Yeah - they might have made some changes since then.
Also, you might have to locally setup an email sender.
Best of luck, that's about the best I can help here
;-)
"no, we cannot Disable the whm smtp restriction or anything requiring root or sudo not allowed on shared or cloud"
This is saying that it won't work on your shared server.
Best of luck!
You might not have access if you are on a shared hosting account. Check with them and ask them this :
"In order for my forum script to work, I have to "Disable the whm smtp restriction". Is that disabled on my account? If not, can you disable?"
They will let you know.
I know this is very old, but I thought I would help anyone else landing here. Most panels (like WHM / Cpanel) have in depth configs.
WHM has a setting that restricts SMTP mailing to certain accounts. (root, MTA, mailman)
"This feature prevents users from bypassing the mail server to send...