Email (SMTP) not working

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Serenity Joe
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Email (SMTP) not working

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What version of phpBB are you using? phpBB 3.2.2
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What is your level of experience? New to PHP but not phpBB
What username can be used to view this issue? any new registration user
What password can be used to view this issue? <make a new user>
What actions did you take (updating your board; installing a MOD, style or extension; etc.) prior to this problem becoming noticeable? The application email did not function. My assumption is that it is prevented by the hosting (typically)
I setup a domain email account (forum[at]serenity.roguildforums.com)
I entered the email as the username (accounts require email address as the username) and password.
I initially used port 547 (or whatever it was the tech support identified as the normal alt port) but have since returned to default port 25.

I have verified the user credentials by setting up a client in outlook. It can receive/send email.
Please describe your problem. The sed test email... does nothing that I can determine.
New registration of test account(s) fail to get an activation email.
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Re: Email (SMTP) not working

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Current SMTP settings:
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Re: Email (SMTP) not working

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SMTP server port must be: 587

Authentication method for SMTP must be: PLAIN
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Re: Email (SMTP) not working

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I originally was using those settings and it did not work.. so I began trying others.
As it is, I returned the settings as recommended but when I attempted to register a new account... it did not result in an email getting sent out. Is there somewhere I can see error logging?
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Re: Email (SMTP) not working

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try setting smtp to no. most people don't have to use it.
the standard php mail works just fine for most cases.

make sure whatever email address you are using for the board is one that you created with your own domain name.

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Re: Email (SMTP) not working

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Since a few things had changed I went back to not using SMTP.
No change, no email.

This is getting frustrating.

Setting it back to use SMTP. Is there an error log I can get to?
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