the specs:
version 7.4,
windows xp, sp3,
XAMPP - current as of 7/27/11,
isp = att/uverse,
http://drupal.org/project/smtp - release 7.x 1.x dev,
the url for testing:
http://omerta.zapto.org/drupal
the issue:
i have finally got php/apache properly configured to serve my drupal installation to the internet. i am still in testing mode with this.
users can now visit the site and sign up, but the email registration does not work.
it could just be a port problem, or t could be something else, i am yet unsure.
in my router, the ports 25, 143 and 465 are all set to be OPEN, however when i scan them with sheildsup or other port scan sites, they come back as closed.
now this was a problem with port 80 for a long time. i don't know what happened, but it finally opened up. i dont know if it was an issue in the ISP's side or not, ut no matter how many times i cycled my router at the time, the ports would *never* open up. it was frustrating because my ISP said they do not block *any* ports.
i have power cycled my router tonight after verifying in the firewall pinholes that the ports (25, 143, 465) are in fact set as open, but still nothing.