HOWTO: Send activation email using an outside SMTP server

New Member Joined: Jan 24, 2004 Posts: 1

in mainfile.php before

Code:

function get_lang($module) {

add this:

Code:




/smtp email hack by Disgruntledtech


function email($user_email, $subject, $message, $headers){


global $board_config;


$board_config['smtp_host'] = "smtp.server.com";


$board_config['smtp_username'] = "username";


$board_config['smtp_password'] = "password";


$board_config['board_email'] = "whatever";


include("includes/smtp.php");


smtpmail($user_email, $subject, $message, $headers);


}

'board_email' in this example will show up as whatever@server.com

now to use this with any module inside nuke that uses the mail() command, can send mail through the specified server with a minor code change

open the following files and on or near the lines mentioned you'll see

Code:

mail(

change it to:

Code:

email(

/banners.php - lines 82 & 328
/modules/Feedback/index.php - line 93
/modules/Journal/friend.php - line 48
/modules/News/friend.php - line 77
/modules/Recommend_Us/index.php - line 54
/modules/Submit_News/index.php - line 252
/modules/Recommend_Us/index.php - line 54
/modules/Your_Account/index.php - lines 146 & 653 & 683
/admin/modules/links.php - line 1125
/admin/modules/newsletter.php - lines 123 & 150

that should do it.

tech note: i know board_config is setup in forum admin, but i decided to use 1 less sql query and hard code it.

Hangin' Around Joined: Nov 03, 2004 Posts: 43

has this been tested as i tryed this on a test site but it didnt work!

xtrax