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call to mail() doesn’t work in Windows

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Dec 19.2005

Hello people

I am using the following code to try to send an email:

[code=php]
$to = “[email protected]”;
$subject = “This is a test”;
$message = “This is the message body”;
$header = “From: John Smith <[email protected]>”;
mail($to, $subject, $message, $header);
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This code works fine when I run it on a Linux machine.
It does not work when I try it on a Windows machine

I have SMTP server installed

Is there something wrong in the mail format? including the body and the headers for Windows?

any help would be appreciated

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@chazzyDec 19.2005 — is php configured to pick up your mail server running locally?
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@jasongrauthorDec 20.2005 — I was able to get it to work by modifying the header to
[code=php]
$header = "From: [email protected]";

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Appearantly there is a problem with the first and last name and the usage of <>
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