Help configuring Mercury mail or similiar with XAMPP to send e-mail outside of localhost
- by user291040
I'm building a PHP/MySQL driven website for my department at work (installed via XAMPP). I need to be able to send mail to outside e-mail addresses (e.g., Yahoo, Hotmail, etc.) using the PHP mail() function. As I see it I have to solutions:
Configure the SMTP directive in php.ini to the server running at my work.
Configure/run a mail server…