Can you ping and traceroute the SMTP host from the server? ---------------------------------------------- Bill Bell Asst. Technology Coordinator Monticello CUSD #25 Monticello, IL 61856 http://www.cafepress.com/tech-geeks ----------------------------------------------
On 7/27/10 10:39 AM, "Chris Franzen" <[email protected]> wrote: > Yep, I have enabled SMTP authentication. POP access for the account I'm using > wasn't defined, so I turned it all on. Was already trying both the TLS and > SSL with 465 and 587. I've gotten this error 99% of the time: SMTP Error! > Could not connect to SMTP host. > > Chris Franzen > Technology Coordinator > Nokomis School District > 511 Oberle St. > Nokomis, IL 62075 > > > > On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 10:25 AM, Brad Grafelman <[email protected]> > wrote: >> First thing's first - are you enabling SMTP authentication? To send e-mail >> through GMail's SMTP servers, you must authenticate using your GMail username >> and password. >> >> Also, your username and password may or may not work unless you've enabled >> POP access in your GMail/Google Account Settings page. >> >> In addition, GMail's SMTP servers also require a secure connection. As per >> the Google Docs: >> >> Port for TLS/STARTTLS: 587 >> Port for SSL: 465 >> >> You say you tried those two ports, but did you also have SSL or TLS enabled >> as well? >> >> >> Thanks, >> >> Brad Grafelman >> E-mail: [email protected] >> Phone: (309) 657-5582 >> >> >> On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 9:54 AM, Chris Franzen >> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> I'm trying to get the send mail settings correctly adjusted to work with >>> gmail. Lots of endless google queries and nothing to show for it. Main >>> purpose for it to be functioning correctly is a roombooker addon that >>> e-mails the user after they sign up for a lab. I've tried both a generic >>> gmail account set to use unsecured e-mail and also one of our regular google >>> apps 4 edu accounts with HTTPS required. >>> Has anyone had any luck in setting this up correctly? I must be missing >>> something. I did have outbound port 25 blocked at the firewall except for >>> my old exchange server, but I changed it to my webserver IP and it didn't >>> seem to matter. Also used ports 465 and 587 in the port config setting to >>> no luck. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Chris Franzen >>> Technology Coordinator >>> Nokomis School District >>> 511 Oberle St. >>> Nokomis, IL 62075 >>> >>> >>> | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org | >> >> >> | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org | > > > > | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org |
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