XF 2.1 Outgoing mail blocked

[Radiola]

We have a lot of errors like this showing up in admin. Is there something in XF we need to adjust or is this a problem with out mail host. We found out recently that we'd been blacklisted by SpamHaus because of our previous server although we've been with our current server for more than 18 months.

New members are supposed to receive a confirmation mail with a link to click to activate. It appears these are not being sent.

Current members (some of them) get notification mails for private conversations or a posting in a thread they are watching. They are not getting these.

Instead we see messages like this.

• ErrorException: Email to ....@gmail.com failed: [E_WARNING] proc_open() has been disabled for security reasons
• src/vendor/swiftmailer/swiftmailer/lib/classes/Swift/Transport/StreamBuffer.php:30
• Generated by: Unknown account
• Jul 4, 2019 at 11:33 PM

Stack trace

#0 [internal function]: XF::handlePhpError(2, '[E_WARNING] pro...', '/home/antifraud...', 304, Array)
#1 src/vendor/swiftmailer/swiftmailer/lib/classes/Swift/Transport/StreamBuffer.php(304): proc_open('/usr/sbin/sendm...', Array, Array)
#2 src/vendor/swiftmailer/swiftmailer/lib/classes/Swift/Transport/StreamBuffer.php(58): Swift_Transport_StreamBuffer->_establishProcessConnection()
#3 src/vendor/swiftmailer/swiftmailer/lib/classes/Swift/Transport/SendmailTransport.php(119): Swift_Transport_StreamBuffer->initialize(Array)
#4 src/XF/Mail/Mailer.php(292): Swift_Transport_SendmailTransport->send(Object(Swift_Message), Array)
#5 src/XF/Mail/Queue.php(138): XF\Mail\Mailer->send(Object(Swift_Message), Object(Swift_SendmailTransport), Array)
#6 src/XF/Job/MailQueue.php(12): XF\Mail\Queue->run(G)
#7 src/XF/Job/Manager.php(253): XF\Job\MailQueue->run(G)
#8 src/XF/Job/Manager.php(195): XF\Job\Manager->runJobInternal(Array, G)
#9 src/XF/Job/Manager.php(79): XF\Job\Manager->runJobEntry(Array, G)
#10 job.php(42): XF\Job\Manager->runQueue(false, 8)
#11 {main}


Request state
array(4) {
["url"] => string(8) "/job.php"
["referrer"] => string(49) "https://antifraudintl.org/whats-new/posts/581925/"
["_GET"] => array(0) {
}
["_POST"] => array(0) {
}
}

 

[Paul B]

You will need to contact your host and ask them to enable proc_open.

If they won't you will need to use SMTP, or change hosts.

 

[Radiola]

Thanks Brogan. The host says it's now enabled so problem resolved. Feel free to delete this thread if it's just wasting space.