Hi,

Probably your host disabled php's mail() function on the server. The easiest you can do is contact your host and explain what you want.
If this doesn't work, I do not have an 'out of the box' solution for you, but you can follow the leads in this post: http://forums.b2evolution.net/viewtopic.php?t=12085&start=0&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=smtp.

Good luck

"Afwas" wrote:

Hi,

Probably your host disabled php's mail() function on the server. The easiest you can do is contact your host and explain what you want.
If this doesn't work, I do not have an 'out of the box' solution for you, but you can follow the leads in this post: http://forums.b2evolution.net/viewtopic.php?t=12085&start=0&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=smtp.

Good luck

Thanks for the reply.

The thing is that I run Linux server at home. I now how linux works but know little about PHP

If you know how to enable the mail() please help me out.

Thanks a lot

Vlad

It depends if you are on a Linux or a XAMPP / WAMP Windows maxhine.
In php.ini find:

[mail function]
; For Win32 only.
SMTP = localhost

; For Win32 only.
sendmail_from = 

; For Unix only.  You may supply arguments as well (default: "sendmail -t -i").
;sendmail_path =

for Windows you want something like:

[mail function]
; For Win32 only.
SMTP = mail.tesco.net ; for Win32 only
smtp_port = 25
sendmail_from= php@home.com ; for Win32 only

where mail.tesco.net is your hosts smtp mail send box.

Explanation: you don't have an outgoing mailserver automatically, so you use an existing one from your host or from gmail or another where you have access to. Mail sent from this example has as sender php@home.nl so you probably want to change that line as well.

In Linux the idea is similar, but the details may vary. Probably you can more easily set up a mailserver than in windows. If you succeed you might be able to send mail ftom 'localhost'.

Hope this helps, if you have subsequent questions. please ask.

Good luck