User registration & Email issues
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I have a recently installed v7.05 that I tried to register a new user on, only to get an error about sending an email. I looked around and found that I need to set some SMTP settings, first of all why do I need to do that ? Most portal/cms systems I've tried before have never required me to actually add such details, and secondly I'm using a free web host and as such cannot provide those details since SMTP isn't part of the free package. Is there a way that I can work around this issue to get user registration working again ? Preferably without disabling email activation to avoid spam registry.
I also have another small question, is the secondary admin password really neccessary ? I understand it can be a useful security feature on large websites, but this early on in the website I find its just a nuisance, anyway I can turn it off for now ?
I also have another small question, is the secondary admin password really neccessary ? I understand it can be a useful security feature on large websites, but this early on in the website I find its just a nuisance, anyway I can turn it off for now ?
Most Services that provide an email address Will most likely give you an outgoing and incoming mail settings, which you can use for smtp :) - Good Luck
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Unless you have a provider who is a bit privvy to how email from sites is used, you shuold be able to just enter your site's email address in Admin panel -> System Settings -> Main Settings. I hardly ever had any problems with that...
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i have issue is there anything where i can make members enter birthdate on registration
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@angels, not nice to steal someones thread...
ontopic:
first question:
it is possible that you're host is blocking phpmail to. try what muscapaul said.
second question:
there is no way to dissable the admin password. (unless you go to every admin page to change the code).
ontopic:
first question:
it is possible that you're host is blocking phpmail to. try what muscapaul said.
second question:
there is no way to dissable the admin password. (unless you go to every admin page to change the code).
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Most Services that provide an email address Will most likely give you an outgoing and incoming mail settings, which you can use for smtp
There are very few providers that provide email addresses as well as good free hosting options. The SMTP stuff is part of the premium package so I can't add that info unless I pay for a package which I don't want.
It seems I must have SMTP settings for this to work, that or I'm missing something completely.
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anyone ? How do I work around this SMTP issue ? My host does not provide email services, does that mean I'm screwed or is there a way to fix it ?
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angels wrote:
i have issue is there anything where i can make members enter birthdate on registration
I second that.
How would I make it mandatory to enter b-day to continue registration?
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DON"T STEAL PEOPLE THREADS!! ask it on the mod site's
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