# Windows & Apache -- equivalent of sendmail? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [March 30, 2004, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-apache-equivalent-of-sendmail/237255 "2004-03-30T05:31:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![caphis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19adc/32.png) [@caphis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/caphis)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2004, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-apache-equivalent-of-sendmail/237255/1 "2004-03-30T05:31:35Z")
Mods: this may be more appropriate for IMHO; I’m not sure, but if it is, feel free to move I am running the Apache (1.3) server on Windows XP. Also installed are PERL (ActivePERL, or whatever it’s called now) and PHP with MySQL. Basically, I’m looking for a Windows equivalent of “sendmail”. The messageboard software that I’m running has an option to email registration confirmation to those who sign up, similar to that of vBulletin/the SDMB. Unfortunately, nothing can be e-mailed until I set up some kind of e-mail program. Does anyone know of a good place to look for this kind of thing? Googling turned up a lot of UNIX sendmail help. I’m looking for something free that has good documentation on how to integrate it with Apache and use it in Perl and PHP. Thanks, guys. ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2004, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-apache-equivalent-of-sendmail/237255/2 "2004-03-30T05:41:12Z")
I’m only familiar with \*Nix servers (as you know from the other thread), so this may be useless to you, but I found [this](http://www.indigostar.com/sendmail.htm). ---
**Author:** ![leenmi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f1d935/32.png) [@leenmi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leenmi)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2004, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-apache-equivalent-of-sendmail/237255/3 "2004-03-30T05:41:58Z")
I don’t know if it’s any good, but googling “sendmail windows” turned up [this](http://www.indigostar.com/sendmail.htm) It’s not free as in beer, though. Costs $49 USD. ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2004, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-apache-equivalent-of-sendmail/237255/4 "2004-03-30T05:42:41Z")
> [@leenmi](#): > > I don’t know if it’s any good, but googling “sendmail windows” turned up [this](http://www.indigostar.com/sendmail.htm) > > It’s not free as in beer, though. Costs $49 USD. Ha! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![leenmi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f1d935/32.png) [@leenmi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leenmi)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2004, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-apache-equivalent-of-sendmail/237255/5 "2004-03-30T05:42:59Z")
Dammit, **Q.E.D.**! ---
**Author:** ![caphis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19adc/32.png) [@caphis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/caphis)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2004, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-apache-equivalent-of-sendmail/237255/6 "2004-03-30T05:44:34Z")
Hmm. I believe this is the one utility that I tried to use when I last had a webserver set up. I couldn’t figure out how to get it set up properly. 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2004, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-apache-equivalent-of-sendmail/237255/7 "2004-03-30T05:48:37Z")
[Here](http://www.lilikoi.com/sendmail.html) is another one. I’m getting the feeling that Windows doesn’t integrate its own sendmail equivalent. Which flavor of Windows are you running again? I think you said XP, yes? ---
**Author:** ![caphis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19adc/32.png) [@caphis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/caphis)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2004, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-apache-equivalent-of-sendmail/237255/8 "2004-03-30T07:08:22Z")
> [@Q.E.D.](#): > > [Here](http://www.lilikoi.com/sendmail.html) is another one. I’m getting the feeling that Windows doesn’t integrate its own sendmail equivalent. Which flavor of Windows are you running again? I think you said XP, yes? Correct. I got the first link you guys sent set up correctly (I hadn’t used it before), but it’s going to “expire” in 30 days. I think the one you just sent is free, I’ll check it out. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2004, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-apache-equivalent-of-sendmail/237255/9 "2004-03-30T07:15:35Z")
> [@caphis](#): > > Correct. I got the first link you guys sent set up correctly (I hadn’t used it before), but it’s going to “expire” in 30 days. > > I think the one you just sent is free, I’ll check it out. Thanks. Cool. If you want to test it, you can send stuff to my email address. ---
**Author:** ![caphis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19adc/32.png) [@caphis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/caphis)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2004, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-apache-equivalent-of-sendmail/237255/10 "2004-03-30T07:25:57Z")
> [@Q.E.D.](#): > > Cool. If you want to test it, you can send stuff to my email address. Awesome… I think I got it working. Unfortunately, I can’t find any configuration for email in the message board setup, so a reinstallation may be in order (I think I saw an option for that in the initial setup). ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2004, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-apache-equivalent-of-sendmail/237255/11 "2004-03-30T07:29:00Z")
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