Emailing activation codes

[coolmody]

When a new user registers, the server won't send out the activation email. I signed up for a test user, and waited a couple of days and I still have not got an email.

It used to send it out without a problem. I just noticed it recently, because people started emailing me saying they couldn't post because they could not activate there account.

I tried uploading the mailtest.php file and I put in 2 different emails, but neither of them got an email. I got no error messages either.

[coolmody]

I just tested other email features.


None of them work.

Any ideas?

[Cary]

To your knowledge, did any of the email features ever work?

I tried registering on your board, but email activation is turned off

[coolmody]

I just turned it off because they weren't sending emails out and I wanted new users to be able to post.

[coolmody]

Could it be my server problem? They do have a feature to prevent my email from being used for spamming purposes.

I have to check my pop3 email before I can send out emails through my SMTP account.

If I don't it won't let me send out an email.

Maybe this new info will help out my problem.

[Steve Machol]

1. Upload mailtest.php to your forums directory (it's in the 'extras' folder of the zip file) and run it from your browser. Using your email address as a test, what happens? Any errors? Do you get the email?

2. Upload the phpinfo.php file from the 'extras' directory of the zip file to your forums directory. Then post the URL here. This will help us troubleshoot the problem.

[coolmody]

1. I don't get any errors. I don't get any emails either.

2. http://www.albertacars.net/forum/phpinfo.php

[Steve Machol]

You will need to view the mail logs on the server to see what happened to those emails. Once vB sends it to PHP it's in the hands of the server. If you are on a shared server you may need to ask your host to look through the logs for you.