The e-mail could not be sent.

I am having a very similar problem. At first it just popped up when I was trying to moderate comments, but then if I went back and tried again it would go through. Today as I was moderating comments, this error popped up, but it will not go away. Now every page of my blog is blank except for this error:

The e-mail could not be sent.
Possible reason: your host may have disabled the mail() function…

Does anyone know what could be causing it?

We are on WordPress 2.3, and our address is https://www.cynergistek.com/blog.

Hi

I am experiencing the same problem. Did any of you find a solution to this problem?

I got hit with this one today too. Now my site is effectively down. It originated from a trackback from https://www.mediadistricts.com.

Help PLEASE!

I have the same problem… However considering this post is 8 months old now, and no one has helped… I don’t think I will find the solution here.

I have the same problem.

I m *not* trying to send emails but load my blog into the browser and I get the error message

The e-mail could not be sent.
Possible reason: your host may have disabled the mail() function…

I use version wp 2.5.1 .

Any solution ?

Thanks

I understand that this post is very old, but…

Possible reason: your host may have disabled the mail() function…
My question is how can I enable it I am hosting the site on a windows 2003 server with IIS 6. Exchange server. Please help.

PHP on windows requires some extra effort to get SMTP to work. It can be a pain in the ass if you are hosting on your own windows server at home. Open php.ini and find this:

[mail function]
; For Win32 only.
SMTP = localhost
smtp_port = 25

; For Win32 only.
;sendmail_from = [email protected]

…and alter the info to reflect the mail account given to you by your isp.

I got hit with this one today too. Now my site is effectively down.

Got hit with what? I don’t think anyone really knew what you were refering to.

I m *not* trying to send emails but load my blog into the browser and I get the error message

A link to your CURRENT WordPress installation may get a response. The one in your profile is dead.

Thank you Clayton James,

I did ask my host about the email settings, support says everything is fine their end and I have to ask here.

The link is https://squidoomagic.com

Best
Susanne
(I have updated my profile, thanks for reminding me).

I can get you to your site, and to your login, but that’s about all.

https://squidoomagic.com/videos/

https://squidoomagic.com/videos/wp-login.php

Your blog is at //squidoomagic.com/videos/, not //squidoomagic.com

log in and check your URI information in your dashboard. I think that’s a good place to start.

I think you may need to upgrade as well once you get the URI sorted out.

Best wishes.

Cj

[Edit]

Do you have TWO installs there? Or remnants of an old install? I see this as well…

https://squidoomagic.com/wp-content/themes/

but can not access //squidoomagic.com/wp-login.php

I have 2 blogs:

https://squidoomagic.com and

https://squidoomagic.com/videos/

I have now had squidoomagic.com recovered from a back-up I made.

If the error occurs again I will get back.

Thanks
Susanne

[EDIT] What is URI ? and where on the dashboard do I find it.

Ok I am getting this error over and over again.

I get my host to recover the backups.

I would really like a solution to this error.

I also encountered this problem 2 weeks ago, but yesterday I find this solution somewhere and it works fine. I’m also using wordpress in my localhost and SMTP as my email server. I hope this can help you.

smtpmail.zip

Thank you so much ClaytonJames! I was able to get the email running using your advice.