e-mails from osCommers to owner

[aapinen]

Should I have a email-server or something to get emails going from the osCommorce? I mean if I write a message from eg. "Contact Us" it doesnt come to my e-mail which I configured from the admin-tools.

[aapinen]

I have win XP and tried sendmail and smtp.

[♥Vger]

Did the web server you installed come with a mail server as well?

 

If you installed the XAMPP Apache web sever package then it comes with Mercury Mail, but it doesn't start automatically - you have to start it yourself.

 

If you don't have a mail server for your web server then try Post Cast.

 

Vger

[aapinen]

I have Apache2Triad and I suppose I have Xmail -server running, becouse it is on the Task Manager. But I haven't touched or configured xmail anyway.

 

So do I have to have a mail-server? How can I test it works? Should I change something from the php.ini file (for eg. localhost > my ISP:s smpt -server address).

 

When I send mail from osCommerce everything seems to be ok, but the mail isnt reaching its destination. Could it be that my ISP is blocking outgoing data or ports? Can I test it somehow to send mail direct to my mail-server (xmail)?

[aapinen]

http://www.oscommerce.com/community/contributions,1595

 

Tried to do this email_test.php. nothing happened. >_< What can it be.

[Guest]

http://www.oscommerce.com/community/contributions,1595

 

Tried to do this email_test.php. nothing happened. >_< What can it be.

 

 

 

Did you check your aministration settings should look like this

 

 

 

 

Wolfgang

[aapinen]

Yes I checked.

 

I also investigated phpxmail (mailserver which come in the apache2triad) and notice that all in smtp log are red. So i think its not about osCommerce?

 

And I run this script in the htdocs root and nothing happened.

 

<?php

// maitest.php

mail('[email protected]','testmailsubject','testmail content','From:[email protected]');

?>

 

Should I put my ISP:n smtp servers address somewhere or configure my own xmail?

[aapinen]

I'd really need some support, please.

 

Could someone test this script and say does it work. If it works I guess its about my mail-server.

 

http://www.oscommerce.com/community/contri...arch,email_test

[aapinen]

Ok, now I can get mail to admin.localhost. Found this tool how to handle all apachetrian servers and logs.

 

Just found a way how to read that mail :)

 

But how can I send mail to outside....

[♥Vger]

Why would you want to get mail to outside, for a local (offline) testing installation?

 

You should receive both the customer and admin e-mails at the local e-mail address configured in your osCommerce admin panel. This will prove to you that the system is working.

 

Vger

[aapinen]

I cant send and test email from catalog/admim becouse if I put as address xxxx@localhost osCommerce says its not a valid mail address (becouse there isnt? .com,net, fi etc).

 

From contact_us.php the mail goes to the admin@localhost as it should. :)

 

But for some reason when customer is making an order and has paid, admin@localhost won't get any mail, and I think osCommerce should send the order with mail at that point?

 

(In theory, what should I make so I could send email from admin@localhost to eg. [email protected]? Should I contact somehow my mailserver to my ISP:n smtp-server?)