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hi,

i run the below code i got the below error when i run in my local system.And i placed same program in website it works fine.plz tell that what's the mistake in that.

[php]

<?php
$to ="aa@gmail.com";
$subject = "Site Registration Confirmation";
$message = '<html>
<head>
<title>Site Registration Confirmation</title>
</head>
<body style=font-family:verdana, arial; font-size: .8em;>
You filled out a registration form
<br/><br/>
</body>
</html>';
//headers type to sent the mail
$headers = "MIME-Version: 1.0\n";
$headers .= "Content-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1\n";
$headers .= "X-Priority: 3\n";
$headers .= "X-MSMail-Priority: Normal\n";
// from address is take what ever we want
$from = "me@example.com";
$headers .= "From: $from";
//mail function
mail($to,$subject,$message,$headers);
?>

[/php]

error :Warning: mail(): "sendmail_from" not set in php.ini or custom "From:" header missing in e:\project\DataMining\mailcheck.php on line 22
Jul 21 '08 #1
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ak1dnar
1,584 Expert 1GB
Please read about the mail function's additional header parameters here Good luck.
Jul 21 '08 #2
First of all you go to php.ini and change the "sendmail_from" to your email id.... and want to more about plz click http://in.php.net/function.mail
Jul 22 '08 #3
Atli
5,058 Expert 4TB
The highlights of which would be that the additional headers must include a From header, whether that is set in the additional_headers parameter or via the php.ini directive.
Jul 23 '08 #4

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