Sending emails from a Joomla site

[rhv007]

Hi

Can anyone explain the procedure (if there is one) involved in getting a Joomla site to successfully send emails? I Have just set up a Joomla site (I am a Joomla newbie) on this free webhost service and tested the user registration process but things did not quite work out the way they should. As part of the user registration process on a Joomla site, an activation email is sent to the account specified by the person who is attempting to register. However I have discovered that emails are not being sent from my site.

I have trawled the forums for solutions but have not found one. On a few occasions, persons have indicated that they have solved similar problems but they do not describe exactly how they did it.

Any help will be greatly appreciated .

P.S. I have changed my PHP version to Intermediate (version 2) which has just been approved.

Thanks :drool:

 

[TechAsh]

I have a Joomla site and sending e-mails works fine for me.
In the Global Config is e-mail set to use PHP mail?
Also what version of Joomla do you have? I'm using the latest which is 1.5.1.

 

[rhv007]

Thanks for responding m8. For the record I am using Joomla 1.0.14. I think that the problem at the moment has to do with the fact that my PHP V2 was not yet activated (although approved).

Hopefully, things will be sorted out when the upgrade is finalised.

Cheers

 

[jubai]

that not from x1hosting

 

[tittat]

one doubt pls....
but how many mails can be send per session.is there any time out?or is there any restriction on x10.(i mean about sending newsletter to many)

 

[TechAsh]

I don't think there is a limit, but there is the resource usage policy. So if you site uses too much of the server's resources you will be temporary suspended.

To be on the safe side I wouldn't try to send out hundreds of E-Mails at the same time.

 

[rhv007]

Hi

The mail feature is still not working even though my PHP v2 upgrade has been completed: I would appreciate it if someone can fill in the requisite values to get mail to work, PHP mail() or SMTP it doe not matter, I just need the mail feature to work. I have included some representation of my final values. I have tried a quite a few permutation of values but got no choice.

Mailer: PHP Mail Function
Mail From: myemail@gmail.com
From Name: My Site's Name
Sendmail Path: /usr/sbin/sendmail
SMTP Auth: No
SMTP User:
SMTP Pass:
SMTP Host: localhost

 

[TechAsh]

I can see nothing wrong with that.

You could try changing the 'Mail From' to yourusername@yourdomain.com, But I don't think that will make any difference.

I can't remember the SMTP setting for Gmail off the top of my head but they can be found in the help on your Gmail account.

 

[rhv007]

Thanks for the suggestion TechAsh. It tried it and its still got no joy. I obtained the GMail SMTP settings and configured that too but there was no success there either. There are no error messages to suggest that something is wrong either. To say the least, this is becoming a bit frustrating since I really need the account activation email feature to work on the project that I am working on.

Incidentally, webmail from the email accounts I have created on this site works fine.

Can one of the site admins take a look at my settings and confirm that everything is fine?

Cheers

 

[mioemi2000]

I am also having same problem.

 

[rhv007]

Hi all

Finally some success! I logged in a few moments ago and tried the PHP mail feature once more by registering a test user on my site and presto an account activation email was dispatched to the address specified during registration. Strangely though, I had reverted to my initial settings of:

Mailer: PHP Mail Function
Mail From: myemail@gmail.com
From Name: My Site's Name
Sendmail Path: /usr/sbin/sendmail
SMTP Auth: No
SMTP User:
SMTP Pass:
SMTP Host: localhost

Anyway it works so I am basically a happy camper at the moment. Thanks to all those who assisted.

Cheers