Question About The Mail() Function

Hi,Is there any way of using the mail() function with an SMTP connection? Is there any way of sending messages let's say for example using an email of yahoo?Any help about this woul be very thankfull.Thanks in advance.

The mail function directly accesses the SMTP server. You can change the from and reply headers by including them in the extra headers part of the mail function -- look up the structure of mail() on google; it's very easy to do. You could also theoretically access the yahoo SMTP servers directly and send mail through them as SMTP servers don't have privacy protection.Remember that while spoofing headers is a common occurance, its use can be construed as identity theft.

The mail function directly accesses the SMTP server. You can change the from and reply headers by including them in the extra headers part of the mail function -- look up the structure of mail() on google; it's very easy to do.

Yes, i know.

You could also theoretically access the yahoo SMTP servers directly and send mail through them as SMTP servers don't have privacy protection.

Yes, that's what i wanted to know, i've already search for it in google, but with no success!

Does anybody can give a little extra help?Thanks.