Can't send outbound email message
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I've read lots of threads on similar topics but I'm still having this issue.
I'm running 5.4.0 RC1 on Windows Vista with XAMPP (packaged Apache, etc.). I don't have a mail server running. I use Google apps for mail.
I'm hoping I just need help on my sitewide mail settings. I've tried variations on this theme.
Mail Server: smtp.google.com
Username: (myuser@mydomain.com or myuser or blank)
Password: (mypassword or blank)
Encryption: (SSL or blank)
Port: (blank)
I've set up a form block and told it to send alerts to myaccount@yahoo.com.
Depending on the variants, I get something like this in the log.
Mail Exception Occurred. Unable to send mail: A connection attempt failed because the connected party did not properly respond after a period of time, or established connection failed because connected host has failed to respond.
or
Mail Exception Occurred. Unable to send mail: 'mail.google.com/a/mydomain.com' appears to be a DNS hostname but cannot match against hostname schema for TLD 'com', 'mail.google.com/a/mydomain.com' does not appear to be a valid local network name
I understand there could be an issue if I specify the target e-mail address as being on the same domain as the web server, but it's not--it's a yahoo account.
I opened up port 25, and even turned off the firewall for certain tests, but I just never receive anything in my e-mail account.
I don't have php experience.
I'm running 5.4.0 RC1 on Windows Vista with XAMPP (packaged Apache, etc.). I don't have a mail server running. I use Google apps for mail.
I'm hoping I just need help on my sitewide mail settings. I've tried variations on this theme.
Mail Server: smtp.google.com
Username: (myuser@mydomain.com or myuser or blank)
Password: (mypassword or blank)
Encryption: (SSL or blank)
Port: (blank)
I've set up a form block and told it to send alerts to myaccount@yahoo.com.
Depending on the variants, I get something like this in the log.
Mail Exception Occurred. Unable to send mail: A connection attempt failed because the connected party did not properly respond after a period of time, or established connection failed because connected host has failed to respond.
or
Mail Exception Occurred. Unable to send mail: 'mail.google.com/a/mydomain.com' appears to be a DNS hostname but cannot match against hostname schema for TLD 'com', 'mail.google.com/a/mydomain.com' does not appear to be a valid local network name
I understand there could be an issue if I specify the target e-mail address as being on the same domain as the web server, but it's not--it's a yahoo account.
I opened up port 25, and even turned off the firewall for certain tests, but I just never receive anything in my e-mail account.
I don't have php experience.
use port 465 works fine for me
Thanks for the tip. That should take me one step closer, but I still can't get it to work. I opened port 465 on my firewall, and even tried turning off the firewall. I mapped the port to my server on my router.
I have this in Concrete5 sitewide e-mail settings.
Selected "External SMTP Server"
Mail Server: smtp.google.com
Username: myaccount@mydomain.com
Password: mypassword
Encryption: SSL
Port: 465
I get this in the log.
Mail Exception Occurred. Unable to send mail: A connection attempt failed because the connected party did not properly respond after a period of time, or established connection failed because connected host has failed to respond.
#0 C:\data\xampplite\htdocs\mydomain\concrete\libraries\3rdparty\Zend\Mail\Protocol\Smtp.php(167): Zend_Mail_Protocol_Abstract->_connect('ssl://smtp.goog...')
I have this in Concrete5 sitewide e-mail settings.
Selected "External SMTP Server"
Mail Server: smtp.google.com
Username: myaccount@mydomain.com
Password: mypassword
Encryption: SSL
Port: 465
I get this in the log.
Mail Exception Occurred. Unable to send mail: A connection attempt failed because the connected party did not properly respond after a period of time, or established connection failed because connected host has failed to respond.
#0 C:\data\xampplite\htdocs\mydomain\concrete\libraries\3rdparty\Zend\Mail\Protocol\Smtp.php(167): Zend_Mail_Protocol_Abstract->_connect('ssl://smtp.goog...')
it seems that it is timing out, so thats a problem with your setup, something seems to be blocking it
Eureka! Problem solved. I was wrongly using smtp.google.com. I changed it to smtp.gmail.com and everything works.
