Forgot your password not working

[mpMS]

SMF Version: SMF 1.0.8
I am currently testing my SMF especially in retrieving password thru clicking the "Forgot your password?" from  the login page. After clicking the link, I was asked to enter the user/email address. Upon clicking the send, I got this error:

Database error
Please try again. If you come back to this error screen, report the error to
an administrator.

I have set on the Forum Configuration > Edit Features and Options > Basic Forum Features the SMTP server address and SMTP Server Port to the SMTP server that we have but still this error occur. Need help on this.

[sawz]

i too had something similar happen to me working on another forum.
you'll have to check what the 'mail_type' is in php myadmin.

smf_settings , check the variable box and click browse, you may have to click over a page or two, but look for "mail_type" if it doesn't say sendmail, check the box and click the pencil to change it to sendmail, click go, then try the lost password feature again.

[mpMS]

i too had something similar happen to me working on another forum.
you'll have to check what the 'mail_type' is in php myadmin.

smf_settings , check the variable box and click browse, you may have to click over a page or two, but look for "mail_type" if it doesn't say sendmail, check the box and click the pencil to change it to sendmail, click go, then try the lost password feature again.

Sorry but I cant get what you mean. Where do I need to check the mail_type?

[sawz]

the only reason i suggested the mail_type is because i had the same problem on two different forums.
are you familiar with php myadmin?

[mpMS]

not familiar. I am really new to PHP & MySQL. Do I need to install the php admin? If yes, how?

Btw, I am using PHP 5.

[sawz]

php myadmin administers your databases, you can access it through your website control panel.
read what i posted above about smf_settings and explore a little.