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If you cannot send mail through B2evo, probably because your host has disabled PHP's mail() function you must use another mailserver. There are other situations where you deliberately want to use this.
This solution will work with any SMTP server you have access to (can authenticate through username/password).

I had a successful go with Swift mailer in B2evo 1.10.3 and in 2.4.0 rc2. This is how to set it up:

1) Download swift-smtp from http://www.swiftmailer.org/download/ . Unpack and upload the /lib/ folder. I made a directory in /inc/_misc/ called swift-smtp where I put the lib folder. So this looks like /inc/_misc/swift-smtp/lib/. Feel free to add the folder to /htsrv/ where I think it belongs.
2) Open /inc/_misc/_misc.funcs.php and replace lines 2348 - 2362. If you are using B2evo v2.4.0 rc 2 look for this codesnippet in inc/misc/_misc.funcs.php line ~1568.:

	if( $debug > 1 )
	{	// We agree to die for debugging...
		if( ! mail( $to, $subject, $message, $headerstring ) )
		{
			debug_die( 'Sending mail from
 «'.htmlspecialchars($from).'» to
 «'.htmlspecialchars($to).'», Subject
 «'.htmlspecialchars($subject).'» FAILED.' );
		}
	}
	else
	{	// Soft debugging only....
		if( ! @mail( $to, $subject, $message, $headerstring ) )
		{
			$Debuglog->add( 'Sending mail from
 «'.htmlspecialchars($from).'» to
 «'.htmlspecialchars($to).'», Subject
 «'.htmlspecialchars($subject).'» FAILED.', 'error' );
			return false;
		}
	}

by:

//setup swift-smtp
	require_once( dirname(__FILE__).'/swift-smtp/lib/Swift.php' );
    require_once( dirname(__FILE__).'/swift-smtp/lib/Swift/Connection/SMTP.php' );
    global $smtp_server, $smtp_user, $smtp_password, $smtp_port;
    $smtp =& new Swift_Connection_SMTP( $smtp_server, $smtp_port);
    $smtp->setUsername( $smtp_user );
    $smtp->setpassword( $smtp_password );

    $swift =& new Swift($smtp);
    $mail =& new Swift_Message( $subject, $message);

	$to_name = preg_replace( '/^.*?<(.+?)>$/', '$0', $to );
	$from_name = preg_replace( '/^.*?<(.+?)>$/', '$0', $from );
	$to_email = preg_replace( '/^.*?<(.+?)>$/', '$1', $to );
	$from_email = preg_replace( '/^.*?<(.+?)>$/', '$1', $from );

	$new_to = new Swift_Address( $to_email, $to_name );
	$new_from = new Swift_Address( $from_email, $from_name );

	if( $debug > 1 )
	{	// We agree to die for debugging...
		if( ! $swift->send( $mail, $new_to, $new_from ))
		{
			debug_die( 'Sending mail from
 &laquo;'.htmlspecialchars($from).'&raquo; to
 &laquo;'.htmlspecialchars($to).'&raquo;, Subject
 &laquo;'.htmlspecialchars($subject).'&raquo; FAILED.' );
		}
	}
	else
	{	// Soft debugging only....
		if( ! @$swift->send( $mail, $new_to, $new_from ))
		{
		$Debuglog->add( 'Sending mail from
 &laquo;'.htmlspecialchars($from).'&raquo; to
 &laquo;'.htmlspecialchars($to).'&raquo;, Subject
 &laquo;'.htmlspecialchars($subject).'&raquo; FAILED.', 'error' );
			return false;
		}
	}

I prefer the variables in /conf/_advanced.php. Somewhere put this block:

/**
 * SMTP
 * uses swift-smtp
 */
$smtp_server = 'smtp.server.tld';
$smtp_port = 25;
$smtp_user = 'user';
$smtp_password = 'password';

If you want to put the Swift mailer files in the /htsrv/ folder (/htsrv/swift-smtp/lib/) you change these lines of the code:

require_once( dirname(dirname(dirname(__FILE__))).'/htsrv/swift-smtp/lib/Swift.php' );
require_once( dirname(dirname(dirname(__FILE__))).'/htsrv/swift-smtp/lib/Swift/Connection/SMTP.php' );

Once again: I took the /lib/ folder from the package and put it in a custom made /swift-smtp/ folder. You may copy the /lib/ folder from swift-smtp directly to the /htsrv/ folder, but change the path accordingly.

Thanks to dcihon for testing.

Good luck

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I made a plugin to display a random image from a folder in the sidebar. Due to lack of imagination it is called the Random Picture plugin. Actually it is a widget, or a plugin for a widget with a widget in it, or something like that.
The plugin takes the folder /plugins/randompic_plugin/images/ and is able to determine which files are in the folder. It then randomly takes one and displays it in a widget container.
You can put as many pictures in the folder as you like.
The plugin takes the folder /plugins/randompic_plugin/images/ and is able to determine what files are in the folder. It then randomly takes one and displays it in a widget container.

What to do?

1. download and unzip this file: randompic_pugin-0.6.zip,
2. Upload to the /plugin/ folder of your blog,
3. In backoffice: install the plugin under Global settings -> Plugins install -> Install new,
4. In back office: install the widget in the sidebar Blog settings -> CHOOSE A BLOG -> Widgets -> (Sidebar) Add widget.
5. Put as many pictures as you like in the folder /plugins/randompic_plugin/images.

Changelog

• 0.6 Version 0.6 is a minor rewrite of some elements. I intended it to work together with the jQuery Lightbox plugin and the jQuery Imagefit plugin. If you have both plugins installed the image will automatically resize to the width of the container and is clickable to view the image in the Lightbox at full dimensions.
  
  I added a few larger images to test. However, the standard settings for resizing (to be set in the Widget settings at Blog settings -> Widgets -> Random Image plugin) is zero, meaning no resize. If you do not have the jQuery Imagefit plugin installed and leave the setting to zero (default) the pictures will blow off the screen. This is not an error.

• 0.4 Version 0.4 is a maintenance update after

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