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bobr6690529
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May 21, 2018
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Is it a requirement to provide an email and password in Coldfusion Administrator in order to send emails using cfmail?

  • May 21, 2018
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Hello all,

I've been developing a coldfusion page that will email a student and faculty member when a form is requested. I had to provide an email and password in the local Coldfusion Administrator page in order for it to email. I am now attempting to run these pages on a remote server and have been told that I do not need to provide email credentials on the remote Coldfusion Administrator page, that only the mail server is required. However I am not having luck and think that I was incorrectly informed about this. Can anyone confirm/deny?

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    Dave WattsCommunity Expert
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    May 21, 2018

    This is entirely dependent upon the mail server configuration. Some mail servers require authentication to send mail, others do not. You can test this easily enough from a command prompt using telnet. Note that modern Windows servers don't have telnet preinstalled any more, so you'd have to install that Windows component itself.

    Dave Watts, Fig Leaf Software

    Dave Watts, Eidolon LLC
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