has anyone seen a complete solution for this issue? many hosts do not allow php mail() function because it doesn’t support smtp authentication

i’ve seen several posts about swiftmailer, phpmailer alternatives, but none offer a step by step instructions?

interested in modifying files only from the latest verion bbpress-0.9.0.2.zip

also, are any of these solutions integrated with wordpress? or when you use them you lose the bbpress user = wp user integration?

any kind of complete solution would be appreciated by many

[@chrishajer Participant 16 years, 4 months ago]

I don’t know about a complete solution, but I’ve been able to get this one working.

Email Authentication Issue

If it becomes a large enough issue, I imagine someone will create a plugin for it. Until then, this is a work around.

Integrating something like this does not affect WordPress integration as far as I know. It’s just the email function. I imagine WordPress would have the same issue sending out emails unless you use a plugin like this there as well.

[@_ck_ Participant 16 years, 4 months ago]

It really is that simple – just make HowToGeek’s code into a plugin and install swiftmailer:

https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/trick-to-fix-some-email-problems-with-08x-plugins-on-09x#post-15776

That reminds me to fix some of my plugins so they use bb_mail() instead of mail() directly.

[@chrissydunno Member 16 years, 4 months ago]

thanks guys .. but how do you ‘make howtogeek’s code into a plugin’

where does his code go? registration-settings.php? how?

i can install swiftmailer of course, just not sure what else needs to change in current bbpress configurations

[@chrishajer Participant 16 years, 4 months ago]

You take all that code that howtogeek pasted and put it into a file called “replacebbmail.php” or something. To make php code into a bbPress plugin, it needs to have a header. The header needs to look something like this (change the values to something meaningful to you):

<?php

/*

Plugin Name: Swift Mailer

Plugin URI: http://www.example.com/ (doesn't really matter)

Description: Replace bb_mail with Swift Mailer

Author: You

Author URI: http://www.example.com/

Version: 0.1

*/

 

Then, paste the code that howtogeek showed at the end of that file. In the end, it will look something like this.

<?php

/*

Plugin Name: Swift Mailer

Plugin URI: http://www.example.com/ (doesn't really matter)

Description: Replace bb_mail with Swift Mailer

Author: You

Author URI: http://www.example.com/

Version: 0.1

*/



if ( !function_exists('bb_mail') ) {

function bb_mail($to, $subject, $content, $headers=''){



require_once('PATH_TO/Swift/lib/Swift.php');

require_once('PATH_TO/Swift/lib/Swift/Connection/Sendmail.php');



$swift =& new Swift(new Swift_Connection_Sendmail("/usr/sbin/sendmail -bs"));

$from = new Swift_Address("noreply@mysite.com","My bbPress Forums");



$message =& new Swift_Message($subject, $content);

if ($swift->send($message, $to, $from)) {return true;}

else{ echo "Message failed to send to ".$to." from ".$from;}

$swift->disconnect();

}

}

?>

 

The name of the file does not matter really. Save that new file in bb-plugins. Now activate your new plugin in the admin section of your bbPress site.

You will need to configure it before activating it to make sure it works (setting up the path to swift mailer and setting the auth stuff if you need to.)

[@chrissydunno Member 16 years, 4 months ago]

you guys rock

just changed from sendmail to smtp, added authentication, made path changes and it works!

here is the template for my plugin

<?php

/*

Plugin Name: Swift Mailer

Description: Replace bb_mail with Swift Mailer

Version: 0.1

*/

if ( !function_exists(‘bb_mail’) ) {

function bb_mail($to, $subject, $content, $headers=”){

require_once(‘MYSWIFTFOLDER/lib/Swift.php’);

require_once(‘MYSWIFTFOLDER/lib/Swift/Connection/SMTP.php’);

$smtp =& new Swift_Connection_SMTP(“MYSMTPSERVER”, 25);

$smtp->setUsername(“MYEMAILLOGIN”);

$smtp->setpassword(“MYEMAILPASSWORD”);

$swift =& new Swift($smtp);

$from = new Swift_Address(“MYFROMEMAIL”,”MYFRIENDLYFROM”);

$message =& new Swift_Message($subject, $content);

if ($swift->send($message, $to, $from)) {return true;}

else{ echo “Message failed to send to “.$to.” from “.$from;}

$swift->disconnect();

}

}

?>

[@chrishajer Participant 16 years, 4 months ago]

Very nice. Glad you got it working.

[@sambauers Participant 16 years, 4 months ago]

We have debated adding the wp-mail class to bbPress to get this functionality built in, but we balked at the sheer size of the code. What is a good lightweight replacement for php-mailer that we can consider adding to backpress?

[@jon775 Member 16 years, 4 months ago]

I can’t seem to get this to work. I followed the instructions and put in the paths to my SwiftMailer directory, but the plugin just errors out when I try to activate it.

I really would like to get this sorted out, new users are registering on my forums, and many are not getting registration emails…

[@chrishajer Participant 16 years, 4 months ago]

What sort of error are you seeing? It’s hard to help resolve an issue as vague as “just errors out.” The error messages might be important. Please offer more detail.

[@singlezhang Member 16 years, 4 months ago]

I can get it work, with this plugin new users can receive the reg-email. But the problem is the users can not login. After click login button a blank page come out. If deactive the plugin, the users can login, but new users can not receive the reg-email.

with IIS+PHP5, wordpress 2.5.1,

[@chrishajer Participant 16 years, 4 months ago]

singlezhan: Please start a new thread. Sounds like you have something else going on.

[@sambauers Participant 16 years, 4 months ago]

1.0-alpha now includes php-mailer from WordPress.

I’ve added a plugin for 1.0-alpha to allow sending of email via an SMTP server. https://bbpress.org/plugins/topic/smtp-mailer-for-bbpress/

[@sambauers Participant 16 years, 4 months ago]

Actually it will be in 1.0-alpha-2 (the next alpha release)