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Hi Guys, I have just setup a vanilla 3.04 WordPress on my Webfaction account. I am trying to configure email to use my Google Apps email. I have activated the SMTP plugin that comes with the standard WordPress install and ticked the box indicating that I would like to setup gmail. This results in the following settings: SMTP Host: smtp.gmail.com SMTP Port: 465 Secure connection prefix: SSL Use SMTPAuth: Yes SMTP Username: xx@xxxxxx.com SMTP Password: ********** When I attempt to send a test email I get the following error: SMTP Error: Could not connect to SMTP host. Is there a possibility that WebFaction is blocking the connection or is this more likely a configuration issue? As far as I can tell this should work.. Any help would be great! Thanks, Adam asked 14 Jan '11, 18:18 Adam MacLeod |
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I've had this issue as well, and switched the secure connection type to tls with the correct port and still got the same error. I found that logging into the newly created account and accepting the terms and conditions for google apps and entered in the captcha text allowed me to send email through the SMTP plugin. answered 23 Feb '11, 00:40 SwitchBlade |
Hi,
We're not blocking the connection.
Please try using TLS and port 587 after verifying that your username and password are correct.
Thankyou for the confirmation Kind Sir.
After checking again the usual PEBAC applies.
The error message pointed me down the path that it could not find the server, whereas the actual problem existed with the account configuration on the other end.