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    • CommentAuthorBobbyS
    • CommentTimeMar 18th 2010
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    How do I get the email functions to work? I changed the email.smtp_auth to true but its not working. And I don't know what you meant by putting my own username and password. Please Help.
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    BobbyS,

    What OS (Linux/Mac/Windows) and is your machine a desktop or server?

    You only need email.smtp_auth = true if you usually require a username/password to send e-mail from your computer.

    For example I've got cable broadband and my ISP does not require a username/password to send e-mail. If I was using ADSL the chances are my ISP would require a username and password, typically this would be your e-mail address and password.

    So if you DO need as username/password your config.ini would look something like this:

    email.smtp_auth = true
    email.username = yourISPusername
    email.password = yourISPpassword

    That's one half of the story, next you need to know what mechanism is used to send e-mail from your machine, if you are running an smtp server I think the following setting in config.ini should work:

    email.host = localhost

    Alternatively substitute 'localhost' for the address of your ISP smtp server e.g. smtp.yourISP.com

    I THINK all of the above is correct, well, it works on my Linux box.

    Nick
    • CommentAuthorsbr
    • CommentTimeMar 18th 2010
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    if you dont have a local mailserver to use, you could use your isp´s smtprelay if they have one.. most isp´s have one. Another idea would be to install a local smtp server to send through.
    • CommentAuthorBobbyS
    • CommentTimeMar 21st 2010
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    How do you install a local smtp server?
    • CommentAuthorsbr
    • CommentTimeMar 21st 2010
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    if its a windows machine, you can just use the one build into iis.
    • CommentAuthorjustin
    • CommentTimeMar 24th 2010
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    hey guys

    bobbys
    - if your on windows you can install mercury mail server - http://www.pmail.com/overviews/ovw_mercwin.htm and then user localhost as the server
    - in the next version you should be able to use gmail as the mail server - this should make it easier

    cheers

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