I'm running CentOS with a postfix mail server. I haven't experienced mail problems on other CMS systems - so the basic setup should be working okay - but apparantly not that well. I get the famous emailer.php line 234 error when some users send PMs to each other... The PMs go through, but the error is annoying none the less. Does anyone have a decent solution for this? The phpbb community advise to make a Google search (http://www.google.com/search?q=configuring+php+mail) or use SMTP just don't do it for me. Thanks in advance.
Hey there, The error is related to the e-mail settings. Yes, you may use SMTP or you may use a Gmail account if it's simpler to you. This is an interesting MOD that you could use in order to disable those error messages. Hope this helps,
Thanks. Gmail wont do it. phpBB uses unencrypted transfer connections - Google don't allow that anymore. Guess I'll have to find some other free smtp service. SMTP is running on my server, but it's locked down pretty securely.
php sendmail = not working? If so, you don't need a separate SMTP server. Most paid hosts have sendmail turned on.
I'm on a dedicated with postfix - other CMS and boards send mail fine - I'm guessing it's the encryption issue that's buggy with phpBB2 - can't bother removing restriction on recipient and sender address ... anyway, I'd rather just use some free mail setup or another PM system on the board.