Manual:$wgEnableEmail
| Email settings: $wgEnableEmail | |
|---|---|
| Set to true to enable basic email features. |
|
| Introduced in version: | 1.4.0 |
| Removed in version: | still in use |
| Allowed values: | (boolean) |
| Default value: | true |
| Other settings: Alphabetical | By function | |
Details[edit]
Set to true to enable the basic email features: Password reminders, etc.
Some hosting providers (for example Hostmonster) appear to check that the "From:" and "Return-Path:" are genuine, to prevent spammers from using their accounts.
To enable this email:
- Find out what the correct sender is, e.g. by visiting a PHP page containing the following code and checking the message you receive
<?php
mail("my.private.address@example.com","My subject","My message body");
?>
- Let's assume the email at the previous point came through from "myHostmonsterAccountName@myHost.example.com". Change the following variables in
LocalSettings.php:
$wgEmergencyContact = "exampleAccountName@myHost.example.com";
$wgPasswordSender = "exampleAccountName@myHost.example.com";
If sending email on the server doesn't work, try this work-around, or just disable this feature, i.e. set $wgEnableEmail to false.
MediaWiki email is almost certainly not going to work out-of-the-box on Windows servers, and it may require additional configuration on Linux servers.
See Manual:$wgSMTP for information on how to configure the sending of email.
Disable email[edit]
To disable email, in localsettings.php, change the default:
$wgEnableEmail = true;
to
$wgEnableEmail = false;