good mail server to work with easyPHP

[jmack159]

hey there,

im using easyPHP to test my scripts on my local machine before my site goes live. the problem is, i have no way of testing if my email functions are working. does anyone know of a good open-source mail server that i could install on my local machine that will work with easyPHP; or another solution to the problem? My local machine is running windows XP, so my local configuration is WAMP, and my remote server is going to be a LAMP configuration. Any help would be greatly apreciated! Thanks!

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jmack159 wrote:
> the problem is, i have no way of testing if my email functions
> are working. does anyone know of a good open-source mail server that i could
> install on my local machine that will work with easyPHP; or another solution to
> the problem?

The solution is very simple. Create a test folder on your remote site
and test your mail scripts from there. The PHP mail() function hands the
email to the server's mail transport agent (usually Sendmail or a
sendmail-compatible MTA). Attempting to install an MTA on your local
computer is likely to cause more problems than it's worth.

--
David Powers, Adobe Community Expert
Author, "Foundation PHP for Dreamweaver 8" (friends of ED)
Author, "PHP Solutions" (friends of ED)
http://foundationphp.com/

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On Wed, 24 Jan 2007, jmack159 wrote

> im using http://easyphp.org to test my scripts on my local machine before my
>site goes live. the problem is, i have no way of testing if my email functions
>are working. does anyone know of a good open-source mail server that i could
>install on my local machine that will work with easyPHP;

Take a look at:
http://www.elbiah.de/hamster/index.htm
http://www.elbiah.de/hamster/doc/index.htm

I installed this one for when I ever get round to having a contact page
on my site and need to test the scripts. I had no problems installing
it, it works, and the default setup is for sending emails to yourself.

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Richard Mason
http://www.emdpi.com