error with hosts php.ini .. i need help with this one..

[lordnex]

I'm attempting to setup my board on my new host. I don't think they saw me coming with this but at least they're trying to accomodate me. Heh. I'm running on a professional hosting company (webserve.ca) and they use IIS for their servers. Their tech support guy doesn't know how to deal with the php.ini settings for sending mail around.

Originally it wasn't setup, I finally got him to set this up (note: i'm not exactly a server kinda guy but I've played around with a self hosted webserver for a while so I'm not completely lost either) but he did it enough that the error is no longer telling me that there is nothing set up but that I don't have permission to send.

this is from me running the diagnostic for vb:

SMTP: localhost
sendmail_from: admin@webserve.ca
sendmail_path: None


The mailing function returned an error while trying to send the mail.
The following errors were outputted by PHP when attempting to send mail:


Warning: mail() [function.mail]: SMTP server response: 503 This mail server requires authentication. Please check your mail client settings. in E:\Domains\lordnex\Inetpub\wwwroot\admincp\diagnos tic.php on line 279

Check your mail server to ensure it is configured correctly to allow PHP to send mail from it. You should also check your mail server's error log for more diagnostic information.


is this right? I imagine that the php.ini on this server is being used to host more than 1 site so they can't setup the entire php.ini just for me. Is there anyone here knowledgeable enough about IIS servers here that can assist me assist their tech guy? Yeah, that does sound kinda funny - however until I get this fixed I can't send email right now so it's not too amusing at the moment.

Is there another way that I can set up VB to send mail without having to defer to the servers side and bypass their settings? I have my own smtp connection through them via my hosted URL.

Any help here would be appreciated!
Andrew

[Amzadi]

SMTP authentication is not supported by VB. Supposedly this is planned for 3.1.0 release.