Author: greg

Description:
I have mediawiki installed on an ubuntu system w/php, apache and pear-php. I have congirued mediawiki to use the smtp feature of pear mail. Example configuration code:

$wgSMTP = array(
'host' => "smtp.myisp.net",
'IDhost' => "earthlink.net",
'port' => 25,
'auth' => true,
'username' => "my_isp_username",
'password' => "my_isp_password"
);

The method works. However when a users goes to the preferences page and sends a test e-mail (with the confirmation code), the following message is returned:

Could not send confirmation mail. Check address for invalid characters.
Mailer returned: 1

Actually, the mail was sent and everything is OK. I have tried this with several smtp servers. My work around was to find the source of the message and change it. The message is in the languages/messages directory in the file: MessagesEn.php. I changed the message to read:

"Your email has probably been sent. This server can not confirm email transmission. Please wait a few minutes and check your e-mail account."

When I tested pear mail with a php script it appeared to report back the correct message. So I think pear is working right. I used the code below to test pear.

<?php
require_once "Mail.php";

$from = "Support <support@xxxx.com>";
$to = "User <user@xxxx.com>";
$subject = "Pear Test";
$body = "Testing Pear";

$host = "smtpout.xxx.com";
$port = "25";
$username = "xxxx";
$password = "xxxx";

$headers = array ('From' => $from,

'To' => $to,
'Subject' => $subject);

$smtp = Mail::factory('smtp',

array ('host' => $host,
  'port' => $port,
  'auth' => true,
  'username' => $username,
  'password' => $password));

$mail = $smtp->send($to, $headers, $body);

if (PEAR::isError($mail)) {

echo("<p>" . $mail->getMessage() . "</p>");

} else {

echo("<p>Message successfully sent!</p>");

}
?>

Version: 1.11.x
Severity: minor
OS: Linux
Platform: PC
URL: http://www.ikarenetwork.com