How to configure the system mail box to send password reset mails.

TomHsiung

Joined: 2014-04-02
Posts: 6
Posted: Wed, 2014-04-02 10:40

Hit and miss, I forgot my admin password today. So I try to press the "forgotten password" button and the system said "password reset email has been sent to your mailbox". However, I nenver found the passord reset email in my email box (even in the junk there was no the reset mail).

I just want to know how to configure the gallery 3 sever end to make sure that registered users can receive the password reset mail when they forget their password.

Tom

 
floridave
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Joined: 2003-12-22
Posts: 27300
Posted: Wed, 2014-04-02 13:30

G3 uses the standard PHP mail() function. Some hosts have shut it down or changes dome setting to make it not work. there is a mail replacement module that might help. There is a bunch of php scripts on the net you can use to test the mail() function on your host.

Dave
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TomHsiung

Joined: 2014-04-02
Posts: 6
Posted: Wed, 2014-04-02 13:38

I have figured it out.

 
DigitALL

Joined: 2013-09-28
Posts: 2
Posted: Thu, 2014-04-17 10:42

I am in the same situation.

I forgot the password too. I clicked "forgot password", received email with "If you made this request, you can confirm it by clicking this link" but once I click the link, it takes me back to the gallery to blank page, nothing happens.

I see the guys here with the same problem figured it out but did not share anything. Also, "floridave", says there si a fix with a module but no details.
I am new at this and need some help please. In the wiki pages there are some guidance for old versions but not for v.3.

 
DigitALL

Joined: 2013-09-28
Posts: 2
Posted: Thu, 2014-04-17 11:12

OK, I figured it out too.

Go to: http://codex.galleryproject.org/Gallery3:FAQ and look for "I have lost my admin password how to login?"