[wp-hackers] Adding phpmailer options (smtp for example)

[Computer Guru]

I've tried most of the SMTP plugins out there, and found this one to
suite my needs best:
http://www.cimatti.it/blog/2007/06/25/cimy-swift-smtp-for-wordpress/

It's built on the SWIFT SMTP library, which is some really great code.

It's reliable, fast, customizable, and hasn't given me any trouble.
Before I found this one, I had loads of trouble (and had to do a lot
of hacking) with other SMTP plugins.

Just my 2 cents...

-CG

On 8/30/07, Moritz 'morty' Struebe <morty at gmx.net> wrote:
> I'm much in favor of a Plugin. For one it shouldn't be to hard to write,
> overloading wp-mail() and because it's released much quicker (I'm really
> looking forward to this and thought about writing it my self, because I
> need it for my plugin). Once you have written the Plugin it should be
> little work to integrate it into the core.
> If you need support just mail me. (I always appreciate when someone
> tests and gives me feedback on my code)
> Cheers
> Morty
>
> DD32 wrote:
> > Being such a simple thing, I thought having it in core would be best, However, It does only affect a very small number of users, So maybe plugin would be better.
> > But should a user have to install a plugin simply to get mail working correctly because of the server configuration? Generally WP tends to try to accomodate the most users(Such as the Backwards compatibility to PHP 4.3).
> >
> >
> > On Thu, 30 Aug 2007 21:57:56 +1000, Callum Macdonald <lists.automattic.com at callum-macdonald.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >> G'day,
> >>
> >> It would be possible to add it as a plugin. The change is only 2-4 lines
> >> of code though, you simply comment out one line and add another 2 (4 if
> >> you're using SMTP auth). I figured it would make sense to make it
> >> available to all users rather than offering it as an add on.
> >>
> >> However, happy to go with the consensus. So far I count +2 for a plugin.
> >> Omry, do you have a view on it? Anyone else?
> >>
> >> Cheers,
> >>
> >>
> >> Callum.
> >>
> >> Peter Westwood wrote:
> >>
> >>> On 29 Aug 2007, at 23:46, Callum Macdonald wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> One of our sites had an issue today where it was dying with the error:
> >>>> The e-mail could not be sent.
> >>>> Possible reason: your host may have disabled the mail() function...
> >>>>
> >>>> Investigating, I realise that phpmailer is bundled with WordPress and
> >>>> it's configured to use PHP's mail() function by default. That seems
> >>>> sensible, however, I think it would be useful to add some options to
> >>>> allow the user to configure it's use. For example, to send mail by
> >>>> SMTP and then specify a host (even a username/password).
> >>>>
> >>>> Before I bash out some code and send a patch, I thought I'd ask for
> >>>> feedback. Can anyone see any flaws in this plan? Would the options be
> >>>> best implemented in the options database? Which admin screen would be
> >>>> most relevant? If the user specifies an invalid server, how will that
> >>>> affect the system? Is that more or less likely than mail() being
> >>>> disabled?
> >>>>
> >>>> I think the current default is sensible, but options would be useful.
> >>>> If I don't hear anything in the next few days I'll write some code
> >>>> anyway and we can take it from there.
> >>>>
> >>> I don't think this kind of configuration is needed for 90% of users.
> >>> Therefore it would be better as a plugin.
> >>> I would suggest you try and write a plugin to achieve what you require.
> >>> If you find you need extra actions/filters in WordPress in order to
> >>> achieve the functionality within the plugin then let us know (tickets
> >>> in trac) and I am sure they will be added.
> >>>
> >>> Cheers
> >>>
> >>> westi
> >>>
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