This utility will determine if your server is capable of sending out emails via PHP. To install, upload the php_mail_test.php file to your server to the same folder you'll be installing your PHP form processing script.
- Download for Mac (.sit)
- Download for Windows (.zip)
Use your web browser and browse to the php_mail_test.php file on your server. Enter your valid email address into the form and submit it to test the server status. Do not consider it a successful test until you receive the actual email test message. Some servers may seem to send the email successfully, but then you may never get the email.
Some servers may require a different file extension to process PHP files, such as .php3 or .phtml - if this is the case (or web host will have to tell you), just change the extension on the php_mail_text.php file to whatever you need before uploading.
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