Invite to join sites fails

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All installed with a range of users set up via admin and now users can login via share across the network. This is a test installation so all users have a dummy email, but it's on another domain I own and get mail on…

When one of the users creates a site, invites to other users fail. If the admin add users to a site (and provides role/permissions), the join request shows up in the relevant site manager's task list, but clicking on either Accept or Reject gives a "fail" message.

I'm pretty sure this is caused by email config problems - specifically SMTP still being configured to some example settings. I had followed some Alfresco Wiki guidelines for tweaking the properties file(s) but then the tomcat server glitched (related? Not sure).

What files need to be edited to provide a basic dummy email for all users that will enable successful invites? Strange that the SMTP and MAIL server attributes  cannot be set by admin in Alfresco Explorer. Can they? Surely that would be preferable?

John

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OK, some feedback…

I managed to find the outboundSMTP.properties file and the inboundSMTP.properties file.
Modified the various entries to point to my ISP's mail and smtp servers, included a valid userID, password, etc.

Now when I do an invite as any site manager, the invite has success and a few mins later there's an invitation email waiting. Clicking on this email of course opens to Alfresco Share to login as that user and the invited user is a site colleague.

Still have the problem of a fail message when clicking "Accept" or "Reject" on the task list…