Sorry. A non-recoverable error has occurred. - authentication failed

[global_asia]

I tried to run a registration page from the frontend, but I got the following error message on a site running joomla when I tried to send the form after providing all the information. I also modified the index.php page.

     Sorry. A non-recoverable error has occurred.

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Error Details:

Array
(
    [callback] => Array
        (
           

• => CRM_Core_Error
[1] => handle
        )

   

Code: [Select]

=>
    [message] => Authentication failed.
    [mode] => 16
    [debug_info] =>
    [type] => pear_error
    [user_info] =>
    [to_string] => [pear_error: message="Authentication failed." code=0 mode=callback callback=CRM_Core_Error::handle prefix="" info=""]
)


[Donald Lobo]

make sure you have your smtp settings in the front end configuration file also. Looks like your smtp needs authentication, so you need your SMTP password in components/com_civicrm/civicrm.settings.php AND administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm.settings.php

lobo

[global_asia]

when I turned off smtp requires authentication, the error message went away, but there is no rsvp email. I'm using php 4. I read that php 5 is needed for mass emails, but is it also needed for rsvp emails?

[Donald Lobo]

You dont need php5 for rsvp mail. You'll have to check your mail logs and see if the mail was sent. This seems to be your system specific issue

lobo