diff --git a/admin_manual/configuration_mail.rst b/admin_manual/configuration_mail.rst index ea1db2002..6843408ba 100644 --- a/admin_manual/configuration_mail.rst +++ b/admin_manual/configuration_mail.rst @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -Mail configuration +Mail Configuration ================== ownCloud does not contain a full email program but contains some parameters to @@ -17,10 +17,10 @@ SMTP, PHP mail, Sendmail and qmail. Parameters ---------- -* SMTP (Simple Mail Tranfer Protocol) +* **SMTP (Simple Mail Tranfer Protocol)** If you want to send email using a local or remote SMTP server it is necessary - to enter the name or ip address of the server, optionally followed by a collon + to enter the name or ip address of the server, optionally followed by a colon separated port number, e.g. ``:425``. If this value is not given the default port 25/tcp will be used unless you will change that by modifying the ``mail_smtpport`` parameter. Multiple server can be entered separated by @@ -49,16 +49,14 @@ Parameters If the SMTP server only accepts secure connections you can choose between the following two variants: - :ssl - - A secure connection will be initiated using the outdated SMTPS protocol - which uses the port 465/tcp. + ssl: A secure connection will be initiated using the outdated SMTPS protocol + which uses the port 465/tcp. "mail_smtphost" => "smtp.server.dom:465", "mail_smtpsecure" => 'ssl', - :tls - - A secure connection will be initiated using the STARTTLS protocol which - uses the default port 25/tcp. + tls - A secure connection will be initiated using the STARTTLS protocol which + uses the default port 25/tcp. "mail_smtphost" => "smtp.server.dom", "mail_smtpsecure" => 'tls', @@ -77,7 +75,7 @@ Parameters "mail_smtpname" => "username", "mail_smtppassword" => "password", -* PHP mail +* **PHP mail** If you want to use PHP mail it is necessary to have an installed and working email system on your server. Which program in detail is used to send email is @@ -94,7 +92,7 @@ Parameters "mail_smtpname" => "", "mail_smtppassword" => "", -* Sendmail +* **Sendmail** If you want to use the well known Sendmail program to send email, it is necessary to have an installed and working email system on your *nix server. @@ -110,7 +108,7 @@ Parameters "mail_smtpname" => "", "mail_smtppassword" => "", -* qmail (http://www.qmail.org/) +* **qmail (http://www.qmail.org/)** If you want to use the qmail program to send email, it is necessary to have an installed and working qmail email system on your server. The sendmail binary @@ -126,7 +124,7 @@ Parameters "mail_smtpname" => "", "mail_smtppassword" => "", -Send a test email +Send a Test Email ----------------- The only way to test your email configuration is, to force a login failure,