How to install PEAR Mail Package?

[admin]

Hello,

If you want to send PHP mail() with SMTP Authentication then you need to install PEAR Mail Package. This could be done by the following statement:

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pear install --alldeps Mail

[admin]

If you get error like:

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WARNING: channel "pear.php.net" has updated its protocols, use "channel-update pear.php.net" to update pear/Mail requires PEAR Installer (version >= 1.5.6), installed version is 1.5.0 No valid packages found install failed

update PEAR as:

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pear channel-update "pear.php.net"

That should fix the warning.

Probably then, if you will feel comfortable, you can also upgrade to a latest version of PEAR with,

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pear upgrade-all

The upgrade is just to make sure all components you have latest changes in PEAR with them.

if you still get error:

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pear/Mail requires PEAR Installer (version >= 1.5.6), installed version is 1.4.9
No valid packages found
install failed

Do:
First:

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pear upgrade --force pear

Then:

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pear install --alldeps Mail