Activation Emails not sent

[deery50]

Hello, I have my own hosted forum at home. When a user registers He/she does not receive the activation email. I am really confused about the whole php email buisness so can someone explain to me how I can fix this, thanks! Here is what I have under php.ini after searching the internet for help:

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[mail function]
; For Win32 only.
; http://php.net/smtp
SMTP = localhost
; http://php.net/smtp-port
smtp_port = 25

; For Win32 only.
; http://php.net/sendmail-from
sendmail_from = [email protected]

; For Unix only.  You may supply arguments as well (default: "sendmail -t -i").
; http://php.net/sendmail-path
sendmail_path = /usr/sbin/sendmail -t -i -f [email protected]

; Force the addition of the specified parameters to be passed as extra parameters
; to the sendmail binary. These parameters will always replace the value of
; the 5th parameter to mail(), even in safe mode.
;mail.force_extra_parameters =

; Add X-PHP-Originating-Script: that will include uid of the script followed by the filename
mail.add_x_header = On

; The path to a log file that will log all mail() calls. Log entries include
; the full path of the script, line number, To address and headers.
;mail.log =


[eutychus]

Are you sure it's a php issue? I had the same problem and it turned out that my email settings were wrong.

Check under Admin > Maintenance > Mail > Settings

[青山 素子]

Tell us about your server. What OS? How is SMF configured to send e-mail right now?

[deery50]

Tell us about your server. What OS? How is SMF configured to send e-mail right now?

Running on Ubuntuserver with Apache, Right now it is set to (php default). Thanks for the responses!

[青山 素子]

Check /var/log/maillog and see what things say. If you have a residential connection, it's almost certain port 25 outbound is blocked. In that case, you'll need to relay mail out to another system.

[deery50]

Check /var/log/maillog and see what things say. If you have a residential connection, it's almost certain port 25 outbound is blocked. In that case, you'll need to relay mail out to another system.

mail.log seems to not exist. Huh... weird

[deery50]

Edit: How stupid am I...I do have a mail.log (I was in a rush when I checked) I noted these lines in the log:

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Jun 16 19:46:09 Runetooncraft postfix/qmgr[1333]: 96EB5120078D: from=<[email protected]>, size=1789, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
Jun 16 19:46:09 Runetooncraft postfix/qmgr[1333]: E09E31200780: from=<[email protected]>, size=1789, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
Jun 16 19:46:09 Runetooncraft postfix/qmgr[1333]: 700CE120078B: from=<[email protected]>, size=1781, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
Jun 16 19:46:09 Runetooncraft postfix/smtp[3335]: 96EB5120078D: to=<**********@gmail.com>, relay=none, delay=21182, delays=21182/0.09/0/0, dsn=4.4.3, status=deferred (Host or domain name not found. Name service error for name=gmail.com type=MX: Host not found, try again)
Jun 16 19:46:10 Runetooncraft postfix/smtp[3338]: 700CE120078B: to=<**********@gmail.com>, relay=none, delay=21379, delays=21379/0.06/0/0, dsn=4.4.3, status=deferred (Host or domain name not found. Name service error for name=gmail.com type=MX: Host not found, try again)
Jun 16 19:46:10 Runetooncraft postfix/smtp[3336]: E09E31200780: to=<**********@gmail.com>, relay=none, delay=21149, delays=21149/0.07/0/0, dsn=4.4.3, status=deferred (Host or domain name not found. Name service error for name=gmail.com type=MX: Host not found, try again)

This must of been when the activation email was trying to send to one of my users. I blocked his username in the code.

Here is a larger section of mail.log (with the blocked username still): hxxp:pastebin.com/8JP9g9vV [nonactive]

[deery50]

This is still a big issue

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Jun 17 11:04:08 Runetooncraft postfix/qmgr[1599]: 4B9031200B87: from=<[email protected]>, size=1787, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
Jun 17 11:04:38 Runetooncraft postfix/smtp[4633]: connect to gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com[173.194.74.26]:25: Connection timed out
Jun 17 11:04:38 Runetooncraft postfix/smtp[4633]: connect to gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com[2607:f8b0:400d:c00::1a]:25: Network is unreachable
Jun 17 11:04:38 Runetooncraft postfix/smtp[4633]: connect to alt1.gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com[2a00:1450:400c:c03::1b]:25: Network is unreachable
Jun 17 11:05:08 Runetooncraft postfix/smtp[4633]: connect to alt1.gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com[173.194.67.27]:25: Connection timed out
Jun 17 11:05:08 Runetooncraft postfix/smtp[4633]: connect to alt2.gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com[2a00:1450:4013:c00::1b]:25: Network is unreachable
Jun 17 11:05:08 Runetooncraft postfix/smtp[4633]: 4B9031200B87: to=<*******@gmail.com>, relay=none, delay=60, delays=0.11/0.01/60/0, dsn=4.4.1, status=deferred (connect to alt2.gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com[2a00:1450:4013:c00::1b]:25: Network is unreachable)


[青山 素子]

Your internet provider is blocking outbound connections on port 25. If you have a business-class connection, you can usually call them and get the block lifted. You'll also need to get proper rDNS entries and make sure you have a static IP if you don't want mail rejected. If you're on a residential-class connection you're likely breaking the TOS by running a server at all, so I wouldn't call them unless you want to get your account canceled.

If the block will not be lifted or you're on a residential connection, you'll need to configure mail to relay out through a proper server. You can do this at the SMF level, or through Postfix (the mail service running on your system). If you're not going to have other software on the system, it's easier to configure with SMF. If you're going to set up a whole bunch of products, it's simpler to make the change in the Postfix configuration.

For the SMF side, you can configure the e-mail method in the SMF settings. A popular outbound relay is Google's gmail. You can use this guide as a reference for how to set it up.

If you want to configure Postfix, you can use this guide as a reference for how to set it up.

[deery50]

Your internet provider is blocking outbound connections on port 25. If you have a business-class connection, you can usually call them and get the block lifted. You'll also need to get proper rDNS entries and make sure you have a static IP if you don't want mail rejected. If you're on a residential-class connection you're likely breaking the TOS by running a server at all, so I wouldn't call them unless you want to get your account canceled.

If the block will not be lifted or you're on a residential connection, you'll need to configure mail to relay out through a proper server. You can do this at the SMF level, or through Postfix (the mail service running on your system). If you're not going to have other software on the system, it's easier to configure with SMF. If you're going to set up a whole bunch of products, it's simpler to make the change in the Postfix configuration.

For the SMF side, you can configure the e-mail method in the SMF settings. A popular outbound relay is Google's gmail. You can use this guide as a reference for how to set it up.

If you want to configure Postfix, you can use hxxp:www.dnsexit.com/support/mailrelay/postfix.html [nonactive] as a reference for how to set it up.

Godaddy (my domain provider) has actually given me a free email that I am using, it has a SMTP option. Would I be able to get  postfix to connect to this SMTP server instead, like documented here: hxxp:www.redwireservices.com/postfix-smtp-relay-via-godaddy-alternate-port-and-others [nonactive], or will it still be blocked?

[青山 素子]

You can configure SMF or Postfix for any e-mail service you like. Use the guides I linked, but substitute the information for your service.