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Hi Sean,

Thanks for posting this to the forum.Ê If there is a bug I'd like to squash it.Ê There are 4 options here:

1. PHP is not configured for email properly on your server.

2. There is a configuration setting in Web Auction that you are missing.

3. There is a bug in Web Auction that needs to be sorted out.

The easiest one to check on is #2.Ê The things to check for this:

a. In "Auction Settings" make sure that "Send outbid notifications" is checked.
b. In your user's profile (click in the upper right), make sure that "Receive outbid notifications" is checked and that the user has a valid email address entered.

To check that PHP is configured properly.Ê You can do this by writing a simple PHP script to send an email to yourself: e.g.:

$res = mail('myaddress@yourdomain.com', 'A test email', 'This is only a test');
if ( $res ) echo "Email test succeeded.Ê YOu should have a mail in your mailbox";
else echo "Email failed.";
?>

If the email fails, it's time to start looking at PHP and your sendmail program:

http://php.net/mail

Hope this helps.

Hi Sean,

Thanks for posting this to the forum.Ê If there is a bug I'd like to squash it.Ê There are 4 options here:

1. PHP is not configured for email properly on your server.

2. There is a configuration setting in Web Auction that you are missing.

3. There is a bug in Web Auction that needs to be sorted out.

The easiest one to check on is #2.Ê The things to check for this:

a. In "Auction Settings" make sure that "Send outbid notifications" is checked.
b. In your user's profile (click in the upper right), make sure that "Receive outbid notifications" is checked and that the user has a valid email address entered.

To check that PHP is configured properly.Ê You can do this by writing a simple PHP script to send an email to yourself: e.g.:

$res = mail('myaddress@yourdomain.com', 'A test email', 'This is only a test');
if ( $res ) echo "Email test succeeded.Ê YOu should have a mail in your mailbox";
else echo "Email failed.";
?>

If the email fails, it's time to start looking at PHP and your sendmail program:

http://php.net/mail

Hope this helps.

Let me know how it goes.
-Steve

Steve,

Thanks for the quick reply. After I turned on postfix everything started working. I really appreciate your help. If there is anything I can do, please let me know.

Sean