problem in php mail function and smtp

[idrees]

hello,
i m using php mail for contact us script it was working fine but now when i send mail i got an error message "error to sending mail". when i use smtp
(smtp server as mail.12help.elementfx.com, smtp user as admin+12help.elementfx.com and password as my webmail password. my web mail is admin@12help.elementfx.com and my site url is 12help.elementfx.com) igot an error message " There was an error sending your message: Failed to connect to localhost:25 [SMTP: Failed to connect socket: Connection refused (code: -1, response: )]"

when i use web mail for sending message i also got same error. in webmail i have set my default identity admin@12help.elementfx.com.

all of my mail script worked well problem only occured at last night.


so please help me how to solve my send mail problem.
i m also unable to send email from yahoo and rediff to my email address admin@12help.elmentfx.com.
i got failure delivery mesaage.

please please help me

thank you

[Brandon]

I think this is an SMTP Problem. Have you tried using just mail() for sending out mail from your site?

[idrees]

yes i have tried mail()

but i m unable to send any mail