<?php
$to="my email address";
$subject="test";
$message="this a test message";
$flag = mail($to,$subject,$message);
if($flag)
echo "message sent thank you";
else
echo "message not sent";
?>
And also check your SMTP configuration..
Yes you can edit using web page maker. Still you can use any editor like notepad also to edit your PHP.
Eclipse is the best editor I have ever used..Dreamweaver is also good editor..
and obviously PHP is the good language than ASP as per my concern.