SMTP email

[BeckTek]

Am i able to direct elxis to use gmail smtp servers to send mail?

[Farhad Sakhaei]

as i know gmail uses port 465 for smtp , so in elxis you cannot set port of use , if you want you can set it in source manually ...

[datahell]

If he does nt have a firewall and his server is able to connect on port 465...
We dont you use a real e-mail?

[Farhad Sakhaei]

i read some codes in class.phpmailer , test this for your SMTP host : smtp.gmail.com:465 and check the authentication ... test it , does it work ?

[Farhad Sakhaei]

also you can use more than one host as your smtp server , like this : smtp.gmail.com:465;smtp.yoursite.com;smtp.mysite.com:25
Hosts will be tried in order

Edit :

If he does nt have a firewall and his server is able to connect on port 465...
We dont you use a real e-mail?

yes , of course , this is an important matter , you should check if your server and firewall allow you to connect to another server with this port or not , you may get fsockopen error ... thanks john 

[BeckTek]

I will try setting the port for the SMTP host when I get a chance.  Firewall and server allowing access through the port is not a problem though.

[BeckTek]

I tried setting the port, tried multiple smtp gmail ports, and tried with and without authentication..but I still do not receive the emails.

Do I need to make any other changes to the phpmailer code? or anything else?

[Farhad Sakhaei]

if your server firewall and also your server settings allow the script , i think you will get a fsockopen error if your php version is 5 ...
so i think you can't to do this ...

[BeckTek]

anyone have any ideas on modifying it so that this is possible?

[datahell]

Check if your server can connect to that port. Create an empty php file named test.php and write in it:

Code: (php) [Select]

<?php 
$fp = @fsockopen("smtp.gmail.com", 465, $errno, $errstr, 30);
if (!$fp) {
    echo "Could not connect to GMAIL!<br />\n";
    echo "$errstr ($errno)<br />\n";
} else {
    echo "Connected successfully on gmail!";
    fclose($fp);
}
?>
Upload it to your site where elxis is and run it via your browser ( mysite.com/test.php) . If it is successful then I will tell you what you should do to elxis. If not, then you can not do anything (it is a server issue - block).

[BeckTek]

I can successfully connect to gmail

[datahell]

OK, go to global configuration and add as SMTP host, instead of localhost, this one:

smtp.gmail.com:465

Change the other parameters as needed (SMTP auth: YES, username, password). Should work fine.

If not, then open includes/phpmailer/class.smtp.php and change Port from 25 to 465 everywhere.

[BeckTek]

I have tried this and it doesnt work.  Has anyone else tried it and have it working?

[CREATIVE Options]

Contact with your hosting provider!
I have test it all and work for me in 3 different server (3 different providers).

[BeckTek]

you have tried it specifically with gmail?