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Hi all, I need some help with the mail functionality. I'll say upfront that I have no experiance with php so i have no idea what I am doing.

How does the board send emails? I don't see an option for SMTP server or any thing, and I read that it is set to use localhost sendmail through the php mail function...

Is this correct?

I assume this is done with the sendthread.php file correct? or is there more behind it than that?

I'd like the board to use an existing exchange server to transfer mail, but when i add the smtp server to the php.ini file nothing happens, and i mean NOTHING. I doesn't attemp to use it at all. I've thrown wireshark up to see if it's making any attempt at all to communicat outside the server for mail, but it isn't. It doesn't even attempt to use the server I put in, so now i'm stuck. I really can't figure out how it's supposed to work...

Can anyone help me out with this? Please?

MyBB uses the PHP mail function: http://php.net/mail
Take a look at the my_mail function in inc/functions.php

I believe there's a SMTP modification floating around, if you do a search.

(2008-07-18, 03:58 PM)DennisTT Wrote: [ -> ]MyBB uses the PHP mail function: http://php.net/mail
Take a look at the my_mail function in inc/functions.php

I believe there's a SMTP modification floating around, if you do a search.

Ultra quick response! I'll look into this, thank you.