; For Win32 only.
;sendmail_from = pcplanet@sbcglobal.net
This needs uncommenting and your email address at the SMTP server specified, as your SMTP server usually requires the sender's details.
; For Win32 only.
sendmail_from = me@fashionscouture.com
In your cart's mail configuration you would need to add your email authentication information for your SMTP server smtp.fashionscouture.com - username/password - the same details you use in your regular email client, Outlook Express for example to connect and send mail.
Make sure you are editing the correct php.ini file which is the one in .\xampp\apache\bin\ directory, then restart Apache after making your changes but make a backup of ini and conf files before editing.
The fake sendmail only needs to be configured if you specify that method in your cart's mail configuration section and, if not used, leave it at the default settings in the php.ini file - use only one of the 2 methods not both.
It should contain the same details as you included in the php.ini file plus the email authentication details for the SMTP server you specify, that would normally be included in your cart's configuration.
Example:
SENDMAIL:
; configuration for fake sendmail
[sendmail]
; you must change mail.mydomain.com to your smtp server
smtp_server=smtp.fashionscouture.com
; the default domain for this server will be read from the registry
; this will be appended to email addresses when one isn't provided
; if you want to override the value in the registry, uncomment and modify
;default_domain=local
; log smtp errors to error.log (defaults to same directory as sendmail.exe)
; uncomment to enable logging
;error_logfile=error.log
; create debug log as debug.log (defaults to same directory as sendmail.exe)
; uncomment to enable debugging
;debug_logfile=debug.log
; if your smtp server requires authentication, modify the following two lines
auth_username=me@fashionscouture.com
auth_password=mypassword
; if your smtp server uses pop3 before smtp authentication, modify the
; following three lines
;pop3_server=
;pop3_username=
;pop3_password=
; to force the sender to always be the following email address, uncomment and
; populate with a valid email address. this will only affect the "MAIL FROM"
; command, it won't modify the "From: " header of the message content
force_sender=me@fashionscouture.com
; sendmail will use your hostname and your default_domain in the ehlo/helo
; smtp greeting. you can manually set the ehlo/helo name if required
;hostname=localhost
Fake sendmail works in a similar fashion to the php.ini method and only passes the email details to a known SMTP server.
