Posted by vlyons55 on February 1, 2010 at 6:49pm
Hi,
I have a local test site setup on Windows. I need to test outgoing emails. I have searched all the discussions related to this. I have updated my PHP.INI file as recommended, have tried using the SMPT and mimemail modules. I keep getting the SMPT Server response 550 5.7.1 authenticate required. Have also tried changing the port number from 25 to 80.
Any help would be appreciated... detailed instructions even more appreciated!
Veronica
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I used xampp with the mercury email server
I tried using my ISP's mail server to no success when I was setting it up so I configured a local mail server instead. Migrated to windows 7 so no longer have it installed for config particulars, but here is a tutorial for the mercury portion of the setup http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QnfF64rA78 - there may be a standalone distribution to use.
You need to set up a local mail server or point your php.ini to use your ISP's mail server. If the mail server is on the local machine it will almost surely be using port 25 by default. If you are using a foreign mail host you will need to use ports that are specified by the configuration of that mail host. See your ISP faq or call support. Two alternative ports I've seen used are 366 and 587.
For drupal specifically you might want to try the http://drupal.org/project/smtp module for authentication but I haven't used this. Found it in a support thread, http://drupal.org/node/261008.
Good luck,
Patrick.