i need drupal to work without STMP i was wondering if it is possable to convert the drupal stmp system over to php mail() this is critical as my job depends on it

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damien tournoud’s picture

damien tournoud commented

Drupal calls mail() directly, and doesn't use any SMTP server directly.

keith.smith’s picture

keith.smith commented
Title: STMP not avilable » SMTP not available
damien tournoud’s picture

damien tournoud commented
Category: task » support
caelan’s picture

caelan commented
Title: SMTP not available » STMP not avilable
Category: support » task

are you sure becuase i have php mail() scripts that work but the stmp dosent and i have contacted my IT and they say cause the STMP is disabled it will not work... is there a way around this

CalebD’s picture

CalebD commented
Title: STMP not avilable » SMTP not available
Category: task » support

Yes, all mail ultimately is sent by drupal_mail_send, which calls PHP's mail directly. See http://api.drupal.org/api/function/drupal_mail_send/6

If the mail call is failing, there should be an error in watchdog.

You'll likely need to diagnose this at the PHP level.

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caelan commented
Title: SMTP not available » STMP not avilable
Category: support » task

ok

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caelan commented
Status: Active » Closed (fixed)
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caelan commented
Status: Closed (fixed) » Active

what about running the STMP/mail through another server but keeping the drupal hosted at my current one ( example "drupal location:http://mydrupalsite.com" "STMP location: http://mystmpsite.com") and have drupal run its email protocols through the other server

PS i have full access to both servers

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keith.smith commented
Title: STMP not avilable » SMTP not available
gpk’s picture

gpk commented
Category: task » support

You can maybe use http://drupal.org/project/smtp to send email via another SMTP server?

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caelan commented

um i tryed that but i am rather new with drupal and i could not fiqure out how to get it working correctly

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gpk commented

It should just be a matter of putting the details of the SMTP server in the module's settings page. Suggest you try opening a support req. against that project if you can't work it out ... it was fairly straightforward when I last used the module, but that was quite a while ago.

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caelan commented

i get this message:::

* warning: fsockopen() [function.fsockopen]: unable to connect to smtp.gmail.com:25 (Connection timed out) in /home/caelan/public_html/home/sites/all/modules/smtp/phpmailer/class.smtp.php on line 122.
* warning: fsockopen() [function.fsockopen]: php_network_getaddresses: getaddrinfo failed: Name or service not known in /home/caelan/public_html/home/sites/all/modules/smtp/phpmailer/class.smtp.php on line 122.
* warning: fsockopen() [function.fsockopen]: unable to connect to :25 (Unknown error) in /home/caelan/public_html/home/sites/all/modules/smtp/phpmailer/class.smtp.php on line 122.
* Unable to send e-mail. Please contact the site admin, if the problem persists.

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gpk commented
Title: SMTP not available » Problem connecting to gmail
Project: Drupal core » SMTP Authentication Support
Version: 6.5 » 6.x-1.0-beta3
Component: user system » Code

Changing project and title - I think you'll get more help here.

Also worth checking/searching the project's issue queue. http://drupal.org/project/issues/smtp?states=all

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caelan commented
Title: Problem connecting to gmail » SMTP not available
Project: SMTP Authentication Support » Drupal core
Version: 6.x-1.0-beta3 » 6.5
Component: Code » other
Status: Active » Closed (fixed)

thx i think ill just open a new post