Hi - Has anyone had luck sending amember email using the smtp method? I have applied a patch sent to me from amember. I'm using google apps / gmail as my server. I have entered smtp host name in amember email configuration (dashboard) as usernameassword@domail.com. The error I get back is: # There was an error sending the email message # Language string failed to load: recipients_failedmyname@myemail.com. None of my customers are getting my emails because of spam blockers using phpmailer.
smtp host name configuration that seems better is (for gmail apps anyway): username@domainname.comassword@smtp.gmail.com:587 you can debug smtp in class.phpmailer.php line 207 debug error is: SMTP -> FROM SERVER: 530 5.7.0 Must issue a STARTTLS command first. new amember error is: # There was an error sending the email message # Language string failed to load: from_failedadmin@domain.com
Google Apps require the connection to be made overTLS/SSL using a specific port (465 or 587) What is the patch that was sent to you from aMember? In addition to allowing you to configure a specific port by which to communicate, as suggested by the error it needs to start a TLS session to communicate across. I would love to use this feature as well so if you get this sorted, please share your findings.
has anyone figured this out? I would certainly like to use smtp.gmail.com instead of phpmailer - it would be much faster