Xampp + vbulletin 3.07 - Email issues.
-I've bought a dedicated server and installed xampp,
-windows 2003
I've been able to set a mysql password and get the forum working, but now I'm having trouble getting the email functions to work. I'm not sure what needs to be done in order to get it working.
Should something be enabled in Xampp? From searches I understood that it already has pop3 and smtp installed. What needs to be changed after a clean install? From what I've read, VBulletin doesn't use SMTP.
I've tried the -F function in vbulletin, which doesn't fix the issue.
Thanks in advance.
IIS smtp server was still installed, causing a conflict.
second issue was the security settings of mercury mail. I had to change some relay settings and add the non-local ip of the server.
Everything working now.
sendmail_from: postmaster@localhost
sendmail_path: None
The mailing function returned an error while trying to send the mail.
Check your mail server to ensure it is configured correctly to allow PHP to send mail from it. You should also check your mail server's error log for more diagnostic information.
From what I understood, xampp installs mercury web server which can be contacted by localhost ip. I don't know if any settings in php.ini needs to be changed, or if i need to run mercury dll's or executables in order to get mail functions working.
Any help would be appreciated :)
Some more info,
-Mercury is running.
-From the xampp config screen you can check if the email service is running properly by sending a test mail to postmaster@localhost (a standard enabled email). Strangely enough that email form reports an error as well. Still, no log is created after a failed attempt. No emails are dropped in the appropriate folder.
-No firewall blocks port 25.
Testing,
-Telnet localhost 25 shows a smtp server running
-Made a test account in Outlook Express to see if I could connect to the smtp server with localhost and send emails, which failed. It does end up in the appropriate mail folder though.
Any pointers?
Try the email diagnostics in the Admin CP and report back the results:
Admin CP -> Imports & Maintenance -> Diagnostics -> Email
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