send email using php

[david.grymes]

using php, how do i send email using an external smtp server? Can sombody give me an example to play with?

[sde]

here's a sourceforge project: SourceForge.net: PHPMailer

and a tutorial here: :: PHP Mailer ::

usage sample taken from their site:

PHP Code:

<?php
require("class.phpmailer.php");
$mail = new PHPMailer();
$mail->IsSMTP(); // telling the class to use SMTP
$mail->Host = "smtp.example.com"; // SMTP server
$mail->From = "from@example.com";
$mail->AddAddress("myfriend@example.net");

$mail->Subject = "First PHPMailer Message";
$mail->Body = "Hi! \n\n This is my first e-mail sent through PHPMailer.";
$mail->WordWrap = 50;

if(!$mail->Send())
{
   echo 'Message was not sent.';
   echo 'Mailer error: ' . $mail->ErrorInfo;
}
else
{
   echo 'Message has been sent.';
}
?>

[sde]

let us know if that helps Salch.

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