I thought that I had successfully installed the board as it allowed me to register as the admin and login, create anew user, etc. Unfortunately, when a new user is created the system does not send out an e-mail with information and new users cannot login. Any ideas where I went wrong?

Your server does not support SMTP (the ability to send e-mails).  Currently, there a work-around does not exist, however in the next version (which will be released VERY soon, Tim's told me all about it), your problem will be addressed.

Thats a drag ... any ideas or time frame about the fix?

just send me your register.php and i'll mod it for you, its just a temporary fix until the new version comes out (pilot@myupb.com)

ok, i got the same problem with sending mails to new users,
to send mail, this forum needs smtp sever, that is installed on the same machine wheres forum, is that right ?

is there a way to override this ? i mean, is there a possibility to use external smtp server ?

no.
lol..  I don't know how else to explain it.  Your php uses the mail() function which calls the system's `mail` function, which stores the routing information that the e-mail must go through.  Technically all e-mail on servers on done externally, however you need the correct settings to retrieve from the big mail server in the sky.  (At least I think)

That is not technically true. You can specify an SMTP server if you are running the forum on a windows machine.

I guess some hosts just decide that there is less chance of server abuse if they compile without the mail component...

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That is not technically true. You can specify an SMTP server if you are running the forum on a windows machine.

I guess some hosts just decide that there is less chance of server abuse if they compile without the mail component...

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Where and how can you specify an SMTP server on windows machine ??

I just installed this forum but got the same problem.  For newly registered users, it sends only confirmation text BUT not password details.  When a user request lost password, it forwards funny link that doesn't exist.

I think, this forum will be useful for light-weight discussions.  I also like that it doesn't require that horific  SQL setup.  Unfortunately, all mean nothing if users cannot login and participate. 

You guys have done a great job.  I hope you will solve this problem so that this forum will be used at large. 

Just because of its concept, I gave you 5 at hotscript.

There are a couple of ways I know of on a windows server:
1) Editing the php.ini or setting in .htaccess
If you have the php.ini file you would just search for the sendmail part. Then you would set your SMTP server there - NOTE: Not available in some configs

2) Setting the mail settings in one of UPB's files (like func.class.php for example using ini_set (I cant remember exactly how this works though)

EDIT: I just reread your problem... your issue is that the link is incorrect... *opens UPB sourcecode*

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[quote]That is not technically true. You can specify an SMTP server if you are running the forum on a windows machine.

I guess some hosts just decide that there is less chance of server abuse if they compile without the mail component...

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Where and how can you specify an SMTP server on windows machine ??

I just installed this forum but got the same problem.  For newly registered users, it sends only confirmation text BUT not password details.  When a user request lost password, it forwards funny link that doesn't exist.

I think, this forum will be useful for light-weight discussions.  I also like that it doesn't require that horific  SQL setup.  Unfortunately, all mean nothing if users cannot login and participate. 

You guys have done a great job.  I hope you will solve this problem so that this forum will be used at large. 

Just because of its concept, I gave you 5 at hotscript.

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I have installed this forum too as It really looks great! installation was easy and everything works,until I had people try to register.

Just the same problem as descibed here, some one registers and they receive a mail with no problem only they do NOT get an auto generated password to be able to sign in with.

That's a shame really as I really do think this a great script but if no one can join it sort of defeats the object.

Many thanks for letting people like me try this out and hope you go from strength to strength.

EDIT: Fixed quote tag to make it easier to read - Jono345