Mandrill Setup?

You need an email-adress that receive all bounce messages from mandrill,. That can you edit in your account settings from mandrill.
this email credentials you need to enter there.
 
Hm, suddenly getting server error and no email is being sent:

Server Error Log
Error Info
Zend_Mail_Protocol_Exception: Email to ************ failed: Connection timed out - library/Zend/Mail/Protocol/Abstract.php:277
Generated By: ------, pred 4 minutami
Stack Trace
#0 /home/***/public_html/forum/library/Zend/Mail/Protocol/Smtp.php(167): Zend_Mail_Protocol_Abstract->_connect('ssl://smtp.mand...')
#1 /home/****/public_html/forum/library/Zend/Mail/Transport/Smtp.php(199): Zend_Mail_Protocol_Smtp->connect()
#2 /home/***/public_html/forum/library/Zend/Mail/Transport/Abstract.php(348): Zend_Mail_Transport_Smtp->_sendMail()
#3 /home/***/public_html/forum/library/Zend/Mail.php(1194): Zend_Mail_Transport_Abstract->send(Object(Zend_Mail))
#4 /home/***/public_html/forum/library/XenForo/Mail.php(175): Zend_Mail->send(Object(Zend_Mail_Transport_Smtp))
#5 /home/***/public_html/forum/library/XenForo/ControllerPublic/Misc.php(217): XenForo_Mail->sendMail(Object(Zend_Mail))
#6 /home/***/public_html/forum/library/XenForo/FrontController.php(347): XenForo_ControllerPublic_Misc->actionContact()
#7 /home/***/public_html/forum/library/XenForo/FrontController.php(134): XenForo_FrontController->dispatch(Object(XenForo_RouteMatch))
#8 /home/***/public_html/forum/index.php(13): XenForo_FrontController->run()
#9 {main}

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No matter what port or encryption I use. What could be wrong?

Also contacted Mandrill, but no luck for now.

My settings were SSL on port 465. It was working fine for a long time till yesterday. Now I switch to default email system and that one is working fine, but I need Mandrill. Hope someone can tell me more about this.
 
BassMan said:
No matter what port or encryption I use. What could be wrong?

Also contacted Mandrill, but no luck for now.

My settings were SSL on port 465. It was working fine for a long time till yesterday.
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Default settings for Mandrill are port 587.

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I know, I have it in Mandrill too, but I was using SSL 465 and it was working fine.

Now I got this from Mandrill support:

We recently discontinued support for SSLv3 due to a the POODLE security vulnerability. You would need to upgrade your SSL certificate to continue connecting over SSL or connect without encryption through ports 25, 2525, or 587. Newer versions of TLS are preferable, but TLSv1 provides an acceptable, safe baseline.
You can read our blog post on the POODLE SSLv3 vulnerability here: http://blog.mandrill.com/poodle-sslv3-update.html
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I've tried all combinations with enxryption and ports now, but I won't work. Same error all the time. I really don't now what to do or what could be wrong. Maybe something with my server? Should I contact my host about this? But not sure if they can help here, because default XF email system is working fine.
 
Use your email program to create (or modify) an account so that it tries to use Mandrill for SMTP sending and test it using that.

This would allow you to test whether it is your server causing the problems.
 
Ok, now I can handle Mandrill via email client, but not through XF forum. I've contacted my host (they confirmed opened port 25), Mandrill don't know till now what could cause the problem too.

I've tried with:

* smtp.mandrillapp.com on ports 25, 587 and 465 with TLS and without encryption -> error
* static.mandrillapp.com on ports 25, 587 and 465 with TLS and without encryption -> error

It's strange that it work fine with smtp.mandrillapp.com on port 587 with TLS in email client.

Really don't know what else to set. Does anyone here knows some useful information?

Btw, I've tried to connect with my working Mailgun service too, but again same error in Xenforo.
 
BassMan said:
Ok, now I can handle Mandrill via email client, but not through XF forum. I've contacted my host (they confirmed opened port 25), Mandrill don't know till now what could cause the problem too.

I've tried with:

* smtp.mandrillapp.com on ports 25, 587 and 465 with TLS and without encryption -> error
* static.mandrillapp.com on ports 25, 587 and 465 with TLS and without encryption -> error

It's strange that it work fine with smtp.mandrillapp.com on port 587 with TLS in email client.

Really don't know what else to set. Does anyone here knows some useful information?

Btw, I've tried to connect with my working Mailgun service too, but again same error in Xenforo.
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Wow very odd. Mailgun throws you an error too? And this just started out of the blue, with no changes to your XF installation? I'm certainly no expert on server issues, but this just really smells like a hosting/networking issue. Was something updated on your server around the time the errors started? Is there something you can check for in your server's logs? Maybe someone else can help give some suggestions about what to look for on your server...
 
kontrabass said:
Mailgun throws you an error too?
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It just doesn't work.
kontrabass said:
nd this just started out of the blue, with no changes to your XF installation?
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Yes, it was workinf fine till previous week. Then stopped. Mandrill told me that SSL on port 465 is not supported by them any more, but now nothing works to me.
kontrabass said:
I'm certainly no expert on server issues, but this just really smells like a hosting/networking issue.
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My host says and sends me their log that firewall allow connection to Mandrill. But I still got the same server error in Xenforo when trying to send.
kontrabass said:
Was something updated on your server around the time the errors started?
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Not that I know. I was just playing with some add-ons, but nothing seriously. That should cause en error.
 
BassMan said:
I was just playing with some add-ons, but nothing seriously. That should cause en error.
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If you can, set up a completely new installation of XenForo in a different directory, or on a different (sub)domain to test if a vanilla installation works correctly.
 
Ok, works... It was my host! :mad::eek:o_O:cry::coffee:

Sorry, but really didn't know where else to ask. Geez, almost a week for that... !

Thank you all who responded here.
 
We see occasional timeouts when connecting to Mandrill too. It seems to be a problem at Mandrill.
 
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