Error Failed to connect to mailserver at localhost port 25 verify your SMTP and smtp port setting in php ini or use ini set in C wamp www niroj register php on line 50

Question

I keep getting this error when I try to send an e-mail in PHP:

Warning: mail() [function.mail]: Failed to connect to mailserver at "localhost" port 25, verify your "SMTP" and "smtp_port" setting in php.ini or use ini_set() in C:\wamp\www\niroj\register.php on line 50

my php.ini looks like this:

[mail function]
; For Win32 only.
; http://php.net/smtp
SMTP = localhost
; http://php.net/smtp-port
smtp_port = 25

; For Win32 only.
; http://php.net/sendmail-from
sendmail_from = deyneeraj@gmail.com

I'm using my laptop as a server.. What am I doing wrong?

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Answer 1

Hello @kartik,

PHP mail function can send email in 2 scenarios:

a. Try to send email via unix sendmail program At linux it will exec program "sendmail", put all params to sendmail and that all.

OR

b. Connect to mail server (using smtp protocol and host/port/username/pass from php.ini) and try to send email.

If php unable to connect to email server it will give warning (and you see such workning in your logs) To solve it, install smtp server on your local machine or use any available server. How to setup / configure smtp you can find on php.net

Hope it helps!!

Thank You!!