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  • Kathy
    Senior Member
    • May 2000
    • 1251
    • 3.8.x

    Question about config.php and email

    I've had a number of auto-emails rejected because the emails my vb is sending is using:

    nobody@localhost

    as the userid in the return.

    So, I'm looking on my server where to change this.

    In my config.php (which was set up years ago...literally!...by someone else) it has:

    $servername="localhost";

    Is this the problem?

    I changed "localhost" to be my domain name...and instead of fixing the email, my VB was putting out errors:
    Database error in vBulletin :

    Link-ID == false, connect failed
    mysql error: Access denied for user: '[email protected]' (Using password: YES)

    mysql error number: 1045

    Date: Saturday 28th of December 2002 11:39:11 AM
    Script: /vb2/showthread.php?threadid=84839&goto=newpost
    Referer:
    Needless to say, I put "localhost" back...and am baffled. No where have I used the password: YES

    And yes...I removed my domain name in the above error for safety reasons

    Ideas?
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  • Steve Machol
    Former Customer Support Manager
    • Jul 2000
    • 154488

    #2
    This cannot be changed in config.php or any vB file. This is a server issue. You'll need to contact your web host and ask them to check the mail settings for PHP and the mail server and modify them accordingly.
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    • Kathy
      Senior Member
      • May 2000
      • 1251
      • 3.8.x

      #3
      Originally posted by Steve Machol
      This cannot be changed in config.php or any vB file. This is a server issue. You'll need to contact your web host and ask them to check the mail settings for PHP and the mail server and modify them accordingly.
      Thanks Steve. And is "localhost" okay for my VB servername?
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      • Steve Machol
        Former Customer Support Manager
        • Jul 2000
        • 154488

        #4
        Yes, leave it at 'localhost'.
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