{"id":35,"date":"2008-04-05T16:42:36","date_gmt":"2008-04-05T21:42:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wiredprairie.us\/blog\/index.php\/archives\/35"},"modified":"2008-04-05T16:42:36","modified_gmt":"2008-04-05T21:42:36","slug":"smtp-on-windows-with-wordpress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wiredprairie.us\/blog\/index.php\/archives\/35","title":{"rendered":"SMTP on Windows with WordPress"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My blog is hosted on a shared Windows web server running IIS. My web host does not support WordPress&#8217; ability to send e-mails as notifications without a modification. This problem occurs in WordPress 2.3, and WordPress 2.5, but may occur in other versions.<\/p>\n<p>Thankfully, there&#8217;s a simple fix without requiring any modification of source code.<\/p>\n<p>To enable e-mail notifications, I downloaded this plug-in:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.callum-macdonald.com\/code\/wp-mail-smtp\/\">WP-Mail-SMTP<\/a> (download <a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.org\/extend\/plugins\/wp-mail-smtp\/#post-2302\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>Once you&#8217;ve enabled the Plug-in, you&#8217;ll find the Email settings here:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wiredprairie.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/image.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" height=\"64\" alt=\"image\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wiredprairie.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/image-thumb.png\" width=\"186\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>then<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wiredprairie.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/image1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" height=\"43\" alt=\"image\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wiredprairie.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/image-thumb1.png\" width=\"391\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Then, provide the needed information and click the Update Options button. Use the Test Email form to make sure everything works.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My blog is hosted on a shared Windows web server running IIS. My web host does not support WordPress&#8217; ability to send e-mails as notifications without a modification. This problem occurs in WordPress 2.3, and WordPress 2.5, but may occur in other versions. Thankfully, there&#8217;s a simple fix without requiring any modification of source code. 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