coppermine-gallery.com/forum

Support => cpg1.3.x Support => Older/other versions => cpg1.3 Ecards & Email => Topic started by: thekujj on December 09, 2004, 06:25:40 AM

Title: Registration Confirmation email problem
Post by: thekujj on December 09, 2004, 06:25:40 AM
Hi-
I would appreciate any help from anyone.

I have a Windows XP OS, Apache 2.0.5, PHP 4.3.8, and MySQL 4.0.2.

I get the following error when testing out user registration....

The registration confirmation email can't be send !

Do I have to alter some sort of mail setting in Apache or PHP?  Any help would be great.
Thanks!
Kujj
Title: Re: Registration Confirmation email problem
Post by: Joachim Müller on December 09, 2004, 09:58:04 AM
http://coppermine.sourceforge.net/manual.php#smtp
You have to configure your server properly first.

Joachim
Title: Re: Registration Confirmation email problem
Post by: thekujj on December 09, 2004, 06:05:57 PM
Sorry I'm a newbie...
By default the script uses the PHP built-in mail function to send emails. In some cases, the PHP built-in function can't be used.

If in order to send emails with PHP you need to supply a hostname, a username and a password, you need to edit the file "include/mailer.inc.php" and put the correct values there ($CONFIG['smtp_host'] = 'smtp.somewhere.com'; $CONFIG['smtp_username'] = 'username'; $CONFIG['smtp_password'] = 'password';). If you don't need a username and password to connect to your SMTP server, just leave them blank.


Do I need to go get an SMTP server or do I already have one?  Are they free, what do you reccommend to work well with Coppermine?  Can I have it setup so that it can be in the following format: ?    user@mydomain.com

Thanks!
Kujj
Title: Re: Registration Confirmation email problem
Post by: Joachim Müller on December 09, 2004, 06:16:46 PM
Quote from: thekujj on December 09, 2004, 06:05:57 PM
Do I need to go get an SMTP server or do I already have one?
I don't know, it's you who is running the running the webserver.

Quote from: thekujj on December 09, 2004, 06:05:57 PMAre they free, what do you reccommend to work well with Coppermine?
There are free mailservers, yes. All of them do work with Coppermine (or none) - they have to work for your webserver.

Quote from: thekujj on December 09, 2004, 06:05:57 PMCan I have it setup so that it can be in the following format: ?    user@mydomain.com
You can't make this up, you have to know.

Look, this is rather easy: if you have absolutely no idea how to run a webserver, you shouldn't run one. An improperly configured webserver will be hacked in no time, I can guarantee that. We assume you have a webserver that already is configured properly, as the pre-requisite for using coppermine is quite obvious: you need a webserver - of course it must be a working one. We can not support general webserver setup.
However if you think your webserver is set up ok, but you just can't set up a mail server, just disable everything in coppermine config that is related to coppermine sending email (ecards, registration confirmation, reminders etc.).

I'm sorry, I can't help you anymore with this.

Joachim