02 June 2009, 12:12

Hi,

I've installed 1.1.3 on an Apache server, no errors in the web config. Yet when I try to register a new user, it doesn't seem to be able to send the email registration. Any tips on how I can track down where the problem is?

 Thanks!

02 June 2009, 12:13

02 June 2009, 14:55

02 June 2009, 21:47

03 June 2009, 7:51

Hey Nigel,

 Thanks for the quick reply! I read through your post, but I think I'm not quite clear on how everything should be set up before Mahara. Do I need to configure some sort of e-mail handler for PHP or Apache? I'm rather new to linux servers. 

 Thanks!

03 June 2009, 17:42

Nope, you shouldn't need to do any php or apache configuration to make mail work.

Actually, someone pointed out that a possible cause might be if the 'reply' email address is invalid. You might want to try putting this in your config.php and see if you can send emails after that:

$cfg->noreplyaddress = '[email protected]';

Make sure the email address is a valid one!

08 June 2009, 7:44

It does have a valid reply e-mail address.

 I tried installing sendmail, cause I wasn't sure what (if anything) was handling mail. Sendmail works, but, I get errors on every email it tries to send, with a connection timeout with the destination mail server. I realize sendmail isn't a Mahara supported app, but do you have any suggestions (or maybe a suggested different program?)

08 June 2009, 18:16

09 June 2009, 13:24

It probably is a firewall issue actually. I'm on a large campus network with several layers of firewalls between the server and the wide open web.

 In the interest of saving time I switched it to SMTP and it's been working like a champ ever since. :)