One week - same problem - no idea :S

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Hey guys - I've been struggling for over a week to get my action mailer working - I've built a second application and I get the same problems. I'm pretty sure the problem must be with my smtp settings - according to everything I've read, these are correct though, is there anyone out there who can help?

In my environment.rb I have:

ActionMailer::Base.raise_delivery_errors = true ActionMailer::Base.perform_deliveries = true ActionMailer::Base.delivery_method = :smtp ActionMailer::Base.smtp_settings = {   :address => "server.600host.net",   :port => "465",   :domain => "mydomain.com",   :authentication => :login,   :user_name => "user@mydomain.com", # is this the email address from which I'm sending mail?   :password => "password" }

This gives: Timeout::Error (execution expired)

Other combinations of smtp settings give me either: SocketError: getaddrinfo: Name or service not known or OpenSSL::SSL::SSLError: hostname was not match with the server

What am I doing wrong?

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  :user_name => "user@mydomain.com", # is this the email address from which I'm sending mail?

It's the login for that email account (generally the email address you are sending from)

Possibly its because its a tls (secure) connection (usually you'd connect to port 25) - you may need a rails plugin to get it to work:

http://agilewebdevelopment.com/plugins/actionmailer_tls

Cheers Luke

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Thanks for that Luke

I gave it a go with my host's smtp settings - no luck! I still get the Timeout::Error: execution expired

But when I tried with my gmail account settings it does work

I'm guessing the settings I've stated are wrong. Any ideas what they should be set to?

My host specifes: Incoming Mail Server: mail.thinkersplayground.com Incoming Mail Server: (SSL) server.600host.net Outgoing Mail Server: mail.thinkersplayground.com (server requires authentication) port 25 Outgoing Mail Server: (SSL) server.600host.net (server requires authentication) port 465 Supported Incoming Mail Protocols: POP3, POP3S (SSL/TLS), IMAP, IMAPS (SSL/TLS) Supported Outgoing Mail Protocols: SMTP, SMTPS (SSL/TLS)

Should I set the domain to localhost?

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Luke - I swear to god I've been trying those settings all week to no avail. I can only assume the plugin you recommended is what helped.

Anyways - I really appreciate your help mate, mailer is working great now

:slight_smile:

Thanks