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email setup - El Forum - 06-19-2011
[eluser]johnmerlino[/eluser]
Hey all,
I have to ask a nontechnical person who runs an office what their smtp settings are, such as the host (don't think it's gmail), port, username, and password. But if I outright ask them for this, they won't know what I am talking about, as they won't know what smtp means. So how should I explain it in order to get the information required to send emails via codeigniter like this:
Code:
$config = Array(
'protocol' => 'smtp',
'smtp_host' => 'ssl://smtp.googlemail.com',
'smtp_port' => 465,
'smtp_user' => 'xxx',
'smtp_pass' => 'xxx',
'mailtype' => 'html',
'charset' => 'iso-8859-1'
);Thanks for response
email setup - El Forum - 06-19-2011
[eluser]gigas10[/eluser]
Try a PHP file like this
Code:
<?PHP
Phpinfo();
?>email setup - El Forum - 06-19-2011
[eluser]johnmerlino[/eluser]
Now typically wouldn't the smtp host settings be in the php.ini on the server? So when I pass these configurations, what codeigniter overwrites what's on the php.ini?
I'm also a little confused by all these parameters:
Code:
'protocol' => 'smtp',
'smtp_host' => 'secure.emailsrvr.com',
'smtp_port' => 465,
'smtp_user' => 'xxx',
'smtp_pass' => 'xxx',
'mailtype' => 'html',
'charset' => 'iso-8859-1'
)why the need for a user name and password, when the php mail() function doesn't require it?
thanks for response
email setup - El Forum - 06-20-2011
[eluser]InsiteFX[/eluser]
Because SMTP requires a user name and password for security reasons!
The SMTP settings will be whatever the system Administrator set them up to be!
InsiteFX
email setup - El Forum - 06-20-2011
[eluser]johnmerlino[/eluser]
[quote author="InsiteFX" date="1308591374"]Because SMTP requires a user name and password for security reasons!
The SMTP settings will be whatever the system Administrator set them up to be!
InsiteFX[/quote]
mail() uses smtp, so why doesn't it require username and password?