sending email trough extern application

[Alessandro]

Hi all,

we are using Mantis 0.19.1 and planned to update to the latest release.
Mantis runs on a windows pc with apache.

We have email notification disabled but we would like to try it.

Unfortunately the only way, available to us, to send email is via an external application, namely blat, that is available via the command line.

I am not a php expert and I am wondering if you can suggest me the best way to solve the problem.

I think I am able to hack some mantis php files if you give me some suggestions about the email notification logic.

Thank you very much.
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Alessandro

[Narcissus]

Hi Alessandro:

Just so that we can all get a better idea, when you say that the only way available to you is via blat, are these restrictions due to not having software, or not being allowed to install software?

If it's because you don't have permissions to install software, you can always use a different server to post the emails from. That is to say, so long as you have a SMTP server available to you, and your Mantis server is not stopped from accessing it (by a firewall, for example) then you can still use your SMTP server.

Even a remote Exchange server can be used to act as a SMTP server.

If it's because you don't have the software, then there are various forms of SMTP servers for Windows out there...

[Guest]

Hi Alessandro:
Just so that we can all get a better idea, when you say that the only way available to you is via blat, are these restrictions due to not having software, or not being allowed to install software?

Hi Narcissus,
further investigations revealed to me that we can use an available SMTP server and blat isn't needed.

I'll try the standard way through PHPMailer.

Thanks
Alessandro