In my desperation i continue to investigate this as best as i can. Regarding emails, I am running Zone alarm firewall but i have allowed EI access to everything (Super trusted) and also ticked the "send email option". No joy.
For the paypal option, I have looked into getting API credentials, which can be found here:
https://cms.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/?cmd=_render-content&content_ID=developer/e_howto_api_NVPAPIBasics#id084E30I30RO
I have now got my credentials but not sure about the Gateway URL, I've tried a couple of options including these options here on the paypal site:
Server end point
Description
https://api-3t.sandbox.paypal.com/nvp
Sandbox server for use with API signatures; use for testing your API
https://api-3t.paypal.com/nvp
PayPal “live” production server for use with API signatures
https://api.sandbox.paypal.com/nvp
Sandbox server for use with API certificates; use for testing your API
https://api.paypal.com/nvp
PayPal “live” production server for use with API certificates
But i get this error:
convertsockettoSLL return false.
So this is where i am, I'm not just sitting here waiting for answers but maybe together we can sort this out?
Thanks