By disabling the smtp plugin, your site will fall back to using the core WordPress mail function. Do you receive any other emails from your site – comment notifications, new subscribers etc?
Nope. I don’t get anything.
So you’ve never had any emails from WordPress at all?
Nope. Which is why I’m giving it this one last effort, before I just dump the whole thing.
You can go to my site at http://obnoxiousnox.com and try to send me a test message.
So, in all fairness, this isn’t a plugin issue at all. It’s a server problem. Best thing I can suggest is that you post in the Localhost Installs forum citing a general mailing issue. With luck, you’ll attract the attention of some of the more server-knowledgeable users who will be able to offer some suggestions.
I’ve looked into that and it’s not a localhost issue. Wondering if gmail is the issue
Give me a couple of minutes
Notice where it says “obnoxiousnox@gmail.com”? I have no idea where to change that, as I am no longer using it
“Click the button below to send a test email to yourself to see if things are working. Be sure to save any changes you made to the form above before sending the test e-mail. Bear in mind it may take a few minutes for the e-mail to wind its way through the internet.
This e-mail will be sent to your e-mail address, obnoxiousnox@gmail.com.”
Now it’s back to this again, which is making me wonder if it’s a gmail issue
SMTP -> ERROR: Failed to connect to server: Unable to find the socket transport “ssl” – did you forget to enable it when you configured PHP? (1925956407)
Have you had a look at the email address field in Settings -> General?
I’m tempted to let someone remote into my web server and my site. This is beyond me.
It’s not like I have anything on it that’s detrimental
