Getting Xampp to Send E-Mail From the Localhost

In my web design work I often have a need to test email functionality. This is what I found to work for my setup.

Edit c:/xampplite/php/php.ini

search for the line that says:

sendmail_path = “\”C:\xampplite\sendmail\sendmail.exe\” -t” – in my setup it is line 1107

That command above actually has incorrect syntax. Create a line directly under that with this syntax.

sendmail_path = “C:\xampplite\sendmail\sendmail.exe -t”

Save the file.

Next you’ll need to open up the sendmail.ini file located at c:/xampplite/sendmail/sendmail.ini

Before the section at the bottom of the file starting with #Set a default account, create a new section. Enter in your smtp file server information from your ISP, or if you have access to a mail server for a hosting account you can use those settings.

Mine looks like this:

account CIOP

tls on

tls_certcheck off

host mail.ciop.com

from myemailaddress@ciop.com

auth on

user myemailaddress@ciop.com

password enterwhateveryourpasswordishere

Then make sure you change the default account to read

account detail: CIOP

The next step is to stop and restart Apache through the xammp control panel.