Title: SMTP settings Last modified: August 19, 2016 --- # SMTP settings * [cwallace](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cwallace/) * (@cwallace) * [16 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/smtp-settings/) * All: * New here and trying to take in a lot. * I have managed to get the software installed and the network option to appear and the super admin tab to show up. * However, I have gone out to test as an end user and two things don’t happen. * 1) I never get an e-mail with a password. Funny thing about that is that I don’t get one from the wordpress.org website either and had to create a new account and get the administration involved…that aside. Where do we set SMTP stuff as I use authentication for relaying e-mail from my mail server. * 2) After registering I logged in as the admin and there is no user account or site set up for the user that I just registered. The same one that I don’t have an e-mail for. * I have tested using my yahoo account also and never receive anything so I don’t suspect it is on the receiving end of my mail either. * This is REALLY holding up my ability to progress…the ‘5 minute’ install has run into a ‘5 day’ install. * Thanks in advance. Chris Viewing 6 replies - 1 through 6 (of 6 total) * [Andrea Rennick](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andrea_r/) * (@andrea_r) * [16 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/smtp-settings/#post-1504767) * There’s soem SMTP plugins out there in the repo for single WP that do indeed help with this when you’re running a network. * From all my work with setting up wpmu sites though, 9/10 times it’s the box not sending mail properly, or the email is blocked on the receiving end. reverse dns records can help too. * Thread Starter [cwallace](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cwallace/) * (@cwallace) * [16 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/smtp-settings/#post-1504770) * crickets? * Can someone at least shed some light on WHERE the SMTP controls are housed within the software so I can look at it? * Chris * Thread Starter [cwallace](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cwallace/) * (@cwallace) * [16 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/smtp-settings/#post-1504778) * Sorry…I must not have reloaded the page and missed your post. * I can assure you that my server is set up properly.. * The situation that I know is probably causing this is that my server REQUIRES authentication… * if I don’t set a user/pass then the software will NOT be able to relay an e-mail out. * phpBB has an option within the admin panel that allows me to select authentication and enter a user/pass. Since WP doesn’t have that option I am assuming it is in a config file somewhere and I need to code it in there. * Since my WP install is on one server and the mail server is elsewhere I am curious if it trying to use a ‘localhost’ to send out the e-mail. Since this server doesn’t handle e-mail that will obviously fail. * My reverse DNS is set up correctly also. * Thanks, Chris * Thread Starter [cwallace](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cwallace/) * (@cwallace) * [16 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/smtp-settings/#post-1504779) * I should add that it fails when testing to a yahoo account also. I think they might have their e-mail set up correctly for receiving..;) * Chris * Thread Starter [cwallace](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cwallace/) * (@cwallace) * [16 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/smtp-settings/#post-1504784) * I humbly accept being WRONG…! * Ok…here is what I found and I hope this might even help someone else in the future. * My setup is 4 servers in total in my house. * DNS, Mail, Web, DB. * This install was on the web server. * I was thinking that the WP install was using the supplied admin e-mail to attempt to connect over to my mail server and send out…however, it is just using the local box (which does have mail installed, just not used). * My mail server (postfix) did not allow a relay from the web box internally (as it never handles mail anyway). * So where I was thinking it was using the domain name to find my mail server and relay from it…it was actually doing everything internal. * So adding the IP address within Postfix to allow a relay from the web servers IP address fixed the replay issue and the 3rd test went out perfectly. * I will investigate any security issues or more refined relay allow-ability as I don’t want to just open the flood gates on this web box to be able to relay off my mail server for obvious reasons. * There might be a few other minor issues like reply back, but since that is handled by the mx record as long as the reply e-mail is set correctly (which I have verified) then they should find their destination perfectly fine. * I think I covered everything here and so far it appears to be working nicely on the latest test account. * Never give up…;) and of course my favorite personal quote ‘stupid computers’. * Thanks!! * [Andrea Rennick](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andrea_r/) * (@andrea_r) * [16 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/smtp-settings/#post-1504786) * Yeah, that’s the term I was trying to think of. 😀 As to the software just using the internal mail. Viewing 6 replies - 1 through 6 (of 6 total) The topic ‘SMTP settings’ is closed to new replies. * In: [Alpha/Beta/RC](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/alphabeta/) * 6 replies * 2 participants * Last reply from: [Andrea Rennick](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andrea_r/) * Last activity: [16 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/smtp-settings/#post-1504786) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics