You can configure MediaWiki to use an external SMTP server, I wrote up a
set of instructions on this a while back:
http://snowulf.com/2011/08/30/configuring-mediawiki-to-use-external-smtp/

You can also take a look at the manual for $wgSMTP at
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:$wgSMTP

The other option is that when you create accounts, do not do it "By Email".
 Simply enter a random password (twice) and click create.  Then you can
email the person on your standard mail client their username & password.

-Jon

On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 09:00, Beebe, Mary J <[email protected]> wrote:

> I have been working with internal wikis for a while.  We have several
> wikis that we edit within our company then give the wiki to the client.
>  The client just searches the information and does not do any further edits.
>
> We now have a wiki that we want to make external so I need to make sure I
> am addressing everything.
>
> As far as user groups, I have it set that everyone can read the wiki and
> all login users can edit within the wiki.  Only administrators can create a
> new user account.  We have provided an email address for people to request
> authoring privileges.  The server we are using for the wiki does not have a
> mail server.   I am assuming that we would need a mail server on the server
> to have the wiki email passwords to the person.  Is that true or can we set
> it to use another mail server?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mary Beebe
> Battelle Charlottesville, VA
> 434-951-2149
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