Step by Step on how to use PHP mail function with smtp auth. As you may notice that no one here has any idea what sendmail is.
Open up MercuryMail and click on configuration and then go to Protocal Modules here we will only check the protocals that we need. The following should only be check:
-MercuryS SMTP Server
-MercuryP POP3 Server
-MercuryC SMTP relaying client
-MercuryD distributing POP3 client
-MecuryI IMAP4rev1 Server
Restart MercuryMail
Once back in mercurymail click on configuration and then go to MercuryC SMTP client and fill in the following information.
Smart host name: smtp.somedomain.com <-your isp smtp server should go here.
then click on save once you have those fields completed.
Click on configuration and go to Mercury core module and click on the Local domains tab, then click on add new domain, then add your domain to both the boxes and click ok. Next we will add which users will have an email account on your server and to do this click on configuration then go to Manage local users here you can edit, delete, or add users.
open xampp\apache\bin\php.ini
*Repleace yourxampppath with the path to your XAMPP folder
Ex: C:/Program Files/xampp
Change this:
[mail function]
; For Win32 only.
SMTP = localhost
smtp_port = 25
; For Win32 only.
;sendmail_from =
me@example.com
; For Unix only. You may supply arguments as well (default: "sendmail -t -i").
;sendmail_path = "yourxampppath/sendmail/sendmail.exe -t"
to this:
[mail function]
; For Win32 only.
;SMTP = localhost
;smtp_port = 25
; For Win32 only.
;sendmail_from =
me@example.com
; For Unix only. You may supply arguments as well (default: "sendmail -t -i").
sendmail_path = "yourxampppath/sendmail/sendmail.exe -t"
then go to your sendmail folder and open sendmail.ini and make it look similar this:
; configuration for fake sendmail
[sendmail]
; you must change mail.mydomain.com to your smtp server
smtp_server=localhost
; 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=yourusername you supplied in MercuryMail
auth_password=yourpassword you supplied in MercuryMail
; 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@localhost
; 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
Good Luck