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29 Sep 2010, 12:42 AM
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Email Error: Could not instantiate mail function.

I am not sure if this is the right location for this thread. But I am running Zen Cart on my PC using localhost. When I try to login as a user to test the buying experieince I get the following error:

Email Error: Could not instantiate mail function. Please check Admin->Configuration->Email Options->Email Transport.

Even though my Email transport method under Configuration is PHP.

Any help, thanks.

29 Sep 2010, 2:06 AM
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Re: Email Error: Could not instantiate mail function.

Your localhost PC almost certainly has no mailserver engine on it. And, since you won't be running a real live store from it, it's better that you turn off email functionality ("Enable Email" = False) until you actually put your site on a real webserver that's capable of email.

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29 Sep 2010, 5:02 AM
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Re: Email Error: Could not instantiate mail function.

Great, will do that. So then how do I test checkout a product from my store on localhost?

29 Sep 2010, 2:02 PM
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Re: Email Error: Could not instantiate mail function.

Um ... add it to your cart and go through checkout.

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29 Sep 2010, 8:31 PM
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Re: Email Error: Could not instantiate mail function.

Thanks, Dr Byte for helping me.

So when I try to login using my site login, Paypal Checkout or even register a new account I get the sane message. I know this has to do with some settings to make the localhost work, just don't know which one because it works when the site is live.

29 Sep 2010, 8:44 PM
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Re: Email Error: Could not instantiate mail function.

What message? If it's telling you about a problem sending emails, then you've still not turned off emailing as I mentioned earlier.

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30 Sep 2010, 8:07 AM
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Re: Email Error: Could not instantiate mail function.

zc_fan:

I am not sure if this is the right location for this thread. But I am running Zen Cart on my PC using localhost. When I try to login as a user to test the buying experieince I get the following error:

Email Error: Could not instantiate mail function. Please check Admin->Configuration->Email Options->Email Transport.

Even though my Email transport method under Configuration is PHP.

Any help, thanks.

It might be caused by a missing mailserver.

I use smtp4dev (just google it) which is a low-weight, easy to install stmp server for development on windows

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30 Sep 2010, 4:13 PM
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Re: Email Error: Could not instantiate mail function.

I thought that's what I said already. :blush:

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