phpBB3 is capable of sending out emails to your users. Here, you can configure the information that is used when your board sends out these emails. phpBB3 can send out emails by using either the native, PHP-based email service, or a specified SMTP server. If you are not sure if you have an SMTP server available, use the native email service. You will have to ask your hoster for further details. Once you are done configuring the email settings, click SUBMIT.
https://www.phpbb.com/support/docs/en/3 ... al_client/General SettingsENABLE BOARD-WIDE EMAILS: If this is set to disabled, no emails will be sent by the board at all.
USERS SEND EMAIL VIA BOARD:: If this is set to enabled, a form allowing users to send emails to each other via the board will be displayed, rather than an email address.
EMAIL FUNCTION NAME: If you are using the native, PHP-based email service, this should be the name of the email function. This is most likely going to be "mail".
EMAIL PACKAGE SIZE: This is the number of emails that can be sent in one package. This is useful for when you want to send mass emails, and you have a large amount of users.
CONTACT EMAIL ADDRESS: This is the address that your board's email feedback will be sent to. This is also the address that will populate the "From" and "Reply-to" addresses in all emails sent by your board.
RETURN EMAIL ADDRESS: This is the return address that will be put on all emails as the technical contact email address. It will always populate the "Return-Path" and "Sender" addresses in all emails sent by your board.
EMAIL SIGNATURE: This text will be attached at the end of all emails sent by your board.
HIDE EMAIL ADDRESSES: If you want to keep email addresses completely private, set this value to YES.
SMTP SettingsUSE SMTP SERVER FOR EMAIL: Select YES if you want your board to send emails via an SMTP server. If you are not sure that you have an SMTP server available for use, set this to NO; this will make your board use the native, PHP-based email service, which in most cases is the safest available option.
SMTP SERVER ADDRESS: The address of the SMTP server.
SMTP SERVER PORT: The port that the SMTP server is located on. In most cases, SMTP servers are located on port 25; do not change this value if you are unsure about this.
AUTHENTICATION METHOD FOR SMTP: This is the authentication method that your board will use when connecting to the specified SMTP server. This only applies if an SMTP username and password are set, and required by the server. The available methods are PLAIN, LOGIN, CRAM-MD5, DIGEST-MD5, and POP-BEFORE-SMTP. If you are unsure about which authentication method you must use, ask your hoster for more information.
SMTP USERNAME: The username that phpBB will use when connecting to the specified SMTP server. You should only fill this in if the SMTP server requires it.
SMTP PASSWORD: The password for the above specified username that phpBB will use when connecting to the specified SMTP server. You should only fill this in if the SMTP server requires it.