How to configure SMTP in vBulletin

This tutorial will review the process of enabling SMTP for the mail service of your vBulletin forum. This will ensure properly delivered emails from your website to users, using a specific email account.

Step 1 Create an Email Account

To create a new email account, you need to log into cPanel and then locate the Mail section. Click on the Email Accounts button there.

Edit the following options:

• Email - Choose the name of the new email account. Also, select the domain to be used for the new email account. Note that if you have a number of sub/addon/parked domains here, you will be able to select them via a drop-down box
• Password - Enter the password of the new email account
• Password (again) - Enter the password again for verification
• Mailbox Quota - Set a quota for your email account

When you are ready, simply click on the Create Account button and the system will create it automatically for you.

Step 2 Enable SMTP

To set SMTP for the mail service of your website, you need to access the admin area of your website first. Navigate to the Settings tab on the main menu and then Options.

Select the Email Options field and click on the Edit Settings button to configure the mail service.

Edit the following options:

• SMTP Email - Set that to Yes to enable SMTP
• SMTP Host - mail.example.com (where you need to change example.com with your actual domain)
• SMTP Port - 25 or 2525
• SMTP Username - Enter your email account, created in the previous step
• SMTP Password - Enter the password for your email account
• SMTP Secure Connection - None

When you enter the details for your email account, simply click on the Save button to keep the changes.

Congratulations! You can now use SMTP for your mail exchange.