Configuring MAIL with PEAR and PHPMAILER

Last Updated on Sunday, 13 November 2011 11:08 Written by Alvaro A Saturday, 11 December 2010 08:18

ABSTRACT

I am going to describe hereunto the different steps you would need to take in order to allow the mail system that we have, and your scripts to work together. The current system uses SMTP authentication, more secure and aimed at preventing the effects and consequences from spammers. This is aimed at Windows users mainly.

MAIN

There are 2 popular ways of doing it. One is using the PEAR library and the other is using another application called PHP MAILER.

The PEAR library

Configure email settings for Android mobile devices

Last Updated on Monday, 27 September 2010 12:17 Written by Dale Peterson Friday, 24 September 2010 08:44

Setting this up on an Android OS (the Droid X – Android version 2.1 in my instance), follow these steps.

1. Go to Settings > Accounts > New Account
2. Select “Email”
3. Enter your email address and password
4. UNCHECK the option to automatically configure your account

How to turn on SMTP Authentication on Opera

Last Updated on Wednesday, 23 June 2010 10:23 Written by Arian Jahansouz Wednesday, 23 June 2010 10:23

This article will give you a step by step guide on how to turn on SMTP authentication on your account in Opera.

1) Open Opera

How to turn on SMTP Authentication on Windows Live Mail

Last Updated on Wednesday, 23 June 2010 10:07 Written by Arian Jahansouz Wednesday, 23 June 2010 10:07

This article will give you a step by step guide on how to turn on SMTP authentication on your account in Windows Live Mail.

1) Open Windows Live Mail

How to turn on SMTP Authentication on Eureka

Last Updated on Wednesday, 23 June 2010 09:41 Written by Arian Jahansouz Wednesday, 23 June 2010 09:41

This article will give you a step by step guide on how to turn on SMTP authentication on your account in Eureka.

1) Open Eureka