How to make the code of PHP[mail()] work?

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=0A Dear Sir/Madam:
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=0AGood day. I am the beginner for PHP With MySQL.
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=0AI would like to learn PHP With MySQL as my hobby.
=0A
=0AI am trying the code of:
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=0Amail($to, $subject, $msg, 'From:' . $email);
=0A
=0ABut the code of mail() is not functioning.
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=0AIf anybody is kind enough, please provide some guidances for me to =0Aim=
plement a
=0Aproper setting.
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=0AFor your info, i am using window XP home edition, Apache server 2.0, PHP=
=0A 5.0 & MYSQL 5.1 as my local testing server.
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=0AAs per your advices, i have allow internet users to use the service of =
=0ASMTP in windows firewall.
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=0AFrom the review server error log, i be able to observe Warning as below:=

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=0A[Sat Mar 13 13:58:17 2010] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] PHP Warning: =0Am=
ail() []: Failed =0Ato connect t=
o mailserver at "localhost" port 25, verify your "SMTP" and =0A"smtp_port" =
setting in php.ini or use ini_set() in C:\\Program =0AFiles\\Apache Group\\=
Apache2\\test\\report.php on line 30, referer: =0Ahttp://localhost/report_T=
emp.html
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=0AIf possible, could show me how configure the php.ini and any relevant =
=0Asetting:
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=0AIn my php.ini, i be able to see:
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=0A[mail function]
=0A; For Win32 only.
=0ASMTP =3D localhost
=0Asmtp_port =3D 25=0A 2 weeks ago =0A =
; For Win32 only.
=0A;sendmail_from =3D me@example.com
=0A
=0A; For Unix only. You may supply arguments as well (default: "sendmail =
=0A-t -i").
=0A;sendmail_path =3D
=0A
=0A; Force the addition of the specified parameters to be passed as extra =
=0Aparameters
=0A; to the sendmail binary. These parameters will always replace the value=
=0A of
=0A; the 5th parameter to mail(), even in safe mode.
=0A;mail.force_extra_parameters = =20
Thanks.
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=0AWarm Regards,
=0ADavid Lee

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