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Konrad Pilch
2,435 PointsHow to set up a web mail
Hi,
So in my portfolio i got contact form and the backend is coded with this tutorial.
But im not sure about the other part? i need a web mail server ? or something like that?
What should i do form the point after coding it ?
1 Answer
Michael Bianchi
2,488 PointsTo set up a mailing system in php, I recommend heading over to code.google.com/phpmailer (I think that's it, if not just search "phpmailer".
It is a third-party library with much mail functionality and security built right into it. It will download as a folder and you should upload it to your root directory (it really doesn't matter where, I suppose, as long as you reference it in your code).
You can include and instantiate the class like this:
<code> require_once("../phpmailer/class.phpmailer.php"); $mail = new PHPMailer(); </code>
Then you can use all the mail functions you need. Test it on a live server because your localhost will most-likely not be configured to handle mail.
Then it's just as simple as $mail->Send(); But be sure to use their built-in functions to check and validate the email. It has a built-in $mail->ValidateAddress() function for that.
If you need further explanation, please let me know. There may be others better at explaining this, but what I said will accomplish your goal.