i appreciate any hlep you can provide. i have all of the same config in a 3.0 window install of moodle and they work there. i also upgraded to 2.9 last night in an effort to correct.
SMTP Host
mail.domianname.com
smtp sercurity = none
smtp username = user@domainname.com
smtp password = password
smtp session limit = 1
no-reply address = default
If enabled, all email will be sent using the no-reply address as the "from" address. This can be used to stop anti-spoofing controls in external mail systems blocking emails.
This setting specifies the default charset for all emails sent from the site.
If enabled, users can choose an email charset in their messaging preferences.
If enabled, emails sent from the site can have attachments, such as badges.
Newline characters used in mail messages. CRLF is required according to RFC 822bis, some mail servers do automatic conversion from LF to CRLF, other mail servers do incorrect conversion from CRLF to CRCRLF, yet others reject mails with bare LF (qmail for example). Try changing this setting if you are having problems with undelivered emails or double newlines.