting when I get stuck with these mail server apps, though :-)

Hehehe... No problem!