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On Thu, Jun 7, 2018 at 6:56 PM John <[email protected]> wrote:

> When you edit with the test account what error message do you get?
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> There is a setting for localsettings.php for using an existing email
> server. Give me a minute to look that up.
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> On Thu, Jun 7, 2018 at 5:41 PM <[email protected]> wrote:
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>> On Fri, Jun 8, 2018 at 8:39 AM John <[email protected]> wrote:
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>> > Odds are your getting hammered by spambots. If you want to test create a
>> > new account and see if that account has any issues
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>> Duh - obvious..  i should have thought of creating a test account before.
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>> Ok, test account created, I am now in groups:-
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>> Member of groups: Autoconfirmed users, Users
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>> However, i can not create any new pages or edit the main page (the
>> wiki just had the main/start page only).
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>> When i go here in my admin account :-
>> index.php?title=Special:ListGroupRights
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>> the group (all) and USERS can create discussion pages, and Create
>> pages (which are not discussion pages).
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>> the group Autoconfirmed users can Edit semi-protected pages.
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>> If i can create pages, why cant i create any pages in my test account ?
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>> Also - When this is fixed, is there a way to
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>> a) edit the wiki script to use my own email system ?
>> b) send an email to ALL users to re-check their accounts & see their
>> new settings...
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>> i've got a php script that sends emails via SMTP / passwords. if i can
>> direct the wiki emails via that. it will be good.
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>> > On Thu, Jun 7, 2018 at 4:35 PM <[email protected]> wrote:
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>> > > Hello, I'm the admin of a mediawiki, & have posted to an incorrect
>> > > thread & have been redirected here...
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > My main initial queries is/are
>> > >
>> > > a) I occasionally check my wiki & see there are dozens / hundreds of
>> > > people signing up as users - but no one is creating any pages.
>> > >
>> > > is there a place i can see that can check that people CAN create pages
>> > > - but they are pending / needing approval to be published ?
>> > > i'm guessing that people create new accounts but cant do anything. how
>> > > do i check ?
>> > >
>> > > b) is there something i can do to force the wiki to send an email to
>> > > the admin (me) - to check that i am receiving emails. (I periodically
>> > > forget about this wiki as i'm not getting anything).
>> > >
>> > > c) where do i (if i can) edit the script to use my own mailing process
>> > > instead of the default process to send emails.
>> > >
>> > > --
>> > >
>> > > Gordon.
>> > >
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