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Get PHP from the official website: <a href="http://php.net/downloads.php" rel="ugc">http://php.net/downloads.php</a><br />
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It already comes with the Mail module (<a href="http://php.net/manual/en/book.mail.php" rel="ugc">http://php.net/manual/en/book.mail.php</a>).<br />
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If you are using IIS (or a Windows Server), just download the Microsoft Web Platform Installer and install PHP with it (<a href="http://www.microsoft.com/web/platform/phponwindows.aspx" rel="ugc">http://www.microsoft.com/web/platform/phponwindows.aspx</a>). It will configure your IIS to work with PHP as well.
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Get PHP from the official website: http://php.net/downloads.php [http://php.net/downloads.php]

It already comes with the Mail module (http://php.net/manual/en/book.mail.php [http://php.net/manual/en/book.mail.php]).

If you are using IIS (or a Windows Server), just download the Microsoft Web Platform Installer and install PHP with it (http://www.microsoft.com/web/platform/phponwindows.aspx [http://www.microsoft.com/web/platform/phponwindows.aspx]). It will configure your IIS to work with PHP as well.

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I am using IIS ... would that also include the PHP mail ?
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I am using IIS ... would that also include the PHP mail ?

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I am setting up a new server, just installed MySQL Database and now I need to intall PHP and PHP mail on that machine so that wordpress websites can send email and work fine. <br />
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Where can I download both ? &nbsp;Some have multiple links so I need some guidance to make sure I do this right.
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I am setting up a new server, just installed MySQL Database and now I need to intall PHP and PHP mail on that machine so that wordpress websites can send email and work fine. 

Where can I download both ?  Some have multiple links so I need some guidance to make sure I do this right.

Where to download PHP ?

PHP is a widely-used server-side scripting language especially suited for web development, powering tens of millions of sites from Facebook to personal WordPress blogs. PHP is often paired with the MySQL relational database, but includes support for most other mainstream databases. By utilizing different Server APIs, PHP can work on many different web servers as a server-side scripting language.

WordPress is a free and open-source content management system (CMS) based on PHP and MySQL for creating websites and blogs. Features include a plugin architecture, a template system and strong management, customization and search systems; through its dynamic presentation of content, webmasters have the flexibility to create websites easily.

WordPress

MySQL is an open source, relational database management system that runs as a server providing multi-user access to a number of databases. Acquired by Oracle in 2009, it is frequently used in combination with PHP installations, powering most of the WordPress installations.