"Kristofer Gafvert" <kgafvert@NEWSilopia.com> wrote in message
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> Hello Laura,
>
> This can happen if you are not allow to relay on your local server. A
> reason for this can be that your local SMTP server is configured to
> require a username and password, and you are not sending any.
>
> On your ISP's server on the other hand, it allows relaying because they
> could have configured it different (for example let a specific IP relay).
>
> So, you can try to allow your IP to relay.
>
> Open IIS Manager.
> Right click "Default SMTP Virtual Server" and click Properties.
> Click the Access tab.
> Click the Relay button.
> Make sure that "Only the list below" is selected.
> Add your IP to the list (if you have multiple IPs, you might need to add
> them all).
>
> You should now be able to relay.
> But, this doesn't mean that you will be able to successfully send emails.
> There can be other things that prevents you, for example your ISP blocks
> port 25, or receiving SMTP servers considers your server to be a
> spam-server.
>
> Good Luck!
>
>
> --
> Regards,
> Kristofer Gafvert
> www.ilopia.com
>
> Laura wrote:
>
>> After reading through these posts I feel I may be in over-my-head, but
> here
>> goes:
>>
>> I'm using IIS 5.1 on Windows XP Pro, and I'm creating web pages using
>> DreamWeaver and PHP and uploading them to my ISP.
>>
>> I'm able to send mail (using the PHP mail() function) once the page is
>> uploaded to my ISP, which is GREAT, but I do most of my testing on my
> local
>> computer and I get errors every time I try to send mail. Specifically:
>>
>> Warning: mail(): SMTP server response: 550 5.7.1 Unable to relay for
>> laura@thomastwosome.com in c:\inetpub\wwwroot\thomastwosome\addUser.php
> on
>> line 29
>>
>> line 29 being where I call mail().
>>
>> Can someone refer me to instructions on setting up localhost to send
> mail?
>> Or will this be more trouble than it is worth, since it is working on my
>> production server.
>>
>> Thanks in advance for any suggestions!
>> Laura
>> PS. Here is my code snippet:
>> $body = "You may now access certain sections of my website!
>> Your username is {$_POST['username']}. Your password is
>> {$_POST['password']}.";
>> mail ($_POST['email'], 'Welcome!', $body, 'From:
>> laura@thomastwosome.com');