Creates a instance of a backend-specific mailer class.
Parameter
string $backend - the name of the backend
"mail","smtp",
"sendmail"
array $params -
a array of backend specific parameters.
List of parameter for the backends
mail
If safe mode is disabled, $params
will be passed as the fifth argument to the PHP
mail() function. If
$params is an array, its
elements will be joined as a space-delimited string.
sendmail
$params["sendmail_path"] -
The location of the sendmail program on the
filesystem. Default is /usr/bin/sendmail
$params["sendmail_args"] -
Additional parameters to pass to the sendmail
program.
smtp
$params["host"] - The server to connect.
Default is localhost
$params["port"] - The port to connect.
Default is 25
$params["auth"] - Whether or not to use
SMTP authentication.
Default is FALSE
$params["username"] - The username to use
for SMTP authentication.
$params["password"] - The password to use
for SMTP authentication.
$params["persist"] - Indicates whether or
not the SMTP connection should persist over multiple calls to the
send() method.
Return value
object - a specific Mail instance
or a PEAR_Error object, if fails
