myBB Forum Mail system - How to?

[Azeroc]

I am completely new to mail system of myBB and I have no idea, what I need to put in mail settings to make it work. I would probably prefer SMTP, but it doesn't work with the settings I've inputted. It is essential for me, due to stuff like password recovery on the forums, which uses email system and as I said - it doesn't work, therefore, password recovery is not working either. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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My settings ATM ^

I have a VPS with Windows Server 2008 running on it.

~ Aze.

[rlm850]

To begin, from your post, I'm going to assuming you're running a webserver from your VDS with wamp/xampp/iis.

From my experience, I've had difficult issues running a website itself off of either one of them. Sendmail fails to meet the needs or it doesn't come installed, and I personally, find it a very large hassle to get it installed.

I can tell you that I do run myBB myself, and I have no problems with just attaching a board e-mail address in the config and avoiding SMTP all together. The config takes care of everything. Lost passwords, account activations, tasks, etc. But keep in mind, I'm not running a web server on the VDS.

When it comes down to it, I only use my VDS for sourcebans and hlxce. It gets the job done just fine.

But if you have any other issues with mybb.. I'm more than happy to help I know there's going to be plugin compatibility issues down the road, so I know you'll probably be posting again, lol

[hiimcody1]

VPSes have mail ports block for the first 2 weeks.

[rlm850]

Yes, I know that. But using WAMPServer or XAMPP is a pain in the A and while still possible with IIS, I've always stayed away from it.

[Azeroc]

What about PHP mail, then? With that I have MyBB was unable to send the email using the PHP mail() function. error.

[rlm850]

If youre running wamp or xampp, its simply because it doednt come with a phpmail module. Its on your hands.