Forgot password - Mail

[Feelay]

Hi!

I am new to this website.
I am trying to use a "forgot password script" that i downloaded from a website (ive tryed others, but they dont work either). wen u press on the "send" button, it is supposed to generate a new password and send it to the users email. but instead, i am getting theese error messages:

Warning: 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() in xx\xxx\xxx\xxx\include\mailer.php on line 63

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at xx\xxx\xxx\xxx\include\mailer.php:63) in xx\xxx\xxx\xxx\process.php on line 170


This is my "Process.php"

/**
    * procForgotPass - Validates the given username then if
    * everything is fine, a new password is generated and
    * emailed to the address the user gave on sign up.
    */
   function procForgotPass(){
      global $database, $session, $mailer, $form;
      /* Username error checking */
      $subuser = $_POST['user'];
      $field = "user";  //Use field name for username
      if(!$subuser || strlen($subuser = trim($subuser)) == 0){
         $form->setError($field, "* Username not entered<br>");
      }
      else{
         /* Make sure username is in database */
         $subuser = stripslashes($subuser);
         if(strlen($subuser) < 5 || strlen($subuser) > 30 ||
            !eregi("^([0-9a-z])+$", $subuser) ||
            (!$database->usernameTaken($subuser))){
            $form->setError($field, "* Username does not exist<br>");
         }
      }
 
      /* Errors exist, have user correct them */
      if($form->num_errors > 0){
         $_SESSION['value_array'] = $_POST;
         $_SESSION['error_array'] = $form->getErrorArray();
      }
      /* Generate new password and email it to user */
      else{
         /* Generate new password */
         $newpass = $session->generateRandStr(8);
 
         /* Get email of user */
         $usrinf = $database->getUserInfo($subuser);
         $email  = $usrinf['email'];
 
         /* Attempt to send the email with new password */
         if($mailer->sendNewPass($subuser,$email,$newpass)){
            /* Email sent, update database */
            $database->updateUserField($subuser, "password", md5($newpass));
            $_SESSION['forgotpass'] = true;
         }
         /* Email failure, do not change password */
         else{
            $_SESSION['forgotpass'] = false;
         }
      }
 
      header("Location: ".$session->referrer);
   }

And this is my "Mailer.php":

<? 
/**
 * Mailer.php
 *
 * The Mailer class is meant to simplify the task of sending
 * emails to users. Note: this email system will not work
 * if your server is not setup to send mail.
 *
 * If you are running Windows and want a mail server, check
 * out this website to see a list of freeware programs:
 * <Freeware downloads Server Tools - Mail Server Tools at SnapFiles.com>
 *
 * Written by: Jpmaster77 a.k.a. The Grandmaster of C++ (GMC)
 * Last Updated: August 19, 2004
 */
 
class Mailer
{
   /**
    * sendWelcome - Sends a welcome message to the newly
    * registered user, also supplying the username and
    * password.
    */
   function sendWelcome($user, $email, $pass){
      $from = "From: ".EMAIL_FROM_NAME." <".EMAIL_FROM_ADDR.">";
      $subject = "Feelay's Site - Welcome!";
      $body = $user.",\n\n"
             ."Welcome! You've just registered at Feelay's Site "
             ."with the following information:\n\n"
             ."Username: ".$user."\n"
             ."Password: ".$pass."\n\n"
             ."If you ever lose or forget your password, a new "
             ."password will be generated for you and sent to this "
             ."email address, if you would like to change your "
             ."email address you can do so by going to the "
             ."My Account page after signing in.\n\n"
             ."- Feelay";
      return mail($email,$subject,$body,$from);
   }
 
   /**
    * sendNewPass - Sends the newly generated password
    * to the user's email address that was specified at
    * sign-up.
    */
   function sendNewPass($user, $email, $pass){
      $from = "From: ".EMAIL_FROM_NAME." <".EMAIL_FROM_ADDR.">";
      $subject = "Feelay's Site - Your new password";
      $body = $user.",\n\n"
             ."We've generated a new password for you at your "
             ."request, you can use this new password with your "
             ."username to log in to Feelay's Site.\n\n"
             ."Username: ".$user."\n"
             ."New Password: ".$pass."\n\n"
             ."It is recommended that you change your password "
             ."to something that is easier to remember, which "
             ."can be done by going to the My Account page "
             ."after signing in.\n\n"
             ."- Feelay";
 
 
   return mail($email,$subject,$body,$from);
   }
};

Thanks for any Replie

//Feelay

[Xnuiem]

This error has nothing to do with your code. Read the error, what does it actually say? It says the mail() couldn't connect to your SMTP server.

Fix that, don't worry about your code which appears ok and is working if you are getting this error. Your problem is with your mail server.

If you are paying to host this machine, this is a problem for your web host. Otherwise, you need to install a mail server or have one you can relay against.

Blocking out your path, does nothing, since most paths are extremely similar, but based on what I see this is probably a windows machine, so you will need to look for a windows mail server, or more likely an SMTP you can relay against.