Support: email : need a mail server ?

Hello,

I've just upgraded to the latest version without problem and have finally succedeed in generating PDF directly (up to now I created PDF with CUPS).

Now I've tried the email feature but I've got the following error message :
" Warning: fsockopen() [function.fsockopen]: unable to connect to localhost:25 (Connexion refusée) in /opt/lampp/htdocs/invoices2/modules/include/mail/class.smtp.php on line 122
Message could not be sent.
Mailer Error: Language string failed to load: connect_host"

Does it mean that I need a mail server on my machine or is there a way to open a message in my mail software with the invoice as attachment ?

thanks
dd

if your on windows you can try using mercury mail

let us know your system details and we'll let you know the best way to get email happening

cheers

justin

Hello,

I'm running Ubuntu on a Linux PC with a LAMPP sql server (so all is local). I've thunderbird as messaging software.

Do you mean that when clicking "send via mail" in simple invoices it should open a new message in Thunderbird ?

thanks
dd

No. If you go to email the invoice it brings up a form that you type the from and to email address etc. Then if you have sendmail installed it would send the email to the email address yo specify. If you don't have sendmail enabled then this certainly will fail. Have you tried to send the message with the form?

-D-