That sounds easier than using Composer to convert PHP to PHPMailer then.smtp is basically a protocol for sending emails. in general sense, smtp here would refer to a third party service which you use to handle your emails. so once you have configured such a service, and you can send test mails through them, those services give you certain information like server, username and password. you just need to enter these details in xenforo email settings to tell xenforo to use that service to send mails in the future. it's nothing complicated. the hardest part is to configure the external service. you do not convert anything. you just pick a service providing transaction mail functionality, spend a bit of time to setup your forum domain on that service and get the details you need to enter in xenforo backend.
That is part of the problem - I don't think there should be more than 500 a day from any of the forums - but server errors are telling me I am nearly 500 over the daily quota of 300! I can't see how I can be. I mean yes if every post sent triggers an email to a user then yes it's possible, but I didn't have any problems until a few months ago, and two forums are much quieter than they were a year ago!there are a lot of options. you can go through some options by searching through the forum (or google).
I'm curious to hear what the best SMTP server providers are for things like forgotten password emails etc. I've used Amazon SES before, but I don't want to create an AWS account to send some emails. Are there any other SMTP server providers who are reasonably cheap and can handle increasing traffic over time?
zeptomail is a good option on low mail traffic forums. if you are sending more than 500 mails on a daily basis, it is a better idea to look at other options!
Is their customer support good? At the moment I have the free email via the server and I do find their customer support good - instant online chat and they help sort out all sorts. Unfortunately they won't help upgrade to SMTP as say that is for developers.i mean you can at least learn the basics by picking one service and give it a go. and see how it works for you. and then you can decide on a longer term plan.
it's possible that since xenforo queue emails, your server gets overloaded eventually because mails stop going out after the limits are reached. and that triggers some kind of issue at your host.
if you can spare a couple of dollars per month to get rid of email problems, smtp is definitely the way to go.
I like the sound of it but the 10000 per six months would equate to about 51 emails per day per domain, which would be less than I have now. Obviously I could increase the number but it would work out quite expensive then.there are a lot of options. you can go through some options by searching through the forum (or google).
I'm curious to hear what the best SMTP server providers are for things like forgotten password emails etc. I've used Amazon SES before, but I don't want to create an AWS account to send some emails. Are there any other SMTP server providers who are reasonably cheap and can handle increasing traffic over time?
zeptomail is a good option on low mail traffic forums. if you are sending more than 500 mails on a daily basis, it is a better idea to look at other options!
I haven't no. I just see what comes up in the server errors! Two to four pages of failed emails each day, saying over quota. They all seem to be from the forum email address to a particular user (ie various users). As soon as someone posts on the forum, another failed email error comes up. Do you think I've been hacked then?Did you at least check your sent emails? Are they secure? Perhaps someone is sending emails on your behalf?
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