Forum not sending mail

[Pamela_S]

Hi,

I am running YaBB SE 1.5.0. I just moved over from another server. Everything appears to be working fine EXCEPT...I am unable to send email to my members, no email is sent to new members and I am unable to email a topic to anyone.

I am not getting an error message, the email just doesn't show up.

I've checked settings.php and everything looks ok. This is what I have:

$mailprog = "/usr/sbin/sendmail";    # Location of your sendmail program
$smtp_server = "127.0.0.1";    # SMTP-Server
$webmaster_email = "[email protected]";    # Your e-mail address.
$mailtype = 0;    # 0 - sendmail, 1 - SMTP

I checked and the path to sendmail is correct. Any thoughts on what may be wrong?

Thanks in advance-
Pam

[David]

Do people recieve e-mail when registering?  If you e-mail members do they get anything.

Also please see my sticky thread on thi forum and upgrade to 1.5.1.

[Pamela_S]

Yes, I did just upgrade to v. YaBB SE 1.5.1RC1 but that is not helping.

No one is receiving an email when registering. When I email members they do not receive anything. I also cannot send a topic to anyone via email.

[[Unknown]]

Yes, I did just upgrade to v. YaBB SE 1.5.1RC1 but that is not helping.

No one is receiving an email when registering. When I email members they do not receive anything. I also cannot send a topic to anyone via email.

There is an option in Installed 'Mods' Settings and Options concerning smtp or sendmail.  Make sure it's set correctly.

Also, please provide a link.

-[Unknown]

[Pamela_S]

In the file modsettings.php, I found these lines:

$modSettings['mail_type'] == 'sendmail' ? ' selected="selected"' : '');

$smtpDisabled = ($modSettings['mail_type'] == 'sendmail' ? ' selected="selected"' : '');

I am not sure if they are correct...

The url for this baord is: http://www.conservativex.com/yabbse/index.php

[Pamela_S]

I should also add that the forum was sending mail just fine before I upgraded to YaBB SE 1.5.0

[Spaceman-Spiff]

I should also add that the forum was sending mail just fine before I upgraded to YaBB SE 1.5.0

was that before or after you moved to a new server?

u can also ask the host/server admin about sendmail/smtp settings that they provide

[Pamela_S]

was that before or after you moved to a new server?

Both. The forum was sending mail fine on the old server.
When I first moved over to the new server, the forum was also sending mail fine. After I upgraded to YaBB SE 1.5.0, I encountered this problem.

u can also ask the host/server admin about sendmail/smtp settings that they provide

I'm not sure what you mean by this.

[[Unknown]]

Okay, you misunderstood me.

First, use 1.5.1.... it's better in every way^TM.

Second, go to the admin panel, select "Installed 'Mods' Settings and Options", scroll down to SMTP and make sure it's set either to sendmail or with the correct information.

The settings in Settings.php NO LONGER MATTER.  And, editing ModSettings.php isn't what i meant - the settings are stored in your SQL datatabase.

-[Unknown]

[Pamela_S]

Thanks.

Second, go to the admin panel, select "Installed 'Mods' Settings and Options", scroll down to SMTP and make sure it's set either to sendmail or with the correct information.

Yep. I've already tried that. I've tried setting it with both options and the same thing happens each time. No error message but the email never arrives.

The settings in Settings.php NO LONGER MATTER.  And, editing ModSettings.php isn't what i meant - the settings are stored in your SQL datatabase.

hmmm...Should I be looking for something that may be wrong  in the db?

[[Unknown]]

Try replacing the sendmail function in Subs.php with this:

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function sendmail($to, $subject, $message, $from = null)
{
   global $webmaster_email, $mbname;

   $to_array = is_array($to) ? $to : array($to);

   $subject = un_html_entities(stripslashes($subject));
   $message = stripslashes($message);
   $headers = 'From: "' . addslashes(isset($from) ? $from : $mbname) . '" <' . $webmaster_email . ">\r\n";
   $headers .= 'Return-Path: ' . $webmaster_email;

   foreach ($to_array as $to)
      $mail_result = mail(str_replace(array("\r", "\n"), array('', ' '), $to), str_replace(array("\r", "\n"), array('', ' '), $subject), $message, $headers);

   return $mail_result;
}

Basically I ripped out SMTP.  Now it should be doing it via. via Sendmail.

-[Unknown]

[Pamela_S]

Thanks for your help. I'll give it a shot and report back.

[Elden]

I had a similar issue when I converted from Y1G.

I self-host though, which means I also run my own mailserver.  I prefer using SMTP myself, but that is only because I've had problems using sendmail.

Bottom line for me though was:  either YSE has problems with authenticated SMTP or I have problems with it on my own mailserver.  Removing the SMTP password fixed it for me, but your hosting service probably doesn't allow unauthenticated SMTP connections.  I'd give it a try though anyway.

[Pamela_S]

Thanks Unknown, that did the trick!  

Somewhat off-topic BUT...
does anyone know how to change the default greeting at the bottom of the email you send to members from the admin panel?

[Spaceman-Spiff]

Somewhat off-topic BUT...
does anyone know how to change the default greeting at the bottom of the email you send to members from the admin panel?

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