send email from localhost to other email accounts

hi there,
I'm trying to create a function to send email from localhost(postmaster@localhost) to other email accounts(yahoomail,gmail,hotmail).I'm currently using xampp and the mercury32 inside xampp.I had successfully sent email from localhost to localhost but I can't make it to send outside from localhost. This is the code and it works perfectly sending email from localhost to localhost.

<?php

//Check whether the submission is made
if(isset($_POST['Submit'])){

//Declarate the necessary variables
$mail_to=$txtEmailto2;
$mail_from=$txtEmailfrm2;
$mail_sub=$txtSub2;
$mail_mesg=$txtMsg;

//Check for success/failure of delivery
if(mail($mail_to,$mail_sub,$mail_mesg,"From:$mail_from/r/nReply-to:$mail_from"))
echo "<span class='red'>E-mail has been sent successfully from $mail_to to $mail_from</span>";
else
echo "<span class='red'>Failed to send the E-mail from $mail_to to $mail_from</span>";
}
?>
<html>
<body>
<form name="frmsendmail" method="post" action="" onSubmit="return ValidationForm()">
      <table width="100%"  border="0">
        <tr>
         <td width="33%" align="right" class="text">To :
          <td width="67%"><input name="txtEmailto2" type="text" class="input" id="txtEmailto22" size="30" maxlength="100">
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td align="right" class="text">From :
          <td><input name="txtEmailfrm2" type="text" class="input" id="txtEmailfrm22" size="30" maxlength="100">
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td align="right" class="text">Subject :
        <td><input name="txtSub2" type="text" class="input" id="txtSub22" size="30" maxlength="100">
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td align="right" class="text">Mesage(body) :
         <td><textarea name="txtMsg" cols="50" rows="10" class="input" id="textarea"></textarea>
        </tr>
      <tr>
          <td align="right"><input name="hidSubmit" type="hidden" id="hidSubmit" value="true">
              <input name="Submit" type="submit" class="input" value="Send">
          <td><input name="Submit2" type="reset" class="input" value="Reset">
        </tr>        
      </table>
     </form>
               
</body>
</html>

littlebear330

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2 Years Ago

Im not sure but I think you cant send mail from a home made server like apache, etc.

I guess if you wanted to you might have to hand out some cash and make your localhost a full fledge server, which you may or may not be inclined on doing.

OmniX

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2 Years Ago

Do you need an smtp server to send mail? Otherwise, I think Joe Jobbing would be the norm.

diafol

Rhod Gilbert Fan (ardav)

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2 Years Ago

Im not sure but I think you cant send mail from a home made server like apache, etc.

I guess if you wanted to you might have to hand out some cash and make your localhost a full fledge server, which you may or may not be inclined on doing.

All you need is to set up an SMTP server. Most linux distros come with 'sendmail' installed which is probably the most popular. I have no idea how to do it in Windows.

ShawnCplus

Code Monkey

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2 Years Ago

Grew up on windows need to start showing some love to unix :|

But if he made his computer a SMTP that would mean his computer would have to be on everytime the website required to send it?

So if its just for self use it is fine, but if it was meant to be a 24/7 thing he would have to keep his computer on?

Also where would get a SMTP?

OmniX

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2 Years Ago

check this site, here you can send email to any account using your gmail username and password from localhost.

http://arunss.wordpress.com/2009/12/09/sending-email-from-localhost-using-php/

arunss

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30 posts since Dec 2009

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2 Years Ago

$to = "Your gmail id";
$from = "yahoo id";
$subject = "Success msg";
$sendmail = @mail($to,$subject,$body,"From: $from\nContent-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1");

When you use xampp and mercury
1> Start xampp and mercury do not close mercury window.To get mail from local to mail i.e (yahoo,gmail)
it take long time duration...may be it come in spam

Aamit

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