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Hi,
i've got troubles to send and receive emails when creating accounts :
so i don't get the password sent to the new user.
the error i got is :
SENDING MAIL TO: me@mydomain.com
Mailer Error: Could not instantiate mail function.

what do i have to do to configure it right?

i'm using : mantis 1.0.0rc1, win2000, apache, php 5, mysql 4.1.9 and phpmyadmin 2.6.1

thx for ur help !

This indicates that the version of php you are running does not have it's mail function set up properly.

One fix is to use the SMTP functionality of phpmailer to use another machine. You need to set "$g_phpMailer_method = 2;" and "$g_smtp_host" to a host with a properly configured mailer. You may also need to set "$g_smtp_username" and "$g_smtp_password" is the mailer requires authorization.

i did several things that may have solved my issue (i was using easing php and turned to a real apache, php, mysql, phpmyadmin instead of this built in solution), but the one which (i think) solved it is :
i edited my php.ini in order and filled it with a real smtp server (i'm running a win2k machine so no smtp by default here) and it worked well.
thanks for your help !
bowman