Sending email with Joomla and Google Apps
I have the next settings in the Joomla Global Configuration panel.
**Mail Settings**
Mailer: SMTP Server
Mail from: [email protected]
From Name: John Smith
Sendmail Path:
SMTP Authentication: Yes
SMTP Security: SSL
SMTP Port: 465
SMTP Username: [email protected]
SMTP Password: ******
SMTP Host: gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com
I am running Joomla 1.5.14.
I have in my google apps domain both IMAP and POP enabled.
When I try to send an email with an article link by clicking the small envelope icon I get the next feedback. "The e-mail cold not be send correctly". The SMTP validation seems to work because I do not get any SMTP error but the email is not sent. Any idea would be really appreciated!
I have tested with SMTP Host as smtp.gmail.com without success.
I have tried with sendmail defined as /usr/sbin/postfix but without success.
Solution
Set sendmail path to the sendmail command or point sendmail to postfix if you have postfix installed.
Set SMTP Host to smtp.gmail.com. I would look like:
**Mail Settings**
Mailer: SMTP Server
Mail from: [email protected]
From Name: John Smith
Sendmail Path: /usr/sbin/sendmail
SMTP Authentication: Yes
SMTP Security: SSL
SMTP Port: 465
SMTP Username: [email protected]
SMTP Password: ******
SMTP Host: smtp.gmail.com
Answer
Mail Settings
Mailer: SMTP Server Mail from: emailmydomain.com
From Name: John Smith
Sendmail Path: /usr/sbin/sendmail
SMTP Authentication: Yes
SMTP Security: None
SMTP Port: 25
SMTP Username: emailmydomain.com
SMTP Password: **
SMTP Host: ssl://smtp.gmail.com:465