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Mail Sending problem with mail() function

    • Posted 4 years ago #

    After experiencing the initial problem of a signup confirmation mail not going out, and going through the various posts on that topic, I finally found a fix without having to use a plugin or use pear functions.

    In the file /bb-includes/pluggable.php add the following lines at the top:

    ini_set("SMTP","mail.YourDomain.com"); //IP or server name for smtp server
ini_set("smtp_port","25");
ini_set('sendmail_from', 'ValidEmailAccount@YourDomain.com');

    This worked in my case. I hope this solves other people's problems too.

    • Posted 4 years ago #

    @amit_online

    I will try this on my installation instead of the PEAR workaround & let you know if it works.

    Thanks

    • Posted 4 years ago #

    Those ini_set() calls could go in your bb-config.php as well and should work just the same.

    Having said that, I think this hack will only work on Windows Servers running IIS. But I'm not 100% sure about that.

    • Posted 2 years ago #

    I have problem with mail sending functionality.Whenever a user registers or clicks on lost password on my website i.e. http://www.thecollegehunt.com .The user doesn't get any password link.

    I have SMTP server name and port number with me,please tell me any workable solution.

    thanks

    Suresh

    • Posted 2 years ago #

    Try this plugin Suresh?
    http://bbpress.org/plugins/topic/smtp-mailer-for-bbpress/

    • Posted 2 years ago #

    Dear Johnhiler,
    I tried this plugin.I provided following settings:
    /* SETTINGS */

    // Set to 'smtp' to use an SMTP server
    var $mailer = 'smtp';

    // Set a specific name that emails will appear to come from
    var $from_name = 'me@example.com';

    // The hostname of the SMTP server
    var $smtp_host = 'smtp.bizmail.yahoo.com'; //my SMTP server name

    // The port (default is 25)
    var $smtp_port = 465; //my SMTP port number

    // Use authentication (true or false)
    var $smtp_auth = true; //in my case authentication is mandatory

    // Authentication user
    var $smtp_user = 'me@example.com';

    // Athentication password
    var $smtp_pass = 'password';

    /* END SETTINGS */

    Rest everything is as it is. Still problem is not solved. Any idea please !!!

    • Posted 2 years ago #

    Can you test that SMTP connection with something other than the bbPress plugin? Maybe an email client like Thunderbird or something? The password, before I edited it, had your domain name in it, which didn't really look like a normal SMTP password. Try the connection with the settings you're using for the plugin in some other email client to see if it works, then try the plugin.

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