E-Mails not sending

[johnkoer]

I am trying to diagnose a problem where e-mails are not being sent on subscriptions or to the author when any comments are posted.

I have tried as both a commenter and as an author, and neither receive the emails.

Where can I check the configuration of this? I am guessing it is something pretty simple, but I just can't seem to find it.

I am running version 1.2 on PHP 4.3.7.

Thanks!

[garvinhicking]

Hi!

Please check back with your provider, if the PHP mail() function is properly enabled.

Also check if the email adress you entered in the s9y configuration is a valid email whose email account is hosted on your webserver. You cannot use "blabla@google.com" for example, because that would be an invalid FROM-adress when being sent from your mailserver.

Regards,
Garvin

[johnkoer]

Thanks for the reply garvin.

The PHP mail was setup properly, but I think I know what the issue is at this point.

My mail server requires SMTP authentication to send an email. If I turn this off on my mail server, the emails are sent out properly. Is there a setting in s9y to have it use SMTP authentication when sending emails?

Thanks.

[garvinhicking]

Hi!

Sadly not, but you could configure your sendmail configuration so that SMTP auth is not used when mails are sent locally.

s9y really only uses the PHP mail() interface and does no SMTP on its own.

Regards
Garvin

[johnkoer]

Thanks Garvin. I tried that and it seemed to work.