Email function at Contact page Follow @yiiframework

***note : only for linux users.

**you should following steps..

step-1: ¶

install ssmtp on your computer by running following command.

**sudo apt-get install ssmtp**

### step-2: now change in ssmtp.conf (/etc/ssmtp/ssmtp.conf)

#
# Config file for sSMTP sendmail
#
# The person who gets all mail for userids < 1000
# Make this empty to disable rewriting.
root=**your email id (like-  john@gmail.com)**

# The place where the mail goes. The actual machine name is required no
# MX records are consulted. Commonly mailhosts are named mail.domain.com
mailhub=smtp.gmail.com:587

# Where will the mail seem to come from?
#rewriteDomain=

# The full hostname
hostname=**your email id (like-  john@gmail.com)**

# Are users allowed to set their own From: address?
# YES - Allow the user to specify their own From: address
# NO - Use the system generated From: address
**FromLineOverride=YES
UseSTARTTLS=YES
AuthUser=your email id (like- john@gmail.com)
AuthPass=password

**

**step-3: ¶

** now change in php.ini (/etc/php5/apache2/php.ini)

**sendmail_path = /usr/sbin/ssmtp -t -i**

and then check it by write simple file in php which contain echo phpinfo();

step-4: ¶

now change in main.php (/protected/config/main.php)

'params'=>array(
        // this is used in contact page
        'adminEmail'=>'### **webmaster@example.com**',
    ),

put your email instead of webmaster@example.com.

and run and test your contact.php .... you find email at your email id....._cool naa_:-)

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