Artemio wrote:
Hello there!
We at the Hydrogen project had a similar problem prior to moving to a dedicated host: the mail() command in PHP won't work as SF doesn't allow sending mail.
What I can offer to you is the same workaround we used there back then: I can put a script for you at my host (a dedicated host for such purposes, e.g. http://spool.artemio.net/inkscape/sendmail.php), and then you would use PHP to send data to this script via get or post method (e.g. e-mail, user name, password, etc. - I can write the code for you) and it would send an e-mail.
Hi me back at artemio@...411... if you want such help. As Inkscape is what I use in about 30% of my PC work time, I'd be glad to do this.
Artemio.
Hi Artemio,
Thanks for your offer, however, I don't think that it's really necessary. The only reason we'd *need* mail is to send people their passwords, which we can just print out for them on-screen anyway. Yeah, it would be better because we could verify that they had entered a valid email address, but I don't think that's a big problem. If it becomes a problem then we can reconsider, but my feeling is that adding requests to a remote host like this would add in an unnecessary layer of complication.
Also, it would require some hacking of the WordPress mail function(s) in order to get it to use your mail script. I'm reluctant to do that as it makes updating more of a difficulty.
Cheers, Jon