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Anubhav · Joined: 28 Apr 2009 Posts: 2

I would like to know what are the steps to use E-mail section in PHP ?

vikas72 · Joined: 21 Dec 2007 Posts: 199

If you have control on your own server, you can install squirrelmail on servers. If you want to send an email from a form you can use phpmail() function. Check

http://us.php.net/manual/en/function.mail.php

madhu2300 · Joined: 30 May 2009 Posts: 25

Before we can send email with PHP, we need to set it up to do so, just as you need to set up your email program before it can send messages. Configuration for sending email in PHP is done with the php.ini file, so open up your Web server's php.ini in whichever editor you normally use.

Faolan · Joined: 01 Jun 2009 Posts: 7

Log in to WordPress with the administration login you use to administer your WordPress blog.
Go to Options > Writing.
Read the instructions under Post via e-mail at the bottom of the page. At the end of these instructions, WordPress will suggest three random strings of numbers you may want to use for the login name of the new e-mail account you'll create.
Create a new e-mail account on your web host's mail server or a separate e-mail server, using one of the suggested numeric strings (or your own secret word) for the username (also called a "login name"). A mail server receives e-mails on your behalf and stores them for retrieval. Do not use public, free e-mail servers like Yahoo, Hotmail, etc., for this account.
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Fnand · Joined: 28 Jun 2009 Posts: 36

follow the steps and you will be able to use email in php. and dont forget to tell me if it helps you. here is what to do-what you have to do is just add the below code in the php
mail($to, $subject, $body)) to send mail..
i think this should do it.

jitendra45 · Joined: 04 Jul 2009 Posts: 26

To send mail using an external program such as sendmail or qmail, pass sendmail.
To use an SMTP server, pass smtp.
To use the built-in mail( ) function, pass mail. This tells Mail to apply the settings from your php.ini.