Mail() problem

[Ra?l]

Hi there,

Windows XP Professional SP2
Apache HTTP Server 1.3.33
PHP Version 4.3.10

i'm just trying to send a mail with the mail() function but it seems
not to work.

First I installed a mail server (miniRelay v0.9.77d) and then I
configured the php.ini file like this:

[mail function]
; For Win32 only.
SMTP = localhost
smtp_port = 25

; For Win32 only.
sendmail_from = localhost

Then I simply use this function in a script:

mail("xx*@xxxxx.com", "Hello", "This is a message from miniRelay.");

I run the script and the MAIL SERVER returns the error:

17:41:03 Command: MAIL FROM <localhost>
17:41:03 Command: RCPT TO <xx*@xxxxx.com>
17:41:03 [1] Mx Domain of xxxxx.com cached
17:41:04 [1] Connected with xxxxx.com
17:41:05 [1] Error Socket Error # 10061
Connection refused.

I've install a different mail server (QVT/Net 5.1.0 SMPT Daemon) and
it returns the equivalent error message:

Connection initiated.
Connection requested from 127.0.0.1
Unkown recipient: xx*@xxxxx.com

Some idea?

Thanks a lot for your help,

Raúl.
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Yonder stands your orphan with his gun,
Crying like a fire in the sun.

[Markku Uttula]

Ra?l wrote:

17:41:05 [1] Error Socket Error # 10061 Connection refused.
Well, that one seems pretty straight forward.
Unkown recipient: xx*@xxxxx.com
Perhaps there really is no "xxx" at "xxxxx.com" :)
Some idea?

This is just a longshot, but possibly the problem is not in your end,
but in the receiver's end. Many SMTP-servers these days refuse
connections from machines that are not registered MaileXchangers for
their domain.

Have you tried sending messages with your ISP's "real" SMTP-server?

--
Markku Uttula