php mail on MAMP

Question

I need to test some script using PHP\'s mail. I\'d like to be able to finally get this working locally. I am using MAMP. Is there a way to do this without installing any thi

Answer 1

what i do is i use the phpmailer class (warning: horrible website !) and specify a real smtp server on which i have an account. So i don't use mail() but use smtp. In this way, it does not matter whether i'm on my local server or on the real server. But you do need a working smtp access to that smtp mail server. Best would be to actually use the production mail server (the one that will be used by your application when it goes live). In this manner, you won't have last minute surprises when you discover that the mailserver messes up the reply-to field and little things like that.