WordPress can't send mail for Forgot Password and new account

  • MrYann

    (@mryann)


    10 years ago

    Hi,
    Got a strange issue, my new client web site can’t send the Forgot Password and New registration email.

    It says an error occurred and that mail() might not be enabled on the host server. Mail() is working. I can also send mail using the contact form and a mail check plugin.

    I tried deactivating all plugins. same result. I can’t find similar problem elsewhere. I’m hosted on Godaddy. I tried a few smtp for wordpress plugin but I was not able to get any of them to work. However, if a contact form works, I can’T see why it behave differently for the admin mails.

    site: http://www.bikersquebec.com/fr
    phpinfo: http://www.bikersquebec.com/phpinfo.php

    Thanks for your your help.

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  • Andrew Nevins

    (@anevins)

    WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support

    10 years ago

    Have you contacted your hosting providers about this?
    For now you can try resetting your password through other means http://codex.wordpress.org/Resetting_Your_Password

    Thread Starter MrYann

    (@mryann)

    10 years ago

    Yes. I do not need to reset my password. I’m in testing phase with the client. I talked with them, but they limit themsleves to test a sendmail php script in the root of my wordpress to confirm that mail() is working.

    Jay Versluis

    (@versluis)

    9 years, 2 months ago

    Hi MrYann,

    I ran into the same problem today on a CentOS 6 server. Just like in your case, sendmail was working, and other PHP mail scripts were working too.

    Turns out that it was caused by SELinux which can prevent mail from being sent. To test, try this from the command line:

    /usr/sbin/getsebool httpd_can_sendmail

    This will show you ON or OFF. To change it, run this:

    sudo setsebool -P httpd_can_sendmail 1

    This can take several minutes depending on the speed of the server. It solved the problem in my case.

    Thread Starter MrYann

    (@mryann)

    9 years, 2 months ago

    OK. Thanks for the feedback. Have to say, I do not remember how I managed the issue in the end. If I see that again i’ll come back here 😉

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