Title: Post Via Email causing database error
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Post Via Email causing database error

 *  [catstrat](https://wordpress.org/support/users/catstrat/)
 * (@catstrat)
 * [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/post-via-email-causing-database-error/)
 * Hi all,
 * I recently set up a wordpress blog on my Dreamhost server.
 * All was running well until I tried to configure post-via-email.
 * I followed this guide: [http://codex.wordpress.org/Blog_by_Email](http://codex.wordpress.org/Blog_by_Email)
 * Then I got to this section:
 * ” Manual Browser Activation
 * Go to the following link [http://example.com/installdir/wp-mail.php](http://example.com/installdir/wp-mail.php)
   immediately after you send an e-mail to your new e-mail account. (Note: You must
   do this every time you send a new post.)”
 * Immediately after doing so, I got an “Error establishing a database connection”
   error.
 * I have checked the wp-config file and the db_name, user and passwords are all
   correct.
 * Does anyone know what the solution might be here?
 * Thanks for your time guys,
 * Noor
 * Website URL is: [http://www.noorhammad.com](http://www.noorhammad.com)

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 *  [Samuel B](https://wordpress.org/support/users/samboll/)
 * (@samboll)
 * [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/post-via-email-causing-database-error/#post-1443297)
 * did you fix it?
    seems to work for me [http://www.noorhammad.com/wp-mail.php](http://www.noorhammad.com/wp-mail.php)
 *  Thread Starter [catstrat](https://wordpress.org/support/users/catstrat/)
 * (@catstrat)
 * [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/post-via-email-causing-database-error/#post-1443381)
 * Now fixed, was a problem server side. Many thanks for taking the time to read
   the topic samboll.

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [catstrat](https://wordpress.org/support/users/catstrat/)
 * Last activity: [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/post-via-email-causing-database-error/#post-1443381)
 * Status: not resolved

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