phpList 3.0.12 is not sending from localhost with ssl?

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#1

My new hoster wanted me to host from the hoster’s smtp, so I changed local host to the hoster smtp and made a few lines to try to get the SSL working.

I am not getting it to work, these are the lines in the config :

 # If you want to use the PHPMailer class from phpmailer.sourceforge.net, set the following
# to 1. If you tend to send out html emails, it is recommended to do so.
define("PHPMAILER",1);

# To use a SMTP please give your server hostname here, leave it blank to use the standard
# PHP mail() command.
define("PHPMAILERHOST",'smtp.bhosted.nl');
define("PHPMAILER_SECURE",'ssl');
// Enter your SMTP2GO account's SMTP server.


# if you want to use smtp authentication when sending the email uncomment the following
# two lines and set the username and password to be the correct ones
$phpmailer_smtpuser = '***********'; 
// Enter your SMTP2GO Username.

$phpmailer_smtppassword = '**********'; 
// Enter your SMTP2GO Password.

$phpmailer_smtpport = '465'; 
// 8025, 587 and 25 can also be used

define('PHPMAILERPORT',465);
define("PHPMAILER_SECURE",'ssl');

$phpmailer_smtpsecure = 'ssl'; //ssl or tls or blank

What am I doing wrong?

Thanks and greetings,

Erik.

#2

I have tried these exact settings to Thunderbird and that is working?
Strange…

#3

Possibly the hosting company has blocked the outgoing port.

#4

Thanks for the answer Duncan, with the outgoing port you mean the 465 port?

In thunderbird I can use that with no problem?

Thanks and greetings,

Erik.

#5

Presumably Thunderbird is running on your own computer not on the web server.

#6

Hello Duncan,

Thanks again.
Thunderbird is running on my own pc not on the webserver could it be that trough the localhost blocked port 465?

Thanks and greetings,

Erik.

#7

phplist is trying to connect to smtp.bhosted.nl. You need to ask your hosting company whether the ssl port is being blocked.

#8

Thanks again Duncan.

I already asked that, it must be open is there a way to check it?

Thanks and greetings,

Erik.

#9

My new hoster says that it comes trough the old version of PHPlist?

Is this possible?

#10

Is there an errorlog in PHPlist 3.12 that I can chechk wat is going wrong?

Thanks and greetings,
Erik.

#11

@Activate The Event Log page might have some information about any errors.

#12

Thanks again, the eventlog as in PHPlist onlty tells me there is an error( SMTP connect failed) but not what exactly or am I at the wrong place?

Thanks and greetings,

Erik.

#13

Because you are running a very old release of phplist the smtp debug config setting cannot be used.
You can try making the code change identified here to file admin/sendemaillib.php

and add this to the config.php file

define('PHPMAILER_SMTP_DEBUG', 3);

then send a test message.

#14

Thanks again, it looks like it is connecting but then fails?

These are the error lines :
Connection: opening to smtp.bhosted.nl:465, t=5, opt=array ()
Connection: opened
SERVER -> CLIENT:
CLIENT -> SERVER: EHLO www.activate.nl
SERVER -> CLIENT:
SMTP ERROR: EHLO command failed:
SMTP NOTICE: EOF caught while checking if connected
Connection: closed
SMTP connect() failed.

#15

Try a higher debug value, say 5, but otherwise I don’t really know.
I can try to connect to that mail server from my phplist and it fails, as expected, on the login

SERVER -> CLIENT: 220 smtp.bhosted.nl ESMTP
CLIENT -> SERVER: EHLO dcameron.me.uk
SERVER -> CLIENT: 250-smtp.bhosted.nl250-PIPELINING250-SIZE 41943040250-AUTH LOGIN PLAIN250-ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES250-8BITMIME250 SMTPUTF8
CLIENT -> SERVER: AUTH LOGIN
SERVER -> CLIENT: 334 xxxx
CLIENT -> SERVER: xxx
SERVER -> CLIENT: 334 xxx
CLIENT -> SERVER: xxx
SERVER -> CLIENT: 454 4.7.0 Temporary problem. Please try again later.
SMTP ERROR: Password command failed: 454 4.7.0 Temporary problem. Please try again later.
SMTP Error: Could not authenticate.

#16

hello Duncan,

I have made a few changes ot the config and now it is working :slight_smile: 
> # To use a SMTP please give your server hostname here, leave it blank to use the standard
> # PHP mail() command.
> define("PHPMAILERHOST",'smtp.bhosted.nl');
> define("PHPMAILER_SECURE",'ssl');
> // Enter your SMTP2GO account's SMTP server.
> 
> 
> # if you want to use smtp authentication when sending the email uncomment the following
> # two lines and set the username and password to be the correct ones
> $phpmailer_smtpuser = '*****l'; 
> // Enter your SMTP2GO Username.
> 
> $phpmailer_smtppassword = '********'; 
> // Enter your SMTP2GO Password.
> 
> $phpmailer_smtpport = '465'; 
> // 8025, 587 and 25 can also be used
> 
> define('PHPMAILERPORT',465);
> define("PHPMAILER_SECURE",'ssl');
> 
> $phpmailer_smtpsecure = 'ssl'; //ssl or tls or blank

Many thanks for helping me out!