How to set STMP options for phpbb 3 forum?

[wegamer.com]

My actual problem is that New users of my forum not receiving activation code e mail. I contacted phpBB. Here is the post describing my problem.

http://www.phpbb.com/community/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=1751215&p=10566085#p10566085

They told me -

You will need to set up the SMTP options.
Each item listed will need to be setup the same as your email client SMTP settings.

Use SMTP server for e-mail: No Change to YES
SMTP server address:
SMTP server port: 25
Authentication method for SMTP: PLAIN
SMTP username:
SMTP password:

I want to know how can I get SMTP server address with Bluehost. Please help me.

[JND]

Try box___.bluehost.com where ___ is the number of your box (which you can obtain from your cPanel home page under Server Name).

So, if your server is box299, you would use box299.bluehost.com as your smtp entry.

See if that works for you.

[felgall]

Simply making sure the sending email address exists should allow you to have the emails send without needing the SMTP configured.

[wegamer.com]

Simply making sure the sending email address exists should allow you to have the emails send without needing the SMTP configured.

E mail address exists. I personally tried that.

[wegamer.com]

Try box___.bluehost.com where ___ is the number of your box (which you can obtain from your cPanel home page under Server Name).

So, if your server is box299, you would use box299.bluehost.com as your smtp entry.

See if that works for you.

and is necessary to add
SMTP username:
SMTP password:

[wegamer.com]

Ok I added Server Name. Created new e mail with Bluehost and added it as SMTP username and also given password. But it is not working?

[n2rga]

Is there any reason why you want to use smtp?
I have 4 forums on bluehost and all use phpBB for handling E-mail
But if you want smtp
Look in your control panel for Bluehost and under the E-mail Account Icon
Look to the right of the e-mail account you want and click
Configure e-mail accounts.
the settings is under manual settings
For me the outgoing port is not standard on my box so pay attention to that.
also your mail server name ther is a + in between the username and domain name

Hope it helps

[wegamer.com]

Hi n2rga

Here is my Manual Settings

Mail Server Username: admin+wegamers.com
Incoming Mail Server: mail.wegamers.com
Incoming Mail Server: (SSL) box___.bluehost.com
Outgoing Mail Server: mail.wegamers.com (server requires authentication) port 26
Outgoing Mail Server: (SSL) box___.bluehost.com (server requires authentication) port 465
Supported Incoming Mail Protocols: POP3, POP3S (SSL/TLS), IMAP, IMAPS (SSL/TLS)
Supported Outgoing Mail Protocols: SMTP, SMTPS (SSL/TLS)

Help.

[n2rga]

Use SMTP server for e-mail: Yes

SMTP server address: mail.wegamers.com

SMTP server port: 26

Authentication method for SMTP: Plain

SMTP username: admin+wegamers.com

SMTP password: Your Password here

[wegamer.com]

n2rga

I done exactly as you say. But it do not working. Thanks for help. Any other idea?

[felgall]

If that isn't working then the problem blocking your emails is elsewhere and nothing you change in your phpBB setup is going to help.

[n2rga]

try saying no to smtp server and let phpBB 3 handle it

[wegamer.com]

Just tell me before 2 -3 months users were able to receive e mail (without SMTP settings
Here is a screen shot of proof


http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tbHfaj1A058/SqSuAOWqGgI/AAAAAAAAHXY/L5YtIQFB7EQ/s1600/Bluehost.JPG

And they were mailed by - box461.bluehost.com

Then what is the problem now. Please sort out this.

[n2rga]

I think its time to call bluebhost support NO?

[JND]

Why is your from line "you@yourdomain.com"?

I had a similar problem until I changed the from line (forum@me.tld) to a valid return-address by actually creating the email account "forum".

I wonder if this might be your problem as well.

[MrDelish]

On my Joomla! installation, I had to use port 25 and set authentication to "no" in order for it to send out SMTP emails.

[halfpastzero]

SMTP connections through scripts and other user-run applications on the server are restricted to local connections by the firewall. In order for you to use smtp you need to use the hostname of 'localhost' in order for it to work.

[wegamer.com]

On my Joomla! installation, I had to use port 25 and set authentication to "no" in order for it to send out SMTP emails.

How to set authentication to NO in PHPBB?

[MrDelish]

How to set authentication to NO in PHPBB?

Based on this screenshot (http://www.phpbb.com/community/download/file.php?id=74125&sid=2d3c75fa5090435b2b747b06024dc3fe&mode=view), it would be choosing "PLAIN" in the dropdown next to "Authentication method for SMTP".

[n2rga]

Not sure if this is your problem but I did come accross this on phpbb.com
http://www.phpbb.com/bugs/phpbb3/46725