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Your phpBB<\/a> website has the ability to send email notifications, using your SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) settings. In this guide we will show you how to setup your SMTP settings<\/a> in phpBB. You will then be able to send email notifications from your phpBB website.<\/p>\n

Setting up SMTP in phpBB<\/h2>\n
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  1. Login to your phpBB Admin Control Panel (ACP)<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  2. Click the General<\/strong> tab, then Email settings<\/strong> in the Client Communication<\/em> section of the menu.
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  3. Fill in the fields as needed. Below is a description of fields, provided by phpBB<\/strong>. You can view your specific email settings<\/a> in cPanel at any time.
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    Option<\/th>\nDescription<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
    Enable board-wide emails<\/td>\nIf this is set to disabled no emails will be sent by the board at all. Note the user and admin account activation settings require this setting to be enabled. If currently using \u201cuser\u201d or \u201cadmin\u201d activation in the activation settings, disabling this setting will disable registration.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Users send email via board<\/td>\nInstead of showing the users email address users are able to send emails via the board.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Email function name<\/td>\nThe email function used to send mails through PHP.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Email package size<\/td>\nThis is the number of maximum emails sent out in one package. This setting is applied to the internal message queue; set this value to 0 if you have problems with non-delivered notification emails.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Contact email address<\/td>\nThis address will be used whenever a specific contact point is needed, e.g. spam, error output, etc. It will always be used as the From and Reply-To address in emails.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Contact name<\/td>\nThis is the contact name that e-mail recipients will see. If you don\u2019t want to have a contact name, leave this field empty.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Return email address<\/td>\nThis will be used as the return address on all emails, the technical contact email address. It will always be used as the Return-Path and Sender address in emails.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Email signature<\/td>\nThis text will be attached to all emails the board sends.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Hide email addresses<\/td>\nThis function keeps email addresses completely private.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Use SMTP server for email<\/td>\nSelect \u201cYes\u201d if you want or have to send email via a named server instead of the local mail function.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    SMTP server port<\/td>\nOnly change this if you know your SMTP server is on a different port.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Authentication method for SMTP<\/td>\nOnly used if a username\/password is set, ask your provider if you are unsure which method to use.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    SMTP username<\/td>\nOnly enter a username if your SMTP server requires it.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    SMTP password<\/td>\nOnly enter a password if your SMTP server requires it. Warning: This password will be stored as plain text in the database, visible to everybody who can access your database or who can view this configuration page.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

    After filling in the fields, click the Submit<\/strong> button on the bottom. You are finished when you see a message stating \u201cConfiguration updated successfully.<\/em>\u201d
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    <\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Congratulations, now you know how to setup SMTP<\/strong> settings in phpBB<\/strong>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Your phpBB website has the ability to send email notifications, using your SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) settings. In this guide we will show you how to setup your SMTP settings in phpBB. You will then be able to send email notifications from your phpBB website. 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