SID-00226: E-mail notication not working

Status:	Answered	TWiki version:	4.2.4	Perl version:	5.10.0
Category:	CategoryEmail	Server OS:	Windows server 2003	Last update:	17 years ago

Our Twikisite can not send webnotify email when the topic changed , May you let me known what's wrong ? thanks

-- AndyHHuang - 27 Mar 2009

Discussion and Answer

Lots of things can be wrong. Check first the Mail and proxies section of configure script. Do you receive notification mails when register a new user?

-- EnriqueCadalso - 27 Mar 2009

You need to install a scheduled task / cron job to send e-mail notifications.

More at TWikiInstallationGuide, MailerContrib, WindowsInstallCookbookForTWiki04x01

-- PeterThoeny - 27 Mar 2009

Yes, I can recieved email when the new user registered ,How can I install the scheduled task / cron job ? Thanks

-- AndyHHuang - 30 Mar 2009

Hi Andy,

Typical cron job for mailnotify is as follow:

0 0 * * * cd /var/www/twiki && perl -I bin tools/mailnotify

This cron job sends mails every hour at zero'th minute. This job assumes your TWiki root as /var/www/twiki directory.

-- SopanShewale - 32 Mar 2009

For windows installation, as Peter said, you should follow instructions in WindowsInstallCookbookForTWiki04x01

-- EnriqueCadalso - 31 Mar 2009

I did 3 small steps to get my mail notifications working...

• Under your /twiki/tools create an BAT file which contains the following commands (name it as mailnotify.bat)

cd d:\twiki\twiki\tools
perl -I /twiki/twiki/bin mailnotify

Please change the above DOS commands to match your twiki location

• Open the mailnotify perl script (usually lies under /twiki/tools) change the First line to match your perl bin location. (my perl is been installed on C drive, so I have put up as c:\perl\bin\perl -w )
• Just for testing purpose execute the mailnotify.bat file before proceeding to next step. You must see a change notification email in your mail box
• Now goto Control panel and open Scheduled Task and Add an new task that executes mailnotify.bat

-- RajeshN - 03 Apr 2009

Thanks . it works now

-- AndyHHuang - 2009-04-10

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