XF 2.1 Forum doesnt send out emails

[Tonny Kluften]

Hi.
I have tried everything, and I mean everything, but I can't get my forum to send emails. I want to pay somebody to fix it, where can I find paid help for Xforo?

++ Starting XF\Mail\SmtpTransport
!! Connection could not be established with host smtp.mandrillapp.com :stream_socket_client(): Unable to connect to smtp.mandrillapp.com:587 (Connection refused) (code: 0)

 

[MentaL]

Try a different port.

 

[Sim]

I believe Mandrill can use any of ports 25, 587, 2525, or 465 and it could be that your hosting provider is blocking some of these ports.

(reference: https://mailchimp.com/developer/tra...smtp-with-your-programming-language-of-choice)

Try port 2525 or 465 - or talk to your hosting provider to see if they are blocking the ports and if they can be unblocked.

 

[Tonny Kluften]

Thank you Sim.

It looks like the sender is the users email address. Is that correct? Shouldnt the sender be the the email address of the forum? Casue Mandrill will not send from any other email adress.
This is an error message from xenforo admin that I found after sending a PM to a user:

Email to post@xxmedia.no from post@xxmedia.no failed: Connection could not be established with host smtp.mandrillapp.com :stream_socket_client(): Unable to connect to smtp.mandrillapp.com:587 (Connection refused)

#0 [internal function]: Swift_Transport_StreamBuffer->{closure}(2, 'stream_socket_c...', '/home/webforum/...', 264)
#1 src/vendor/swiftmailer/swiftmailer/lib/classes/Swift/Transport/StreamBuffer.php(264): stream_socket_client('smtp.mandrillap...', 0, '', 30, 4, Resource id #167)
#2 src/vendor/swiftmailer/swiftmailer/lib/classes/Swift/Transport/StreamBuffer.php(58): Swift_Transport_StreamBuffer->establishSocketConnection()
#3 src/vendor/swiftmailer/swiftmailer/lib/classes/Swift/Transport/AbstractSmtpTransport.php(143): Swift_Transport_StreamBuffer->initialize(Array)
#4 src/XF/Mail/Mailer.php(294): Swift_Transport_AbstractSmtpTransport->start()
#5 src/XF/Mail/Queue.php(148): XF\Mail\Mailer->send(Object(Swift_Message), Object(XF\Mail\SmtpTransport), Array)
#6 src/XF/Job/MailQueue.php(12): XF\Mail\Queue->run(7.98386)
#7 src/XF/Job/Manager.php(260): XF\Job\MailQueue->run(7.98386)
#8 src/XF/Job/Manager.php(202): XF\Job\Manager->runJobInternal(Array, 7.98386)
#9 src/XF/Job/Manager.php(86): XF\Job\Manager->runJobEntry(Array, 7.98386)
#10 job.php(43): XF\Job\Manager->runQueue(false, 8)
#11 {main}

 

[Digital Doctor]

might be the host blocking it

XF 2.2 Thread 'E-mail confuguration is good, but sending mail is a problem'

Mar 6, 2023

Although e-mail is correct configured (my host has confirmed this), sending e-mail is a no go.
If I sent a contact e-mail to my own adress, then I get this error:

Swift_TransportException: Email to info@infomail-star-riders.be from abraham54@xxxxxxxx.nl failed: Connection could not be established with host mail.zxcs.nl :stream_socket_client(): Unable to connect to ssl://mail.zxcs.nl:465 (Connection timed out) src/vendor/swiftmailer/swiftmailer/lib/classes/Swift/Transport/StreamBuffer.php:261

#0 [internal function]: Swift_Transport_StreamBuffer->{closure}(2...

• Abraham54
• Replies: 5
• Forum: Troubleshooting and problems

 

[Tonny Kluften]

Hi.
In my error message it says:
Email to post@xxmedia.no from post@xxmedia.no failed

Should "from" be post@xxmedia.no?

 

[Tonny Kluften]

To test the host I installed a Wordpress site on my domain. And installed an SMTP plugin in Wordpress. It works and sends out mails through Mandrill, so its not my host that is the problem.

 

[Digital Doctor]

I have tried everything, and I mean everything,

Is this the same trouble you had before ?

XF 2.2 Thread 'Mandrill SMTP not sending emails out'

Jan 13, 2023

I am using mandrill as my SMTP server, but Xenforo doesn't send out emails. I tested tried to set the port to 25, 587, and 2525 in all combinations with
None, TLS and SSL.

It's not a server error because I run Wordpress in another folder on the domain and Mandrill sends out emails fine from Wordpress.

The error message I get when testing sending an email is:
++ Starting XF\Mail\SmtpTransport
!! Connection could not be established with host smtp.mandrillapp.com :stream_socket_client(): Unable to connect to smtp.mandrillapp.com:587 (Connection refused) (code: 0)

Please help me with this.

• Tonny Kluften
• Replies: 12
• Forum: Troubleshooting and problems

 

[Tonny Kluften]

Its the same trouble yes, and before the server guy couldn't help me.
But it turns out when I asked him this time that the firewall i directadmin had a section for blocking outgoing smtp. So now its fixed.
And that is strange because my Wordpress install did send out emails, but not my forum.