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Please tell me what is an SMTP Server. I want to send mass email through administration panel.

Sanchit said:
Please tell me what is an SMTP Server.

well SMTP server is a type of server system for out going emails...

now suppose u r useing gmail account as ur admin email address in the forum... then the SMTP server address would be smtp.gmail.com and the user name is your.email@gmail.com

Sanchit said:
I want to send mass email through administration panel.

yeah sure u can do that... but for todays spam filter... its likely to end up in Spam box at the receiver end unless your email is in their allowed box

@saurav_cheeta: in phpBB mass mail means sending mails to all the users of the board... generally to convey announcement and notices on the board. It's hardly got anything to do with spam

BTW.. can anyone gimme a link that teaches me how to install and SMTP server AND enable php to use it.... thanks a lot. Currently I'm using the SMTP server which comes with IIS(which comes with windows).. but don't know how to set it up with php. thanks a lot

Sanchit said:
Please tell me what is an SMTP Server. I want to send mass email through administration panel.

Usually, the SMTP server will be mail.yourdomain.com or may be simply yourdomain.com. Don't you use POP3 mails with your hosting? Do you use outgoing mails? SMTP server is outgoing mail server!

But check with your server administration. There are limits on number of mails sent per hour from a domain! This limits are kept to ensure that the server doesn't get blacklisted as spam server and also to ensure that one domain doesn't take up all the processing power at the cost of other sites.

@rohan: check the mail() and ini_set() function of PHP

How to Configure PHP to Use a Remote SMTP Server for Sending Mail
SETUP YOUR PHP SMTP SETTING
PHP SMTP Server (An SMTPd server written in PHP)
SMTP E-mail sending class (needs registration, free)
SMTP Auth Email Script

i've already checked the mail() function and ini_set() function is for setting ini directives at runtime. most prolly, it won't allow me to change the smtp settings. What i wanted to know was how to setup a server and THEN use it within php.. anyways your links helped me a lot.. thanks a ton

With SMTP server address smtp.gmail.com and username my.email@gmail.com, I get the following error -

Ran into problems sending Mail. Response: 530 5.7.0 Must issue a STARTTLS command first i13sm1410760wxd

Please help me

I don't think you can use gmail for sending mails thru phpBB. You will have to use the default SMTP of your server. But I am not too sure.

Secondly, gmail uses different ports and not the default 25 for SMTP. So even that may need to be configured. I think gmail uses 465.