test email doesn`t work?!

[forw]

hi forum,

I hope someone can help me here..
I installed prestashop and everything seemed fine except that the email test didn`t work. I just didn`t get an email...
I finished the installation though and tried to log in then..I got the message "email and passwort doesn`t fit"(or whatever the term was)..
so I reinstalled everything again, cause i thought maybe I typed my email adress wrong or so..
now it`s the same problem again: I´m at step 3 of the installation routine and the test email doesn`t reach me?!

I `m afraid I will have the same probl. again that I can`t log in when finishing installation...

thanks for any help on this...

[k3ri]

forw:

This requires much more information to solve. The OS (operating system) of the server is probably the most useful, followed by the apache/php/mysql versions.

Can you supply those so that we can help you?

[forw]

I finished installation and I´m able to login as admin now.
If s.o. tries to send an email an error message occurs ...


my server is on : Debian Linux 5 (Lenny) with Apache 2.2.9, PHP 5.2.12 and MySQL Server 5.1.47.

[k3ri]

Have you setup mail on that machine, or do you use an outside SMTP server like google?

try "which mail" at a terminal prompt and see what that gets you?

http://php.net/manual/en/function.mail.php

[forw]

hi k3ri,
thanks for replying and helping me!
I`m using gmx, not gmail or s.th.
I was hoping one of my friends would "translate" what I´m supposed to do but noone was able to.. could you describe what you mean
by "try "which mail" at a terminal prompt and see what that gets you"?

thanks alot