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1. EpicKris
   Member
   Posted 11 months ago #

   A friend just attempting to register an account on my website, but did not receive an activation email.

2. Ipstenu
   Half-Elf Support Rogue & Mod
   Posted 11 months ago #

   Try to register with a secondary email and see if you get the emails.

3. EpicKris
   Member
   Posted 11 months ago #

   What do you mean by a secondary email exactly? We've tried registering using various email addresses if that's what you mean?

4. Ipstenu
   Half-Elf Support Rogue & Mod
   Posted 11 months ago #

   I mean you make a second email account (gmail, whatever) and see if you can register :)

   Are you, the ADMIN, getting email notifications for comments and registrations?

5. EpicKris
   Member
   Posted 11 months ago #

   As the admin I have not received any emails.

6. Ipstenu
   Half-Elf Support Rogue & Mod
   Posted 11 months ago #

   Ask your host if they allow PHP email.

7. EpicKris
   Member
   Posted 11 months ago #

   I am the host. I'm upgrading to WordPress 3.2 now. How can I check if I allow PHP email?

8. EpicKris
   Member
   Posted 11 months ago #

   Okay, I think I MAY have found the problem, when editing a site (using the Network dashboard) I can input the mailserver URL, login, pass and port. Should I change these, are they for incoming or outgoing mail? I use a google apps account for all my email.

9. Andrea_r
   team pirate
   Posted 11 months ago #

   WordPRess uses phpmail() on the server itself. If that's not running, then that is why you're getting no mail sent or received.

10. EpicKris
    Member
    Posted 11 months ago #

    How can I check if phpmail is running?

11. Andrea_r
    team pirate
    Posted 11 months ago #

    http://php.net/manual/en/function.mail.php

    And/or try these:
    http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-mail-options/
    http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-mail-smtp/

12. EpicKris
    Member
    Posted 11 months ago #

    Okay, I just found that the PHP mail functions require a working email system, however mine is external, so would you recommend using one of the plugins you listed or installing a basic email system on my server?

    http://www.w3schools.com/PHP/php_ref_mail.asp

13. EpicKris
    Member
    Posted 11 months ago #

    Also, if installing a basic email system on my server is recommend, should I use; Postfix, Exim4, Dovecot Server, Mailman or Mail Filtering (ubuntu mail servers)?

14. Ipstenu
    Half-Elf Support Rogue & Mod
    Posted 11 months ago #

    My reply got hung up - The only solution I've found is http://x10hosting.com/forums/tutorials/115939-send-wordpress-emails-through-external-smtp-server.html

15. EpicKris
    Member
    Posted 11 months ago #

    Okay, I'm using that plugin and filled in all the details correctly, but it still will not send the email. This is proving more difficult than I first thought…

16. EpicKris
    Member
    Posted 11 months ago #

    Well, I've installed Postfix mail server on my server and now everything works fine. Thanks for everyones help. Was actually a very simple solution in the end.

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