How to provide mail service on a local Windows box or LAN without IIS-mailservice?
Use free local mail server like ArGo Soft. There is a good hint at http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.mail.php – see the user contributed note: ……………………………………………………………………………. ng4rrjanbiah at rediffmail dot com 20-Jun-2003 09:58 For Windows users who work on local machine: If you want to send emails from your local machine you can try ArGoSoft Mail Server ( http://www.argosoft.com/applications/mailserver/ ) Step1: 1. Install ArGoSoft Mail Server 2. Open the ArGoSoft Mail Server and click Tools > Options to configure. 3. Enter the DNS server name or let the ArGoSoft Mail Server to auto-detect. 4. Enter the IP address (202.xx.xx.xx) of your machine or let the ArGoSoft Mail Server to auto-detect. 5. Start (run) the ArGoSoft Mail Server and make sure there is no error. 6. Now, the IP address is your SMTP & POP3 server. Step2: 1. Open your php.ini 2. Enter the IP address at SMTP like SMTP = 202.xx.xx.xx That’s all! Do not trust “sendmai
