This tutorial will teach you how to make a simple newsletter in PHP/MYSQL with account activation. This will require PHP that is not running in SAFE_MODE or PHP that at least allows the sendmail function(duh, you can't send mail without this enabled).
Don't you hate it when you are at a friend's house or visiting relatives and you want to check your email but dont know your POP/IMAP settings. Or even worse, they dont have your POP or IMAP software?
We are using in this tutorial Xajax a very powefull and easy to use PHP Class library which makes it possible to execute a PHP script using XML and some JavaScript code. Get the latest Xajax library here.
Soon or later every people who learn php will meet PHP lovely function for sending email mail()
Unfortunately many beginner who install only PHP, MYSQL and Apache in windows don’t know how to test their email script like contact form, mailing list etc.
Today, I’ll show how to install mail server software available in internet called Argosoft Mail Server.
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