E-mail Server Configuration Select E-mail Component: CDOSYS (IIS 5/5.1/6) E-mail Mode: On E-mail Server Address: mc.uspln2.aops-eds.com Administrator E-mail Address: matt.pinkston@xxx.com Require Unique E-mail: On E-mail Validation: On Restrict Registration: Off Require Logon for sending Mail: On
To test the settings. Either send a user a mail via the forum or with the current setting, when a new user registers, he gets a mail to validate his mail address (without the validation, the user should get a welcome mail anyway).
Maybe it`s your mail component (CDOSYS). Try using another. You can test, which mail components are installed on your server, by uploading testemailcomponent.asp (it`s in the tools zip that comes with the forum package) to your server and run it with your browser.
Administrators get notified of other peoples posts.
Have you done the following ? First edit a category and allow subscriptions. Then edit a forum within that category and allow subscriptions. Users should receive notifications of new posts according to whatever level you have allowed.
Have you checked that subscriptions are still set to allowed in your admin area under "Feature Configuration" ?