How can I send an email using php. I used the mail() function on my website. The site is hosted on justhost.com, and I know they have the ability to send email with php set up with their site, but everytime I use that function it won't work or it takes several hours for the email to appear.

Anyone know of a more effective way to send emails using php? Thanks for the help.

The code I use is

PHP Code:

$sendMessage = mail($sEmail, "Reset Password", $sMailMessage, "", "-f no-reply@mysite.com"); 


Read the full documentation for mail:
http://us1.php.net/manual/en/function.mail.php

You have to set headers:

PHP Code:

<?php
$to      = 'nobody@example.com';
$subject = 'the subject';
$message = 'hello';
$headers = 'From: webmaster@example.com' . "\r\n" .
    'Reply-To: webmaster@example.com' . "\r\n" .
    'X-Mailer: PHP/' . phpversion();

mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers);
?>

thank you for the answer