Drupal 6 won't send email, for account activation etc

Question

I'm running my own LAMP server locally.

Something i need to setup?

Should it be able to send email using php-mail, without havin to configure smtp.

Answer 1

Ah fixed it, well i didn't-one of our developers did.

Apparently Drupal only uses 'Send Mail' so you have to have it installed, wont use php-mail.

Answer 2

Check your phpinfo() information for STMP and the port. Do a test.php file and try to execute this.

mail('email@example.com', 'My Subject', 'Hello World');

Answer 3

http://drupal.org/node/11570

That thread will help you out.

Drupal basically patches into the php mail function, so as with that you either need a mail server installed locally with your lamp setup, or to point apache towards an external or smtp server in your php.ini file.

Answer 4

For future reference/research: try the Drupal module SMTP Authentication Support. I have yet to test it.