Postie doesn't get email automatically but runs fine manually

Use the wget form.

The parameter to wget should be the URL or your site, not the file path.

Another option is to try one of the free sites such as https://www.setcronjob.com/ they have a much nicer UI for ensuring eveything is working.

Hey Allen,
thanks for coming back to me.

/usr/bin/wget -O /dev/null https://www.tradecommands.com/wp-cron.php >/dev/null 2>&1

This is what im using now, with no luck.

If I set up the cron at https://www.setcronjob.com its working (well sort of working… it takes 5-10 minutes after sending the email to appear on the site while continously refreshing page – is that normal?). But its not really free, not if I want it to scan every 1 minutes.

So could you please try to help me get this right in cpanel? Because im guessing something is not right with it. If i stop https://www.setcronjob.com but leave the cron job in cpanel the posts wont show again.

Im at Hostwinds, i think its a linux server. I can give you every info u might need but i cant figure out this myself. Also their support told me to come back here because they cant help me..

Regards,
Adam

Check your “Check for mail every” setting. Every 1 minute should be fine. If you need something more instantaneous then Email + Postie isn’t really the answer.

Just going to https://www.tradecommands.com/wp-cron.php in your browser is effectively the same thing as the wget command. In fact just refreshing https://www.tradecommands.com/ is enough to kick off the wp-cron.

Well then i dont know what is the problem at all. Refreshing page or going to wp-cron.php in my browser doesnt get the post. ??

Here’s the debug info maybe its telling something i cant understand:

Starting mail fetch

Postie Version: 1.7.21

WordPress Version: 4.3.1

PHP Version: 5.4.37

OS: Linux business6.hostwindsdns.com 2.6.32-042stab108.5 #1 SMP Wed Jun 17 20:20:17 MSK 2015 x86_64

POSTIE_DEBUG: On

Time: 2015-11-06 07:57:58 GMT

Error log: error_log

TMP dir: /tmp/

Postie is in /home/vkzzeuhk/public_html/tradecommands.com/wp-content/plugins/postie/

Cron: On

Alternate Cron: Off

wp_content_path: /home/vkzzeuhk/public_html/tradecommands.com/wp-content

MAKE SURE POP IS TURNED ON IN SETTING AT Gmail

Connecting to pop.gmail.com:995 (pop3-ssl)

pop3: using Google INBOX

pop3: connection string – {pop.gmail.com:995/service=pop3/ssl/notls/novalidate-cert}INBOX

pop3: disabling GSSAPI

pop3: connected

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pop3: deleting message 1

pop3: expunge

pop3: closing connection

There are 1 messages to process

memory at start of email processing:38184000

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1: ————————————

RemoveExtraCharactersInEmailAddress: [email protected] (1)

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ValidatePoster: post postie_filter_email [email protected]

ValidatePoster: post postie_filter_email2 [email protected]

Confirming Access For [email protected]

1 has ‘post_via_postie’ permissions

ValidatePoster: pre postie_author 1

ValidatePoster: post postie_author 1

tmp post id is 48

Message Id is :<CAO78N14T6v20p6sw1mLiO_FXJg393Sxz9NSCUms-4JpfDROoZQ@mail.gmail.com>

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filter_PreferedText: part: 0 text/plain

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filter_PreferedText: keeping: plain

blalblalblaldalfsmg=C3=A9

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filter_PreferedText: checking prefered type

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1 parts

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GetContent: —- start

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GetContent: file name ”

GetContent: extension ”

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GetContent: found no extension

GetContent: mimetype multipart/alternative

GetContent: multipart: 1

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blalblalblaldalfsmg=C3=A9

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GetContent: ==== end

GetContent: meta_return: blalblalblaldalfsmgé

GetContent: ==== end

CreatePost: ‘blalblalblaldalfsmgé

‘

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Done

1: processed

Mail fetch complete, 1 emails

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Lets try this.

Change “Enable Debug Logging” to “Yes” then ensure there is an email waiting and then go to https://www.tradecommands.com/wp-cron.php You should see an execution log on the screen if Postie was scheduled to run. If not just refresh the page every so often until you do.

If you never get a log double check the Enable Debug Logging setting.

If that doesn’t work I recommend disabling all plugins except Postie and trying again. It is possible another plugin is messing up the cron.

It’s not clear why this topic was tagged for moderation.

Hey Andrew, please moderate my long post, the debug info if you would be so kind. I have good reason to ask that but i dont want to point it out why – also for a good reason.

Modlook – Please remove long log file from reply 5

You can ask but you have to provide a reason and then a moderator has to make a judgement on whether it’s a valid cause for moderation.

@wayneallen-1, Please don’t re-add the ‘modlook’ tag to this thread. I’m already answering.

Is there a way to send you private message?

@andrew Sorry. The whole modlook thing isn’t well documented. I assumed once it was gone you were done.

The reason for the edit request is there is a password in the log.

Is it gone now?

Andrew I think it is gone, thanks. The reason i didnt want to point it out is i didnt know how much time would it take for you to react and didnt want people looking for the password. Well obviously i changed it already, but anyway…

Allen, there was some configuration error on Hostwinds part thats why https://www.setcronjob.com was working and cpanel wasnt.
But again only the getmail method is working, which you dont recommend, if i remove this cron job from cpanel and leave only the wp-cron.php it wouldnt work.

About the plugins: its a fresh install of wordpress, postie was the first and only plugin installed so other plugins causing trouble is not the case here.

Here’s the info about the debug log (i hope no pw this time lol):

MAKE SURE POP IS TURNED ON IN SETTING AT Gmail

Warning: imap_open(): Couldn’t open stream {pop.gmail.com:995/service=pop3/ssl/notls/novalidate-cert}INBOX in /home/xxx/public_html/tradecommands.com/wp-content/plugins/postie/postieIMAP.php on line 89

imap_open failed: Can not authenticate to POP3 server: [AUTH] Username and password not accepted.

Mail Connection Time Out

Common Reasons: Server Down, Network Issue, Port/Protocol MisMatch

The Server said:

Warning: imap_expunge() expects parameter 1 to be resource, boolean given in /home/xxx/public_html/tradecommands.com/wp-content/plugins/postie/postieIMAP.php on line 149

Warning: imap_close() expects parameter 1 to be resource, boolean given in /home/xxx/public_html/tradecommands.com/wp-content/plugins/postie/postieIMAP.php on line 157

Any idea about this?

You need to change the credentials that were exposed as soon as possible, it is not just humans you have to worry about. Robots often archive www.ads-software.com’s forum posts.