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Please use phpmailer class and use mail.domainname as smtp with smtp authentication to send mails

I don’t think using an external mailer class is a viable option here, but you can certainly configure EE to use an external SMTP server with authentication, as suggested.

For smtp authentication, please use existing mail box like .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) as user name and its password as password.

Can you please try to configure EE accordingly? If you have any questions about the SMTP server address, username or password your host should be able to help.

i had, but with no use it gives me many errors,

so i had select the php mail again, and it works for a while, after that the problem arise a gain same problem

what to do??

When you say it works for a while, what do you mean? How many people do you have in your list?

//When you say it works for a while, what do you mean?//
confirmations, where sent once email is submitted. also emails to admins were sent

oh,yes. also all what i have tried to sent(using the communicate tab) earlier had arrived all at once.also all confirmations (where the confirmation link were expired).

and now i am not able to send any emails, neither conformations are sent…nothing

//How many people do you have in your list? // only 1 i had just make the website online

sasjamal,

The problems you’re encountering are the result of a server configuration issue, not an EE issue per se. Have you told the host that you have other scripts using PHP Mail() that are working fine? If they aren’t willing to configure their server properly for use with one of the most widely used PHP functions in existence, it’s probably time to look for another host, unfortunately.

i had contact them

and they told me to use the follwoing

Please use following details in to use SMTP Authentication :-
1. Smtp server :- mail.domainname
2. Smtp port :- 25/587
3. Smtp auth user name :- Any mail box on domain
4. Smtp auth password :- this mailbox’s password

the problem is that from where to change the SMTP Port??

thanx

Hi sasjamal,

Port 25 will be used by default so if you have the other settings correct then it should work properly. If you do need to change it to 587 though you can do so by editing the system/core.email.php file. At the top of the class you will see:

var    $smtp_port        = "25";                    // SMTP Port

Change that variable as appropriate.

Cheers

Greg