phpBB SMTP

[arachnoid]

I'm trying to get my mail setup right on phpBB so that users can join without me having to create accounts for them.

I've tried every combination of [email protected] [email protected] username.demon.co.uk etc to no avail

I've just realised that i'm getting an error talking about port 110 but the docs on the demon site say this:

What is the outgoing mail (SMTP) server?

post.demon.co.uk
port number : 25

is there a way of changing phpBB to use port 25 or can i install a mailserver locally to act as a relay so that this works? If a mail server is the answer would qmail do the job?

Thanks in advance

Russell

 

[Hxc]

Is there any reason you are using smtp rather than the built in PHP mail function?

 

[arachnoid]

I assume by that you mean leaving the "use smtp" radio button set to no?

It was like that to begin with but it didn't work like that either.

how does the built-in phpmail function send mail? direct to the host mail server?

Russell