Then you either need to set one up (which is not mediawiki related) or use an existing mail service (see links in previous mail)
On Mon, Feb 9, 2015 at 11:37 PM, Brenton Horne <[email protected]> wrote: > No I do not have a mail server configured for my domain that I am aware of. > > On 10 February 2015 at 14:34, John <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Do you have a mail server configured for your domain? > > > > as for google, a 30 second search from > > > > > https://www.google.com/search?num=100&site=&source=hp&q=mediawiki+email+site%3Amediawiki.org&oq=mediawiki+email+site%3Amediawiki.org > > shows: > > > > > http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Configuration_settings#Email_settings > > > > which leads to http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:$wgSMTP > > > > where you can tie it into your current mail server, or use an outside > > client like gmail (if the volume of mail is low enough) > > > > > > > > On Mon, Feb 9, 2015 at 11:28 PM, Brenton Horne <[email protected] > > > > wrote: > > > > > It works (namely instructions here https://www.mediawiki.org/ > > > wiki/Manual:$wgSMTP) for just my email, I was hoping to enable email > > > confirmation for other users, without having to manually add all their > > > email addresses to localsettings.php. Btw which of my previous > questions > > do > > > you think I could get the answer from Google? Because if you have an > > answer > > > for them I'd like to hear it. I have tried Google and MediaWiki before > > > asking all these questions. > > > > > > > > > On 10/02/2015 2:14 PM, John wrote: > > > > > >> http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Configuration_settings# > > >> Email_settings > > >> has most of the settings needed > > >> > > >> On Mon, Feb 9, 2015 at 11:11 PM, Brenton Horne< > [email protected] > > > > > >> wrote: > > >> > > >> I do try to use Google first, I also try to search MediaWiki's > website > > >>> first. Dw, I realize this list usually takes at least a few hours to > > get > > >>> a > > >>> reply, if I could find one on Google first I'd save myself a lot of > > time > > >>> and not ask here. > > >>> > > >>> On 10/02/2015 1:59 PM, John wrote: > > >>> > > >>> I dont mean to offend you, but Brenton please stop using mediawiki-l > > as > > >>>> your personal google. most of the questions you have asked on this > > list > > >>>> could have been solved with about 5 minutes of using google. > > >>>> > > >>>> On Mon, Feb 9, 2015 at 10:54 PM, Poopak Alaeifar< > [email protected]> > > >>>> wrote: > > >>>> > > >>>> What is your host server for receiving email? > > >>>> > > >>>>> From: John<[email protected]> > > >>>>> To: MediaWiki announcements and site admin list < > > >>>>> [email protected]> > > >>>>> Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2015 2:47 PM > > >>>>> Subject: Re: [MediaWiki-l] Email confirmation > > >>>>> > > >>>>> You need to configure your outbound mail server. > > >>>>> > > >>>>> On Mon, Feb 9, 2015 at 10:46 PM, Brenton Horne < > > >>>>> [email protected] > > >>>>> wrote: > > >>>>> > > >>>>> Hi, > > >>>>> > > >>>>>> My Wiki was meant to send me an email confirmation but when I went > > to > > >>>>>> Special:ConfirmEmail and I got it to send me a confirmation email > > and > > >>>>>> it > > >>>>>> returned this error on the page: > > >>>>>> > > >>>>>> Failed to connect to mailserver at "localhost" port 25, verify > your > > >>>>>> > > >>>>>> "SMTP" > > >>>>> > > >>>>> and "smtp_port" setting in php.ini or use ini_set() > > >>>>>> > > >>>>>> How do I overcome this error? > > >>>>>> > > >>>>>> Thanks for your time, > > >>>>>> Brenton > > >>>>>> _______________________________________________ > > >>>>>> MediaWiki-l mailing list > > >>>>>> To unsubscribe, go to: > > >>>>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l > > >>>>>> > > >>>>>> _______________________________________________ > > >>>>> MediaWiki-l mailing list > > >>>>> To unsubscribe, go to: > > >>>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l > > >>>>> > > >>>>> > > >>>>> > > >>>>> _______________________________________________ > > >>>>> MediaWiki-l mailing list > > >>>>> To unsubscribe, go to: > > >>>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l > > >>>>> > > >>>>> _______________________________________________ > > >>>>> > > >>>> MediaWiki-l mailing list > > >>>> To unsubscribe, go to: > > >>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l > > >>>> > > >>>> _______________________________________________ > > >>> MediaWiki-l mailing list > > >>> To unsubscribe, go to: > > >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l > > >>> > > >>> _______________________________________________ > > >> MediaWiki-l mailing list > > >> To unsubscribe, go to: > > >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l > > >> > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > MediaWiki-l mailing list > > > To unsubscribe, go to: > > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > MediaWiki-l mailing list > > To unsubscribe, go to: > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l > > > _______________________________________________ > MediaWiki-l mailing list > To unsubscribe, go to: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l > _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list To unsubscribe, go to: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
