Mail() [Function.mail]: Failed To Connect To Mailserver At "localhost" Port 25, Verify Your "smtp" And "smtp_Port" Setting In Php.ini Or Use Ini_Set()

[brian]

Well am trying to send mail using php mail function. but every time it shows

 "[size="1"]mail() [[url="http://localhost/phptest/function.mail"]function.mail[/url]]: Failed to connect to mailserver at "localhost" port 25, verify your "SMTP" and "smtp_port" setting in php.ini or use ini_set()[/size]" 

such error. When i cheked my php.ini file in C:\wamp\bin\apache\Apache2.2.17\bin\php.ini it shows

SMTP = localhostsmtp_port = 25sendmail_from = santosh_shah777@yahoo.commail.add_x_header = On

Well am new to it i try to configure it but i cant able to solve this on my own. Any help will be greatly appreciated .

[thescientist]

do you have a mailserver on your local machine? Is this your personal computer or on a server? SMTP servers aren't just automatically present on your typical laptop/PC.

[brian]

yea this is my personal computer. i dont think i have mail server in my localhost. How to install mail server in my wamp any idea.?

[justsomeguy]

There's a list of mail servers here. PHP uses an SMTP server for outgoing email. Your ISP may not allow you to operate a mail server on your account. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mail_servers