Mantis
Mantis Bug Tracker is a free and open source, web-based bug tracking system released under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2. The most common use of MantisBT is to track software defects. However, MantisBT is often configured by users to serve as a more generic issue tracking system and project management tool.Configuring email sending on Mantis
If you installed Mantis Bug Tracker locally ,You will need to configure email sending on MantisBT to be able to send an email notifications.You could use any mail providers to send your notifications i.e. Hotmail, Yahoo! Mail, GMail or any other providers you want. In this session I will use Hotmail as my email provider.
Mail Customization
Step 1
- Open control panel & click "Config" and choose "PHP (php.ini)"
- Search for "[mail function]" by press "ctrl f "
- Update
- SMTP=localhost
- smtp_port=25
- ;sendmail_path =
- To be :
- SMTP= smtp.live.com
- smtp_port=587
- sendmail_path ="C:\xampp\sendmail\sendmail.exe" -t"
- Save & Exit
Step 2
- Go to XAMPP control panel & click "Explorer"
- Search for "config_inc.php" file and open it
- Past the following text
$g_enable_email_notification = ON; //enables the email messages
$g_phpMailer_method = PHPMAILER_METHOD_SMTP; # or PHPMAILER_METHOD_SMTP, PHPMAILER_METHOD_SENDMAIL
$g_smtp_host = 'smtp.live.com'; # used with PHPMAILER_METHOD_SMTP
$g_smtp_connection_mode = 'tls';
$g_smtp_port = 587;
$g_smtp_username = 'wael.medhat@hotmail.com'; # used with PHPMAILER_METHOD_SMTP
$g_smtp_password = '*************'; # used with PHPMAILER_METHOD_SMTP
$g_administrator_email = 'wael.medhat@hotmail.com';
$g_webmaster_email = 'wael.medhat@hotmail.com';
$g_from_name = 'Mantis Bug Tracker';
$g_from_email = 'wael.medhat@hotmail.com'; # the "From: " field in emails
$g_return_path_email = 'wael.medhat@hotmail.com'; # the return address for bounced mail
$g_email_receive_own = ON;
$g_email_send_using_cronjob = ON;
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