Problem with my forum(Please Help..)
Hello...
I've setup a new forum at my site and I have a big problem...
My host(free web-hosting) doesn't give me an e-mail account.
I need an e-mail account(free) with SMTP that allows me to use it as the default e-mail of my forum
(from this e-mail will be sending an automatic
e-mail for every new registration,or when a member of my site has forgoten his password ect) .
Is my Yahoo e-mail ok for this??Is it legal to use it for this purpose??
If not,do you have any suggestions??
If it is not allowed to write websites please send me a PM..
(Sorry for my Bad English)
Thanks in advance
steve40 posted this at 15:09 — 20th June 2005.
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SMPT is actually bulkmail, this is between and your isp, not yahoo. There are several free smpt programs on the internet, but whether you isp will allow you to use their smpt server is the question. Mine wont, MA BELL you know.
bigboy posted this at 15:24 — 20th June 2005.
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How can I find out if it aalows me??
(Forgive me but I'm beginner)
02bunced posted this at 15:51 — 20th June 2005.
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You should be able to use Yahoo mail; I don't see why not
steve40 posted this at 15:52 — 20th June 2005.
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Call them whoever they are, if they allow it, they will probably have to set it up.
steve40 posted this at 15:53 — 20th June 2005.
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I don't think Yahoo will go for bulk mailing. It is considered SPAM you know, even in the best of circles.
bigboy posted this at 16:17 — 20th June 2005.
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Why my ISP is included??I have a site not at my computer but at a server of a company(that gives me free hosting)
Can you explain me please??
And if my ISP lets me do it cn you tell me a site that gives me this(I search at google but i've been lost)..
Thanks
CptAwesome posted this at 02:57 — 21st June 2005.
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Let me try to explain this simply. Your server doesn't allow you to send emails, so you need an external SMTP, your best bet for finding one is your INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDER, however you connect to the internet, AOL, Comcast, etc. You might have to call them and ask if you can use their SMTP server when you're not at home, which is the same as your website, because it's just another computer connected to the internet, and they should be able to give you some settings like port 465 and a username and password that will allow you to send mail from your site, depending on the forum script's abilities, if it's PHPBB, I know you can do that.
Yahoo will NOT work because they do not have an SMTP server that is publically accessible. GMail does though, if you need a gmail invite, I can provide that. Then you'll simply have to set the smtp server as smtp.gmail.com with your gmail username and password.
bigboy posted this at 13:00 — 21st June 2005.
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Thanks,I understood..
G-Mail allows that??That's very good!!!
I have a G-MAil account but the username is my real name and I don't want everybody see who I am..
Can you e-mail me an invitation???
Thank you sooooooo much...
CptAwesome posted this at 13:18 — 21st June 2005.
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You can send yourself an invite if you have an existing account.
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