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Yes thats right I said NIGHTMARE, because I have forgotten what one was like until living in this one.
Our double post is here: http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php?t=100771
The problem was here:
So did this function ever get fixed? Because we are having the same problem. I see in the bug reports it says BOGUS. So does that mean that this fix will not work? Or that it was said to be a bad fix. If so why not delete this post so others dont follow down the same path.
We have worked hours and hours and hours on this issue. The pHP.ini file has been changed properly and done over and over with countless restarts of the web server all to no avail. It keeps saying that it's default is localhost and no send from. When it's there plain as day itself. And uncommented out as well.
Is this a bug that means it will not work with windows XP/NT/2000 servers?
Can someone elaborate on why the php.ini file is not being read? Even though its in the root directory where PHP put it upon installation? Plus we have had a server working for some time now under phpBB and while they have a simple function that says where to put the smtp designation, Vbulletin with all its snazzy features has no function for that at all, leaving clueless n00bs like us fiddling with php.ini files and various config files, as in the above with no final tech support message to say whether anyone should undertake the above mission to check and see if it will work.
Why not just include the damn function in the board options config instead of leaving people in the dust with this problem.
My serverphpinfo file shows the same error as everyone else gets and that is
The info file includes the same issue, and that is that its seeing only local host even though the file is set to smtp.xxx.xxx and the send feature has the send_from = [email protected]
So what is the problem with this idiotic function? Seems that the php.ini file is somehow NOT being read from the Vbulletin or PHP diagnostics area or the Apache server even though it's run fine under another system albeit phpBB.
It would be nice if you all could answer this question and deal with it so people that fall into this Vbulletin install nightmare will know prior to buying it that its long on features and short on the most basic thing a board needs and that's a standard way to send registration emails and emails for board functions.
Without that feature alone the board and all who put it together are worthless to us and to the many unsuspecting users who fall into this email trap.
Sorry for acting rude or sounding obnoxious but you try sitting for 8 hours in a chair trying to figure this issue out when phpBB has it all done and ready to go out of the download box. This is a STUPID miscalculation on Vbulletins part in our opinion as well as that pesky IMPEX isssue that was just now solved.
Please deal with this because if you don't somewhere you will read about us jumping out the window and or hanging ourselves from the office rafters.
Thus ending our misery and our feelings of dread over loss of work and productivity.
Goober
P.S. Yes I think due to our miserable deaths upcoming I will double post this message as not only here but in a seperate thread that we create. The thinking is we will be dead before you all solve it so whats the difference, the complaints will fall on the proverbial deaf ears because we will be on our way to heaven or hell by the time you either read or solve this
Yes we would enjoy going back to doing actual work instead of finding and re-doing YOUR work on OUR schedule
Our double post is here: http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php?t=100771
The problem was here:
So did this function ever get fixed? Because we are having the same problem. I see in the bug reports it says BOGUS. So does that mean that this fix will not work? Or that it was said to be a bad fix. If so why not delete this post so others dont follow down the same path.
We have worked hours and hours and hours on this issue. The pHP.ini file has been changed properly and done over and over with countless restarts of the web server all to no avail. It keeps saying that it's default is localhost and no send from. When it's there plain as day itself. And uncommented out as well.
Is this a bug that means it will not work with windows XP/NT/2000 servers?
Can someone elaborate on why the php.ini file is not being read? Even though its in the root directory where PHP put it upon installation? Plus we have had a server working for some time now under phpBB and while they have a simple function that says where to put the smtp designation, Vbulletin with all its snazzy features has no function for that at all, leaving clueless n00bs like us fiddling with php.ini files and various config files, as in the above with no final tech support message to say whether anyone should undertake the above mission to check and see if it will work.
Why not just include the damn function in the board options config instead of leaving people in the dust with this problem.
My serverphpinfo file shows the same error as everyone else gets and that is
Warning: mail(): "sendmail_from" not set in php.ini or custom "From:" header missing in C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache2\htdocs\forums\admincp\diagnostic.php on line 279
So what is the problem with this idiotic function? Seems that the php.ini file is somehow NOT being read from the Vbulletin or PHP diagnostics area or the Apache server even though it's run fine under another system albeit phpBB.
It would be nice if you all could answer this question and deal with it so people that fall into this Vbulletin install nightmare will know prior to buying it that its long on features and short on the most basic thing a board needs and that's a standard way to send registration emails and emails for board functions.
Without that feature alone the board and all who put it together are worthless to us and to the many unsuspecting users who fall into this email trap.
Sorry for acting rude or sounding obnoxious but you try sitting for 8 hours in a chair trying to figure this issue out when phpBB has it all done and ready to go out of the download box. This is a STUPID miscalculation on Vbulletins part in our opinion as well as that pesky IMPEX isssue that was just now solved.
Please deal with this because if you don't somewhere you will read about us jumping out the window and or hanging ourselves from the office rafters.
Thus ending our misery and our feelings of dread over loss of work and productivity.
Goober
P.S. Yes I think due to our miserable deaths upcoming I will double post this message as not only here but in a seperate thread that we create. The thinking is we will be dead before you all solve it so whats the difference, the complaints will fall on the proverbial deaf ears because we will be on our way to heaven or hell by the time you either read or solve this
Yes we would enjoy going back to doing actual work instead of finding and re-doing YOUR work on OUR schedule
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