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Message started by sophontteks on 01/24/09 at 20:50:57

Title: Email problems: Server Overload
Post by sophontteks on 01/24/09 at 20:50:57

Hello, I have recently downloaded, and successfully installed this wonderful auction script to my server, but I am having email issues with my remote server. I get a server overload error, and I'm sure this is just because I haven't configured the service properly. I am very confused about how the script knows what username and password to use, and even more confused about how to configure the port it uses for smtp. I will include samples of my progress in a seperate post.

Also thank you for creating this script for the public It is awsome, and I would be in trouble without it.

Title: Re: Email problems: Server Overload
Post by sophontteks on 01/24/09 at 20:52:08

Anyway onto the problem at hand. I am working on a remote server hostmonster.com, and I have successfully installed the script to the server now, but I am having problems with the email service, which gives me a server overload error. Since it is a remote server I have edited out the first email option in the config script, and typed in the domain to the smtp on bidifference.com as http://mail.bidifference.com I was confused about how the program knows what port to use, so I searched the eAuction.pl file, and changed the send port to the proper number. Here is a look at my config file:
# Config-Section-01
#-#############################################

# The name of your servers cgi-bin directory
$config{'cgi_dir'} = 'cgi-bin'; # Default for most servers

# The cgi-bin subdirectory where your eAuction.pl will be stored
$config{'auction_dir'} = 'eAuction161';

# The Path to a 'NON-WEBACCESSABLE' directory of your system
# Maybe you have to chmode it if you use your own setting

$config{'get_path'} = 1; # Set this from 1 to 0 if you want to use your own setting
$config{'basepath'} = '/home1/bidiffer/private';

# You need to assign either a mail program or
# a mail host so e-mails can be sent out.
# Configure your MAIL PROGRAM

#$config{'get_mail'} = 0; # Set this from 1 to 0 if you want to use your own setting
#$config{'mailprog'} = '/home1/bidiffer/mail/bidifference.com/teks'; # no additional options please

# or Configure your MAIL HOST (SMTP)
$config{'mailhost'} = 'http://mail.bidifference.com';

# Set this from 0 to 1 if the script is running with a real Web-Server
$config{'web_server'} = 1;

#-#############################################

Looks proper so far. but where the heck does it know the login information?
I assume it knows it from here:
############################
# Your Admin-Password.
$config{'adminpass'} = '1a2s3E';

# This line must be your e-mail address
$config{'admin_address'} = 'teks@bidifference.com';
############################
This username, and password would work to connect to the smtp mail.bidifference.com

Now what about the port?
How does the email service know which port is open for email?

Anyway some help on configuring the email would really be appreciated, as this is vital to me continueing with test objects.

Title: Re: Email problems: Server Overload
Post by Dieter Werner on 01/24/09 at 21:52:51

You try to use an POP mail accout - but that isn't possible.
Either you use 'sendmail' or you use an SMTP host.

Title: Re: Email problems: Server Overload
Post by sophontteks on 01/26/09 at 21:18:10

Thank you so much for your simple solution. I always thought smtp was synonymous with POP3, but it all came clear when I searched for a few smtp hosts. I am on a secure internet, and cannot access my server, but when I reconfigure it I will let you know how it works thanks again.

Title: Re: Email problems: Server Overload
Post by sophontteks on 01/27/09 at 17:48:47

ok i tried a few smtp hosts, but almost all of them require authentication like my own server does. they want a user name, and password before they will accept smtp access. I know how to use sendmail on a local server, but this is not my website, and althought they are using a linux server it does not have sendmail. It uses authenticated smtp. Is their a way to use username/password with smtp on this script, or has someone coded it in themselves? Does anyone know a unauthenticated smtp host I can use? I don't think sendmail is going to be a option here.

Title: Re: Email problems: Server Overload
Post by Dieter Werner on 01/28/09 at 10:36:55

Try:
$config{'mailhost'} = 'http://localhost';
or
$config{'mailhost'} = 'http://127.0.0.1';
or
$config{'mailhost'} = 'localhost';
or
$config{'mailhost'} = 'http://127.0.0.1';

Title: Re: Email problems: Server Overload
Post by sophontteks on 01/28/09 at 22:58:08

Well I gotta say, really didn't think localhost would work, nor do I fully understand why it worked. I set the thing to localhost, and reloaded the eAuction.pl file, and everything worked. Thank you kindly.

Title: Re: Email problems: Server Overload
Post by Dieter Werner on 01/29/09 at 00:40:13

Simply make a donation ;)