could not instantiate mail funtion
Posted: 14 Sep 2012, 02:58
by stormzon
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?
Re: could not instantiate mail funtion
Posted: 15 Sep 2012, 01:59
by mjau-mjau
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 ...
Re: could not instantiate mail funtion
Posted: 17 Sep 2012, 03:02
by Nick
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.