I can get mail() to work on bluehost.com; but I cannot figure out the right combination to get smtp mail to work with bluehost.

I am successfully using thunderbird to use my bluehost mail; but cannot make cubecart to work correctly.

As I said, mail() works, but I don't know if that is secure enough?>!!!

Thanks to all in advance....

Have you contacted your host?

No, but I can. I have used my thunderbird settings, and several configurations with no luck. Since outgoing smtp works in thunderbird, I thought there was something in cubecart I was not getting right. So, I thought I'd ask here first.

Is there any other documentation for cubecart beside the install guide? I would like to have a more comprenhensive all-in-one instruction manual that I can refer to. For example, I'd like to know how the file structure is layed out. When index.php is built, what components in what order are called upon? There is great help on the web, but it is so scattered. Frankly, I don't like the search function of this forum. I find it counter-intuitve. I'd rather read a manual than slog through dozen year old periperally related forum posts. Maybe just me.

I use SMTP with Bluehost for my site (jammaboards.com):



Then just your regular e-mail address and password and that should work fine.
I never tried changing the Use Authentication is Yes...Hmmm should work though.

Thanks for your response! I had contacted bluehost support and got this:



So, here's my series of tests:

Curiously, when I tried these settings, cubecart says mail has been sent, without errors; BUT
no mail is actually received. (I am testing multiple recieving accounts simultaneously.)



Then I try:



AND GET:


SO, I went back to port 26, but only then used 'localhost'


Recieved no errors: "The bulk emailer has completed its task successfully"; BUT no recipients recieved mail.

THEN I TRIED:



FYI: webserver@smilingcharleys is a valid account. I have sent and recieved mail with that account from squirrelmail.

AHA! Success!

Lastly, I turned authenticate: YES


ThAT, Also worked!!!!!

Then, just to complete the experiment;

no cubecart errors; but no mail recieved


AND THEN;

no cubecart listed errors; but no mail recieved

So, as weird as it seems, the conclusion is: to use SMTP the username and password must be accurate, even if Authenticate is 'no'; PLUS, bluehost documentation says port 25; When in reality port 26 is required. I don't know where to look for logs, so I am not sure if it's a 'cubecart-thing' or a 'hosting thing'.

WHEW. That was harder than it needed to be.

I am going to send this info to bluehost; hopefully no one else has to go through all this!