Jason Hendriks
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Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Easy WP SMTP setupThat is a good tip; I’ll add it to my bag of tricks – thanks!
Forum: Plugins
In reply to: [Postman SMTP Mailer/Email Log] Basic Postman SetupLooks like your SPF is set for both so you shouldn’t have any issues switching back!
evokemagazine.com. 14399 IN TXT "v=spf1 include:spf.protection.outlook.com include:spf.bluehost.com -all"<geek>This is a great SPF btw, I love to see -all !!</geek>Forum: Plugins
In reply to: WP Email SMTP problemMaybe this?
https://wordpress.org/support/topic/emails-no-longer-work?replies=18#post-7613751FYI the Contact Form 7 FAQ recommends Postman for both troubleshooting and sending email.
Forum: Reviews
In reply to: [Postman SMTP Mailer/Email Log] Wow!Make sure that you don’t have multiple Gmail accounts logged in or it could kinda screw things up a bit. I was able to recover and get it work.
Thanks for the feedback! The Developer Console link in Postman should log you out of Google, forcing you to choose the right user, before logging you into the Developer Console; it works great for me but this seems to be a problem for many people. I don’t know why!
Cheers 🙂
Forum: Plugins
In reply to: [Postman SMTP Mailer/Email Log] Basic Postman SetupBluehost at the same time, can I?
No, either you use Office365 for your domain email or you use Bluehost for your domain email. But since you’re a Bluehost website you can’t also use the Office365 mail server for the website… but you can sign up your Office365 domain email at Mandrill (or SendGrid) and send from Bluehost via their API service.
Also, I thought Mandrill and Postman were, essentially, competitive plugins. Why would one choose to use both Postman and Mandrill?
Mandrillapp.com is an email service.
wpMandrill is a WordPress plugin that implements the Mandrill API
Postman is a WordPress plugin that implements the Mandrill APIYou can’t use them both, but you do get to choose which you want to use to send your email to Mandrill.
Forum: Plugins
In reply to: [Postman SMTP Mailer/Email Log] Basic Postman SetupYou didn’t use the Wizard.
Postman Transport URI: smtp:tls:login://smtp.office365.com:587
Postman Transport Status (Configured|Ready|Connected): Yes | Yes | NoIs not a valid configuration at Bluehost because they block the ports to office365.com.
I tired Mandrill and all emails were going to my recipients’ SPAM folder
If you download the Postman v1.7 beta, the Mandrill API should work for you. It uses the HTTPS port.
Otherwise you must use a Bluehost email with the Bluehost mail server (mail.evokemagazine.com)
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Unable to send emailsyou have to put
https://www.nefconline.com/wp-admin/options-general.php?page=postmanfor the redirect URI
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Easy WP SMTP setupI know the login info is correct.
You can verify the username and password that Postman sent to your Exchange server by examining the Session Transcript in Tools > Email Log (look for the encoded string after AUTH LOGIN or AUTH PLAIN).
If the credentials Postman sent are correct (use a Base64Decoder to check), then you need to take this issue up with your Exchange administrator.
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Unable to send emailsI wrote a blog post about Gmail and OAuth 2.0 in February: How to send Gmail from WordPress using SMTP.
The Web Services API uses port 443, the HTTPS port, to send email past firewalls that block the regular SMTP ports.
Install the plugin and run the setup wizard and away you go 🙂
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Unable to send emails1. Turning off SSL verification and allowing self-signed certs is dangerous. Don’t do it, and don’t run code that does it.
'ssl' => array ( 'verify_peer' => false, 'verify_peer_name' => false, 'allow_self_signed' => true, ),2. Connection refused (111)
Regardless of what GoDaddy has told you, they block access to Google Apps SMTP. There’s only one solution at GoDaddy and that’s Postman SMTP with the Gmail API option.
You’ll need to create something called an OAuth 2.0 Client ID, but it’s not that difficult. It certainly won’t take you 3 days.
Two months ago I wrote this:
It’s very unlikely that the version of WordPress you use affects your email delivery.
So turns out I was very, very wrong. WordPress 4.3 includes a newer PHPMailer with additional security options, and this seems to be causing problems for every PHPMailer-based plugin. This is one of the reasons Postman still works when others don’t.
One of the PHPMailer plugins quietly disabled part of SSL to get around the problem. Always be careful of the code you install! If you’re not reading the source code at least read the reviews :-/
See https://wordpress.org/support/topic/easy-wp-smtp-setup?replies=3#post-7613727
Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Easy WP SMTP setupThe latest WordPress (4.3) updated PHPMailer which has broken every PHPMailer-based plugin. You could try a non-PHPMailer SMTP plugin.
See:
Forum: Plugins
In reply to: [Contact Form 7] Failed to send any messagegoDaddy 🙂 why ?
Yes but where? Tech support? Normal GoDaddy servers are localhost and relay-hosting.secureserver.net .
But I didn’t receive the email !!!
This is a different problem than your original post. And the reason is you are trying to send Gmail through GoDaddy’s SMTP server. As per the gmail.com SPF record, GoDaddy is NOT an approved sender for Gmail. So your email is rejected once it is received at Gmail.
$ dig txt gmail.com gmail.com. 299 IN TXT "v=spf1 redirect=_spf.google.com"If you had used the Postman Setup Wizard, it would have prompted you to use the Gmail API to send your Gmail from GoDaddy. But you put in your own, incorrect settings.
Another option, if you have access to GoDaddy’s cPanel, is to enable Remote Mail Exchanger.
Forum: Reviews
In reply to: [Mail Bank - #1 Mail SMTP Plugin for WordPress] Multi-Site PerfectionWordPress 4.3 included an updated version of PHPMailer with increased security. This has resulted in some connection failures for all the PHPMailer-based SMTP plugins, like WP Mail Bank. Their solution is to disable the security check that fails. There’s no mention of it in the changelog.
See https://wordpress.org/support/topic/intentionally-disables-security?replies=1#post-
It’s not a failed to connect issue, despite being given that error.
Yes, you are right. I made an incorrect assumption not knowing you also upgraded WordPress.
The code that connects is just broken with this version. Also, I’m not the only one having problems. 5/7 people agree that it is broken.
Except this plugin doesn’t contain the connecting code. That would be the PHPMailer library shipped with WordPress.
So you upgraded WordPress and bricked the blog. I’ve heard reports of connection problems with the newer PHPMailer.
In fact, to get around this PHPMailer problem, this other plugin silently disabled part of SSL altogether. Incredible. 😳
I switched to a different plugin and it works just fine.
Which one?