• Resolved alexaptdigital

    (@alexaptdigital)


    Our Post SMTP plugin mysteriously stopped working right around the time that we changed hosting. We’re having trouble diagnosing the issue ourselves and are hoping that we could get some assistance. Plain english explanations/instructions are greatly appreciated!

    Here’s a video that described the issue, as far as I’m capable of seeing: https://share.getcloudapp.com/P8umP7JK

    Here is the github page referenced in my video: https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/wiki/Troubleshooting

    Here is the results of the diagnostic test:
    Mailer: phpmailer
    HostName: fresnel-prism.com
    cURL Version: 7.58.0
    OpenSSL Version: OpenSSL/1.1.1
    OS: Linux pod-157042 5.4.0-1028-gcp #29~18.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Mon Oct 5 16:41:43 UTC 2020 x86_64
    PHP: Linux 7.4.13 C
    PHP Dependencies: iconv=Yes, spl_autoload=Yes, openssl=Yes, sockets=Yes, allow_url_fopen=Yes, mcrypt=No, zlib_encode=Yes
    WordPress: 5.6 en_US UTF-8
    WordPress Theme: Storefront Child
    WordPress Plugins: ManageWP – Worker, Advanced Custom Fields PRO, Async JavaScript, Better Search Replace, WordPress Backup & Security Plugin – BlogVault, Classic Editor, Contact Form 7, Custom Related Products for WooCommerce, Google Tag Manager for WordPress, Facebook for WooCommerce, Flamingo, iThemes Security Pro, Jetpack by WordPress.com, Mailchimp for WooCommerce, New User Approve, Post SMTP, Redirection, Advanced Editor Tools (previously TinyMCE Advanced), WooCommerce UPS Shipping Plugin with Print Label, User Role Editor, Video User Manuals, WooCommerce Reviews Manually Approved, WooCommerce Composite Products, WooCommerce Dynamic Pricing, WooCommerce Authorize.Net Gateway, WooCommerce Print Invoices/Packing Lists, WooCommerce USPS Shipping, WooCommerce, WordPress Importer, Yoast SEO, WP Product Feed Manager, WP Sitemap Page, WPMU DEV Dashboard
    WordPress wp_mail Owner: /nas/content/live/stagingfresnel/wp-includes/pluggable.php
    WordPress wp_mail Filter(s): wp_staticize_emoji_for_email, PostsmtpMailer->get_mail_args
    WordPress phpmailer_init Action(s): wpcf7_phpmailer_init, my_phpmailer_example, PostsmtpMailer->phpmailer_smtp_init
    Postman: 2.0.16
    Postman Sender Domain (Envelope|Message): fresnel-prism.com | fresnel-prism.com
    Postman Prevent Message Sender Override (Email|Name): No | No
    Postman Active Transport: SMTP (smtp:none:plain://localhost:587)
    Postman Active Transport Status (Ready|Connected): Yes | No
    Postman Deliveries (Success|Fail): 718 | 75

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  • Hi Alex,

    Looks like your hosting with WPEngine? As far as I’m aware, they don’t have any kind of SMTP facility available. You’d need to send your messages through another SMTP provider.

    Looking at your MX records, GoDaddy seem to be your mail provider, so perhaps you can set up an SMTP account there and point to that?

    Does that help?

    Kind Regards,
    Tim

    Thread Starter alexaptdigital

    (@alexaptdigital)

    Looking at your MX records, GoDaddy seem to be your mail provider, so perhaps you can set up an SMTP account there and point to that?

    Do you have any instructions? We have an IT company that manages this sort of thing, but they’re asking us what we need them to do…

    Hi Alex,

    You need to create a mail account on your GoDaddy hosting, and then connect in with that. Check the GoDaddy documentation for the SMTP server, but if you are based in America, the outgoing mail server should be: smtpout.secureserver.net

    Your localhost setting for the SMTP server is the problem here. Hope this helps. 🙂

    Kind Regards,
    Tim

    Thread Starter alexaptdigital

    (@alexaptdigital)

    This issue has been resolved.

    We needed to re-configure the plugin and use the Office 365 smtp details described in this article (option #1): https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/exchange/mail-flow-best-practices/how-to-set-up-a-multifunction-device-or-application-to-send-email-using-microsoft-365-or-office-365

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