Getting Account Activation to Work for vB Owners

[DrewryMedia]

I've made adjustments in the site so that account activation can work, but unsure if I need to do something on the server, in order for account activation e-mails to be sent to new members who sign up. Who knows about this and how to resolve it?

[Acro]

As long as you've set up a standard domain account with CPanel you should be ok. Have you tried signing up to test it?

[rngrdanny22]

I've just recently switched over to vBulletin from SMF and haven't tested this yet. I would like to hear what you find out.


I do know that GoDaddy has issues with SMF's emailing system. Which is one of my reasons for switching to vB.

[Mark Talbot]

What Acro said,... and more.

A couple of things you likely will need to consider is the setting up of SPF records, and certain requirements to make sure your outbound emails dont end up looking like spam.
Some isp's and some email service providers like hotmail, aol, etc, require some additional hoop-jumping to keep you whitelisted on their systems.

It can be confusing, but once you are setup, you are setup.

(spf records setup in cpanel also)