dunno how significant a problem this is...

[KaBlookie]

it gave me this when I posted something from the quick post box:

"Warning: fsockopen(): unable to connect to mailbox.jabbasworld.net:25 in /home/jabbasw/public_html/includes/smtp.php on line 109

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/jabbasw/public_html/includes/smtp.php:109) in /home/jabbasw/public_html/includes/page_header.php on line 502

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/jabbasw/public_html/includes/smtp.php:109) in /home/jabbasw/public_html/includes/page_header.php on line 504

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/jabbasw/public_html/includes/smtp.php:109) in /home/jabbasw/public_html/includes/page_header.php on line 505"

and a little below:

"General Error

Could not connect to smtp host : 110 : Connection timed out

DEBUG MODE

Line : 111
File : /home/jabbasw/public_html/includes/smtp.php "

just thought i'd let that out. what i tried to post was posted, but it just gave me that when it redirected me after i hit the "submit" button. Is this a re-occurring problem or is it just something that happens maybe when you're updating the site or something?

[Jabba]

How often do you get this error ???

[TT]

I also get a "debug problem" every now and then.. but the post is posted anyway and it's pretty rare...

[fishfreek]

Could not connect to smtp host : 110 : Connection timed out

Of all the content you posted the above is the most important part. What does that mean? Well basicly when you submit a post it e-mails the people who are watching the post. (usually its just the person who posted last). SMTP stands for Simple Mail Transmit Protocal and is the basis of how mail is composed and sent. The script is simpliy telling you that it could not connect to the SMTP server to send the mail.

Is there anything we as admins can do about it? Not really since we dont have much control over the SMTP service as that would be at the host level vs the website level.

[KaBlookie]

aiight, yea this has happened to me only once, but I'm a member at another forum (www.hpiforums.com) that uses this same forum program, and i've gotten that kind of message a couple of times there.

thanx for the explanations!