<?php
$sendto = "account@gmail.com";
$subject = "email confirmation"; // Subject
$message = "the body of the email - this email is to confirm etc...";
# send the email
mail($sendto, $subject, $message);
?>

smtp = localhost  #(here should be your smtp server)
smtp_port = 25

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

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