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I came back to the site today and found all the links work and I was able to log in. I’ve made the updates and everything appears to be in order.

Thanks to JumboClicks for putting me back on course.

Better.

I tried renaming the plugin folder which is in the wp-content folder and now I get the basic page at the root. So https://colloqspeak.zapto.org works for me.

But I couldn’t log in to turn on the plugins. I’m still getting a blank page for all the links on the root page. I tried renaming the theme folder in the wp-content folder and that didn’t work.

Where would I rename the default theme to “2010 11 12”? Is that a file or a folder? I see a folder “default” in the themes folder. I tried changing that to “2010 11 12” and started getting blank pages again at root. I had to rename the plugins folder to get the root back.

What next?

Yes, the problem was my IE8 browser. Why will the download not work in IE8? It works OK in Firefox.

The following plugin solved my problem with a few adjustments.

https://www.ads-software.com/extend/plugins/wp-mail-smtp/

If you are to use some other port for the SMTP server you use, you must manually change the page /wp-includes/class-phpmailer.php here,

/////////////////////////////////////////////////
    // SMTP VARIABLES
    /////////////////////////////////////////////////

    /**
     *  Sets the SMTP hosts.  All hosts must be separated by a
     *  semicolon.  You can also specify a different port
     *  for each host by using this format: [hostname:port]
     *  (e.g. "smtp1.example.com:25;smtp2.example.com").
     *  Hosts will be tried in order.
     *  @var string
     */
    var $Host        = "localhost";

    /**
     *  Sets the default SMTP server port.
     *  @var int
     */
    var $Port        = /* PLACE YOUR ALTERNATIVE PORT INTEGER HERE - NORMALLY IT IS 25.  QUOTES NOT NECESSARY */;

I have managed to fix the port problem and now the plugin works. See my original thread here:

https://www.ads-software.com/support/topic/221682?replies=1

FYI on that page says “Compatible up to: 2.5.1” and the current stable version is 2.6.5. And also, you cannot set the port and my ISP does not use the conventional port 25. The FAQ part of that page says,

Can I specify an SMTP port number / other setting?
The simple answer is no.

However, you’re welcome to edit the code of this plugin and add your options directly to the code. See the wpmailsmtp.php file at line 88. For more information on the options you can add, see the PHP Mailer documentation here: https://phpmailer.sourceforge.net/docs/

But I can’t fine that line in wp_mail_smtp.php.

The fact that my ISP uses something other than port 25, I think, is the only reason I do not use the SMTP server on my home LAN for this.

So, I guess I am stuck once again. Any ideas anyone?

This is all in error. The option I thought was for emailing to my ISP’s SMTP was in fact a way of posting by email.

And so the email function is still not working because as far as I know the only way that WordPress will email me or users is by way of SMTP on the same host.

I am hosting the site myself on a Linux SME Server in an iBay. Here is the site,

https://laststraw.dyndns.org:90/blog/

Here is the phpBB site by way of comparison,

https://declinetostate.dyndns.org:90/phpbb3/

I am having a similar problem, but I don’t get any kind of error message if use lost password method. I just don’t get any email. If phpBB uses the same methods, I’m finding the email function is working OK and it is set up in a similar way with the remote SMTP server.

I have posted a thread for this issue,

https://www.ads-software.com/support/topic/221682?replies=1

I am hosting the site myself on a Linux SME Server in an iBay. Here is the site,

https://laststraw.dyndns.org:90/blog/

Here is the phpBB site by way of comparison,

https://declinetostate.dyndns.org:90/phpbb3/