Setting up mail forms via SMTP in phpBB
This tutorial presents how to set up a mail form using SMTP authentication in the phpBB application.
Introduction
This tutorial explains how to set up mail forms using the SMTP protocol in phpBB.
Requirements:
- A valid hosting and domain account.
- The phpBB application installed on the hosting and access to its administration panel.
- A mail account created in the hosting panel that will be used for sending emails.
Steps to follow:
- The administration page of the phpBB application will be accessed, where we will use the login credentials in its platform.
- In the main administration page, in the General tab, access the Email settings menu in the CLIENT COMMUNICATION section, located on the left side of the page.
- On the page something will be displayed, we will set the forms as follows:
- General settings section
1. Enable board-wide emails select the Enabled option to allow the sending of emails
2. Users send email via board the Disabled option is chosen so that forum members cannot send emails under the signature of the site's address.
3. Email package size it is recommended to have as small a value as possible to avoid overloading the email server.
4. Maximum allowed email recipients it is recommended to have a value as low as possible to avoid sending a single email to a large number of recipients, which could lead to overloading the mail server, in the event that one of the selected addresses cannot receive that message for various reasons.
5. Contact email address will be filled in with the email address from which messages will be sent.
6. Contact name will be filled with the name that you want to be displayed when receiving an email from the recipient.
7. From email address the email address from which the messages will be sent will be filled in.
8. Force from email address is set to No.
9. Email signature the details of the signature that you want to appear in the sent email will be completed.
10. Hide email addresses will be set based on preference whether or not to hide email addresses.
11. Send a test email this function can be used to test the functionality of the settings after the process is completed.
SMTP settings section
1. Use SMTP server for email will be set to the Yes option in order to use the SMTP sending protocol.
2. SMTP server address will be filled in with the email server name in the format mail.domain.ro.
3. SMTP server port will be filled in with the corresponding port for the secure SMTP connection service 587.
4. SMTP authentication method the LOGIN method will be selected.
5. SMTP username will be filled in with the user of the email box from which the messages will be sent.
6. SMTP password will be completed with the password of the email box from which the messages will be sent.
7. Verify SSL certificate the Yes option will be set so that email traffic is conducted through the secure SSL method.
8. Verify SMTP peer name will set the option Yes to verify the connection to the email server via the secure SSL protocol.
9. Allow self-signed SSL certificates will set the option No to allow operation only through an SSL certificate issued by a competent authority.
- Upon completing the settings, the Submit button located at the bottom of the page is pressed.
