host for mail function

Hi
You know one of the parameters for sending mail using smtp method is "host"

Is there such a parameter when we use "mail" method

 

in php mail just use :
mail($to, $subject, $message)

 

You cannot specify the specific SMTP server using the mail() function in PHP, but there are packages you can use to get around this. See http://email.about.com/od/emailprogrammingtips/qt/PHP_Email_SMTP_Authentication.htm for more details.

 

Thank you
It was a very useful reply
I noticed that "Mail.php" must be included to send mails using smtp and I think I will not be able to view "Mail.php" source code, right?
Then how can I figure out what functions I should use to send html emails and attachments?

 

just use php mail() function , you don't need to set any smtp.
almost paid hosting offer ther mail() function .

 

but this host is forcing to use smtp

 

http://email.about.com/od/emailprogrammingtips/qt/PHP_Email_SMTP_Authentication.htm