No.
Some very quick, very general, information for you.
What is a Mail Server?
A small program resident on every Apache server that understandS SMTP
No. That is not entirely correct.
I posted a link for you. Not a question. I already know what a mail server is.
🙂
Thank you, ClaytonJames. I know what a mail server is, too. My question should have been whether or not WP supports mail service. Your answer implies that it does not. My next question, then, is, “Why not?”
whether or not WP supports mail service
maybe you could be more specific with what you want to do?
newsletters? mass mailing? what?
WordPress CAN be used to mail (it mails your ID and password, yo), but there are other tools better suited to newsletters etc.
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/search.php?q=mail
My question should have been whether or not WP supports mail service. Your answer implies that it does not.
My answer implies no such thing. I didn’t reply to what you should have asked. I gave an answer to the question you did ask. No. WordPress is not a “mail server”. If you had asked, “can I send out mass e-mails or news letters using WordPress?”, my response would have been slightly different.
I think, unless things have changed, that WordPress is capable of communicating by sending email through php. There are also various plugins that can enhance or “expand” the capabilities of that function to suit your needs, within limitations.
Perhaps these might help to contribute something useful in the way of answering questions or ideas you might have about WordPress and email:
class-phpmailer.php
“WordPress uses the standard php mail function, which uses sendmail. No account information is needed. This is not generally a problem if you’re using a hosting service, but if you’re using your own box and don’t have an SMTP server, the mail won’t ever send. If you’re using a *NIX box, you should have either postfix or sendmail on your machine; you’ll just need to set them up (google for how-to’s). If you don’t want to go through setting up a complete mail server on you *NIX box you may find ssmtp useful – it provides “A secure, effective and simple way of getting mail off a system to your mail hub”. On a Windows machine, try a sendmail emulator like Glob SendMail. “
Sorry if I caused any confusion over the issue. Best of luck to you!
Cj.
ClaytonJames
troublemaker
In the end, ClaytonJames comment was quite helpful.
