2.6.5 installation, email to remote SMTP not working

  • Resolved pkskywp

    (@pkskywp)


    16 years, 3 months ago

    I just installed version 2.6.5.* I was using the older version, but I couldn’t get email going on that and thought that an upgrade might fix it. My ISP blocks port 25, so I can’t set up a local SMTP server.

    On the new installation, I noticed the option to use my ISP’s SMTP server and so I applied the usual settings for this. But, I’m finding that the email still doesn’t work. And I can’t find the original page where I added those settings.

    Any solutions to this? Where is that page?

    * My attempt at an upgrade failed. I don’t think all of the files and folders made into the tar file. Fortunately, I am still in test mode.

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  • Thread Starter pkskywp

    (@pkskywp)

    I am hosting the site myself on a Linux SME Server in an iBay. Here is the site,

    https://laststraw.dyndns.org:90/blog/

    Here is the phpBB site by way of comparison,

    https://declinetostate.dyndns.org:90/phpbb3/

    Thread Starter pkskywp

    (@pkskywp)

    This is all in error. The option I thought was for emailing to my ISP’s SMTP was in fact a way of posting by email.

    And so the email function is still not working because as far as I know the only way that WordPress will email me or users is by way of SMTP on the same host.

    Thread Starter pkskywp

    (@pkskywp)

    The following plugin solved my problem with a few adjustments.

    https://www.ads-software.com/extend/plugins/wp-mail-smtp/

    If you are to use some other port for the SMTP server you use, you must manually change the page /wp-includes/class-phpmailer.php here,

    /////////////////////////////////////////////////
    // SMTP VARIABLES
    /////////////////////////////////////////////////

    /**
     *  Sets the SMTP hosts.  All hosts must be separated by a
     *  semicolon.  You can also specify a different port
     *  for each host by using this format: [hostname:port]
     *  (e.g. "smtp1.example.com:25;smtp2.example.com").
     *  Hosts will be tried in order.
     *  @var string
     */
    var $Host        = "localhost";

    /**
     *  Sets the default SMTP server port.
     *  @var int
     */
    var $Port        = /* PLACE YOUR ALTERNATIVE PORT INTEGER HERE - NORMALLY IT IS 25.  QUOTES NOT NECESSARY */;
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