php - How to setup mail in XAMPP locally?

Question

I'm learning PHP and have installed XAMPP on my computer.

But I have a problem with the setup as the email option doesn't seem to be working.

After doing some reading I think it has something to do with the below, found on my server in the php.ini file

[mail function]   
; For Win32 only.   
; *hp://*php.net/smtp   
SMTP = localhost  
; http://php.net/smtp-port   
smtp_port = 25   
  
; For Win32 only.   
; http://php.net/sendmail-from   
;sendmail_from = postmaster@localhost   

Is there anything I need to change? I have seen software such as swiftmailer mentioned but I don't know if XAMPP has this included already?

Answer 1

My favorite smtp server is hMailServer.

It has a nice windows friendly installer and wizard. Hands down the easiest mail server I've ever setup.

It can proxy through your gmail/yahoo/etc account or send email directly.

Once it is installed, email in xampp just works with no config changes.