NET SMTP Support?

[Desmond]

I recently converted my forum to YabbSE only to find out that there was no option for NET SMTP.  I find this strange considering the fact that YaBB SP1 does contain support (and hence is an email option) for Net SMTP.

My Question is why hasn't this feature been implemented?  Considering that YabbSE seems to be a conversion from Pearl to PHP, I would have expected this feature to have been carried over.

Many individuals I'm sure do need NET SMTP support either because of security/firewall/ISP issues.

I have modified the code easily enough to route all email through NET SMTP, and since the code is minimal, why not just implement this feature in YaBB SE?

[Jeff Lewis]

It will work if people have configured their PHP properly...

However, I recently did some code for SMTP that will be in future versions...

[Desmond]

Jeff,

Thanks for the quick response  

I checked over my PHP settings, and my smtp server is indeed specified correctly in my php.ini and does clearly show up upon phpinfo.php, however email was/is still not being routed correctly via the SMTP option.

What I was forced to do was to rewrite the sendmail function, by including a function call to open the appropriate sockets to the smtp server and send the mail.  Everything works great after the modifications.  I'm sure adding the SMTP code you have written will be a worthy addition to this package.

Lastly, I just want to commend you and everyone working on this Forum.  It's fast, powerful, and now with MySQL support, even better.  Kudos to you.

[Joseph Fung]

In response to the original question as to why it wasn't included it was one of those "we'll get to it eventually" things.  But we never did  

As you mentioned, it isn't a big change, but it was one that was neglected.  You have our appologies for falling short