Hi, I have a couple of problems using this software...
When the admin is approving a new user the following error is shown...

A fatal, non-recoverable error has occurred
Technical information (for support personel):
Error Message: An error occurred while sending the email.
Affected Elements: Email.Send();

The user becomes active none the less but the notification isnt sent...any suggestions?

also, even though I have set correct permissions for vanilla/appg/settings.php (666) I get the following error when I try update a variable like admin email address:


Some problems were encountered
The file could not be opened. Please make sure that PHP has write access to the d:\inetpub\dublinsingersongwriter\vanilla/appg/settings.php file.

any help appreciated.
heres the contents of settings.php maybe someone will spot something:

<?php
/*
* Copyright 2003 - 2005 Mark O'Sullivan
* This file is part of Vanilla.
* Vanilla is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
* Vanilla is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
* You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with Vanilla; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
* The latest source code for Vanilla is available at www.lussumo.com
* Contact Mark O'Sullivan at mark [at] lussumo [dot] com
*
* Description: Global application constants
*/

// Database Settings
define("dbHOST", "**************************");
define("dbNAME", "****");
define("dbUSER", "******");
define("dbPASSWORD", "******");

// Path Settings
define("agAPPLICATION_PATH", "d:\inetpub\dublinsingersongwriter\vanilla/");
define("sgLIBRARY", agAPPLICATION_PATH."library/");
define("agEXTENSIONS", agAPPLICATION_PATH."extensions/");
define("agLANGUAGES", agAPPLICATION_PATH."languages/");

// Application Settings
define("agAPPLICATION_TITLE", "www.DublinSingerSongwriters.com");
define("agBANNER_TITLE", ".:: Dublin and Cork Singersongwriter.com :: Forum ::.");
define("agDEFAULT_STYLE", "styles/vanilla/");
define("agDOMAIN", "www.dublinsingersongwriters.com/vanilla");
define("agSAFE_REDIRECT", "signin.php?PageAction=SignOut");
define("agDISCUSSIONS_PER_PAGE", "30");
define("agDISCUSSIONS_PER_FEED", "20");
define("agCOMMENTS_PER_PAGE", "50");
define("agSEARCH_RESULTS_PER_PAGE", "30");
define("agCOOKIE_DOMAIN", "www.dublinsingersongwriters.com");
define("agSUPPORT_EMAIL", "ger@dublinsingersongwriters.com");
define("agSUPPORT_NAME", "Support");
define("agALLOW_NAME_CHANGE", "1");
define("agPUBLIC_BROWSING", "0");
define("agUSE_CATEGORIES", "1");
define("agLOG_ALL_IPS", "0");

// Panel Settings
define("agPANEL_BOOKMARK_COUNT", "20");
define("agPANEL_PRIVATE_COUNT", "5");
define("agPANEL_HISTORY_COUNT", "5");
define("agPANEL_USERDISCUSSIONS_COUNT", "5");
define("agPANEL_SEARCH_COUNT", "20");

// Discussion Settings
define("agMAX_COMMENT_LENGTH", "5000");
define("agMAX_TOPIC_WORD_LENGTH", "45");
define("agDISCUSSION_POST_THRESHOLD", "3");
define("agDISCUSSION_TIME_THRESHOLD", "60");
define("agDISCUSSION_THRESHOLD_PUNISHMENT", "120");
define("agCOMMENT_POST_THRESHOLD", "5");
define("agCOMMENT_TIME_THRESHOLD", "60");
define("agCOMMENT_THRESHOLD_PUNISHMENT", "120");
define("agTEXT_WHISPERED", "Private");
define("agTEXT_STICKY", "Sticky");
define("agTEXT_CLOSED", "Closed");
define("agTEXT_HIDDEN", "Hidden");
define("agTEXT_BOOKMARKED", "");
define("agTEXT_PREFIX", "[");
define("agTEXT_SUFFIX", "]");

// String Formatting Settings
define("agDEFAULTSTRINGFORMAT", "Text");
define("agFORMATSTRINGFORDISPLAY", "DISPLAY");
define("agFORMATSTRINGFORDATABASE", "DATABASE");

// Application Mode Constants
define("agMODE_DEBUG", "DEBUG");
define("agMODE_RELEASE", "RELEASE");
define("agMODE_UPGRADE", "UPGRADE");

// Registration settings
define("agDEFAULT_ROLE", "0");
define("agALLOW_IMMEDIATE_ACCESS", "0");
define("agAPPROVAL_ROLE", "3");

// Application version - Don't change this value or you may have
// problems upgrading later.
define("agVANILLA_VERSION", "0.9.2.6");
// Note: Vanilla 0.9.2.6 included some extremely important security patches.
// If you do not have this version installed, we highly recommend that you replace your old vanilla
// files with this version. It is okay to leave all files in the appg folder as they are.
?>

But I didnt take anything from the structure I downloaded..

IIS?

Ha, yeah youre right I think... Im trying to set up the forum for a mate - Its his site. I think its a microsoft server.

So what kind of settings should I fiddle with?

thanks...

If you don't mind wholly disabling the email functionality of Vanilla, you could fix it like I did by simply circumventing the function:

<?php
/*
Extension Name: No Email
Extension Url: N/A
Description: Disables E-mail functionality.
Version: 1.0
Author: SirNot
Author Url: N/A
*/

if(class_exists('Email'))
{
	$Context->ObjectFactory->SetReference('Email', 'NoEmail');
	class NoEmail extends Email
	{
		function Send()
		{
			
		}
	}
}

?>

"As for your global application settings form woes, I'd still say that it is a permissions problem. Who is the owner and group for those files? If I were you I'd switch it over to the www-data:www-data user:group. That way you are guaranteed that php will have permission to access the file. This assumes that you're running debian (on Debian, the apache user/group is www-data. It might be something else on a different system)."

He's running IIS on Windows.

re: permissions
User: user
Group: group
I see this in my ftp software.
all permissions are 666 for every file

Don't forget the odd combination of forward and backward slashes of set paths. That one kills all windows users.