Hi, As a workaround I suggest don't use Gmail, but try Mandrill instead (free too).
Here are almost bullet-proof instructions I have used for many sites with success: http://opensourcehacker.com/2013/03/26/using-postfix-and-free-mandrill-email-service-for-smtp-on-ubuntu-linux-server/ Cheers, Mikko On 26 June 2014 21:34, jblaney <[email protected]> wrote: > Sorry if this has been answered before, I've really been looking for a > solution for this for a while now. I'm trying to set up Plone to send email > through my gmail smtp. I've configured it on gmail and I've made sure that > python was compiled with ssl, but when I type in the information it says > that it keeps unexpectedly timing out. I'm attaching the traceback. any > help > would be GREATLY appreciated. > > 2014-06-26 11:21:29 ERROR Plone Unable to send test e-mail. > Traceback (most recent call last): > File > > "/Applications/Plone/buildout-cache/eggs/plone.app.controlpanel-2.3.8-py2.7.egg/plone/app/controlpanel/mail.py", > line 207, in handle_test_action > immediate=True) > File > > "/Applications/Plone/buildout-cache/eggs/Products.MailHost-2.13.1-py2.7.egg/Products/MailHost/MailHost.py", > line 237, in send > self._send(mfrom, mto, messageText, immediate) > File > > "/Applications/Plone/buildout-cache/eggs/Products.MailHost-2.13.1-py2.7.egg/Products/MailHost/MailHost.py", > line 337, in _send > self._makeMailer().send(mfrom, mto, messageText) > File > > "/Applications/Plone/buildout-cache/eggs/Products.CMFPlone-4.3.3-py2.7.egg/Products/CMFPlone/patches/sendmail.py", > line 12, in _catch > return func(*args, **kwargs) > File > > "/Applications/Plone/buildout-cache/eggs/zope.sendmail-3.7.5-py2.7.egg/zope/sendmail/mailer.py", > line 46, in send > connection = self.smtp(self.hostname, str(self.port)) > File "/Applications/Plone/Python-2.7/lib/python2.7/smtplib.py", line 251, > in __init__ > (code, msg) = self.connect(host, port) > File "/Applications/Plone/Python-2.7/lib/python2.7/smtplib.py", line 312, > in connect > (code, msg) = self.getreply() > File "/Applications/Plone/Python-2.7/lib/python2.7/smtplib.py", line 360, > in getreply > + str(e)) > SMTPServerDisconnected: Connection unexpectedly closed: timed out > > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://plone.293351.n2.nabble.com/SMTP-Connection-unexpectedly-closed-tp7571809.html > Sent from the Installation, Setup, Upgrades mailing list archive at > Nabble.com. > _______________________________________________ > Setup mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.plone.org/mailman/listinfo/plone-setup > -- Mikko Ohtamaa http://opensourcehacker.com http://twitter.com/moo9000
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