Forums & community

phpBB

Classic PHP forum software.

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Email capabilities

  • Accepts SMTP
  • Sends notifications

Connection methods

  • SMTP

phpBB is the classic PHP forum software. It uses PHP mail() or SMTP for mass email and subscription notifications, self-hosted.

Connect phpBB to MailKite

Set phpBB's SMTP to MailKite for forum notifications. See /docs/integrations/phpbb.

Read the full setup guide

Point phpBB at MailKite's SMTP relay

A minimal, copy-paste starter. Swap in your own domain and API key.

.env 
# Any app that accepts an SMTP server works with MailKite
MAIL_HOST=smtp.mailkite.dev
MAIL_PORT=587                # STARTTLS (or 465 for TLS)
MAIL_ENCRYPTION=tls
MAIL_USERNAME=mailkite       # username is ignored
MAIL_PASSWORD=mk_live_...    # your MailKite API key
MAIL_FROM_ADDRESS=you@yourdomain.com   # on a verified domain
MAIL_FROM_NAME=phpBB
Read the full setup guide
Email tools

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