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stormzon
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could not instantiate mail funtion

14 Sep 2012, 02:58

Hi,

When I try to send a mail with http://www.chevalleraudesign.com/#/zContact/ I get the message: could not instantiate mail funtion.

What does that mean?
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mjau-mjau
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Re: could not instantiate mail funtion

15 Sep 2012, 01:59

That would mean that, for some reason, your host does not seem to have enabled the mail() function in PHP so Imagevue may not be able to send e-mail with this method. In your mail settings, there is an SMTP option, where you can set the e-mail to instead use an e-mail server to send mail. That would require that you add details to a mail account server that Imagevue would instead send from ...
 
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Nick
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Re: could not instantiate mail funtion

17 Sep 2012, 03:02

It might work if you put 'none' in Settings > Email > Force From, this option will make sure Imagevue doesn't try to change the from header when sending e-mail. It is essential on some hosting providers, like GoDaddy.
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