[PHPBB] Forum mail function not sending mails

[Vfo]

So I've been fiddling with setting up a phpbb forum for a small community.

Currently it's on a local windows 7 computer using XAMPP to explore the system and iron out most of the starter issues etc.

 

So far I've gotten everything to work, except for e-mail. (registration verification, resetting passwords and other notifications via email (forum internal message system for notifications works fine!))

 

I would like it to use the built-in mail() system if possible. (I tried using smtp over gmail from a guide I found somewhere a few days ago, also didn't work)

 

The real issue is that it doesn't show any errors while trying to send anything. If I put the smtp settings up incorrectly on purpose I do get an error of the correct type.

 

Email settings tab in ACP: http://i.imgur.com/4c8VU2I.png

Any ideas are greatly appreciated!

 

Let me know if you need any specific information for furthrer investigation.

 

Thanks!

[tyrz_939]

Try setting up a little PHP script that just sends an email to try and pinpoint where the issue is (if it's the servers PHP settings or not)? I always have some kind of problem when hosting on Windows. I actually have to troubleshoot an issue like this for someones WP site soon, heh. GL.

[Neil]

Do you have an email server running on your computer? If you don't have a mail server, then mail cannot be sent...

[tyrz_939]

Do you have an email server running on your computer? If you don't have a mail server, then mail cannot be sent...

 

Ah so he will be sending from the gmail account? My bad, Ignore me. 

[Vfo]

Ah so he will be sending from the gmail account? My bad, Ignore me. 

Thank you both for your replies.

 

I have tried both just to see if it was sending at all since I didn't get any error messages in the email filter (I do if I put gmail settings incorrectly on purpose)

 

I'll recheck the php.ini and mail functions just in case. Wouldn't that report an error though?

[Neil]

Nope. It won't.

 

You need to have a sendmail server installed on your computer to send mail if you're not using explicit SMTP.

[Vfo]

Well, in the end it was a mistake, ofcourse. Not entirely sure which of the things I did that managed to get it going now, but it works. Went crazy and kept making small adjustments and tested over and over again - paid off in the end.

 

Thanks a lot for your input guys!

 

 

Next up: see if I can trick the (U_BOARD) to use an alias instead of my domain name when supplying links in emails. Any ideas lol?