[HOWTO] Gmail with phpBB3

[Lumpy Burgertushie]

Can you suggest some better (cheap&performance) mass emailing software & server?

cheap and performance rarely go together

google is the only think I know of.

you can ask godaddy what they offer for this type of service.

why do you think you will have this much email traffic?

do you have everyone subscribed to every topic?
how many members do you have?
how many posts per day do you have?


robert

[mvmsk]

I din't launch the forum yet.But I'm sure that on launching it, 1k members will be joining in the first week only

So, now im testing in different scenarios

[Lumpy Burgertushie]

I din't launch the forum yet.But I'm sure that on launching it, 1k members will be joining in the first week only

So, now im testing in different scenarios

even If ( and that is such a big IF I can't even imagine it) 1000 members joined in the first week. There would be no reason at all for the board to be sending any emails out in batches.

The emails for the registration would only be sending one at a time as people register.

Unless you specifically change the default behaviour of phpbb, people do not get emails everytime a post is made.

If you do make those changes so that everyone gets emails everytime a post is made then some would say you are spamming them because they did not request to get all those emails.

I think you should re-assess what you think the board is going to do in terms of signups/posts etc. Just get the board started and work on finding new members. Create content that people want to come to your board to read and let the rest of it take care of itself.


robert

[mvmsk]

No no , i dint mean it that way.
Mails will be sent only if the user subscribes to it.

[Mick]

Mails will be sent only if the user subscribes to it.

Then forget about it for now, if you eventually do get thousands of users who want email notifications you can address it then. In the meantime you should be concentrating on getting interesting informative information on your board so you attract new members.

[mvmsk]

Mails will be sent only if the user subscribes to it.

Then forget about it for now, if you eventually do get thousands of users who want email notifications you can address it then. In the meantime you should be concentrating on getting interesting informative information on your board so you attract new members.

yaa mike currently working n that

[nilanko]

What are the current settings for Gmail SMTP? None of the settings in this thread work - absolutely NO combination works. I get no error. Registration is done but emails are never received. OpenSSL on as well.

[Oyabun1]

None of the settings in this thread work - absolutely NO combination works.

Yes they do. If they are not working for you check with your host if your account can use email (sometimes hosts will not allow an email service for particular accounts) and what the conditions and requirements for that are.

[nilanko]

OK, I'll confirm with my host. All mail functions are on anyway.

[DanniHansen1985]

Hello.

I've got the joomla working on this settings:
Mailer: sendmail
From Mail ****@gmail.com
From name ******.eu
Sendmail Path /usr/sbin/sendmail
SMTP Authentication yes
SMTP Security ssl
SMTP Port 587
SMTP Username *****@gmail.com
SMTP Password ********
SMTP Host smtp.gmail.com

So i've tryed same settings on phpbb3, but didn't seam to work, what am i doing wrong? :-/

Regards from:
Danni Hansen - Denmark.

[bonelifer]

Hello.

I've got the joomla working on this settings:
Mailer: sendmail
From Mail ****@gmail.com
From name ******.eu
Sendmail Path /usr/sbin/sendmail
SMTP Authentication yes
SMTP Security ssl
SMTP Port 587
SMTP Username *****@gmail.com
SMTP Password ********
SMTP Host smtp.gmail.com

So i've tryed same settings on phpbb3, but didn't seam to work, what am i doing wrong? :-/

Regards from:
Danni Hansen - Denmark.

Use the settings from the first post at the bottom:
viewtopic.php?p=3411785#p3411785

[DanniHansen1985]

Didn't work at first, BUT, then i've got a new secound step confirmation from google, that allowed me to send via that port.

Im using google cloud for hosting.

[Francisco.phpBB]

I can not to send email with my Gmail account.
Can you help me?

Error Log

E-mail error
» EMAIL/SMTP
/phpbb3/posting.php

Ran into problems sending e-mail at Line 1437. Response: 534 5.7.14 54 bx1sm27737762oec.8 - gsmtp
.
Backtrace
Connecting to ssl://smtp.gmail.com:465
LINE: 1024 <- 220 mx.google.com ESMTP bx1sm27737762oec.8 - gsmtp

# EHLO br210.hostgator.com.br
LINE: 1296 <- 250-mx.google.com at your service, [192.185.176.185]

LINE: 1296 <- 250-SIZE 35882577

LINE: 1296 <- 250-8BITMIME

LINE: 1296 <- 250-AUTH LOGIN PLAIN XOAUTH XOAUTH2 PLAIN-CLIENTTOKEN

LINE: 1296 <- 250-ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES

LINE: 1296 <- 250 CHUNKING

# AUTH LOGIN
LINE: 1425 <- 334 VXNlcm5hbWU6

# Omitting sensitive information
LINE: 1431 <- 334 UGFzc3dvcmQ6

# Omitting sensitive information
LINE: 1437 <- 534-5.7.14 <https://accounts.google.com/ContinueSig ... =AKgnsbvOf

LINE: 1437 <- 534-5.7.14 ywEpHgEKgrjCim1dXzni4Myu0yMboDGbxWZtV7a9FTBXtFZUZtUheeElyPpnf-W_p7QhS8

LINE: 1437 <- 534-5.7.14 HUvrVoRDGsnJRIG5Du4GYEtJCogjFxTQ9FbPk8m5gldJPQtjf0OHmMZMq0d2cR3VavkSFa

LINE: 1437 <- 534-5.7.14 YJiHrpW9NHE42JVUz7t4U1427ehqzK9YVxcCVMr_NWUfmkmTK-PZtge9QqD5gmUAgpM7J6

LINE: 1437 <- 534-5.7.14 MHEUVgg> Please log in via your web browser and then try again.

LINE: 1437 <- 534-5.7.14 Learn more at https://support.google.com/mail/bin/ans ... answer=787

LINE: 1437 <- 534 5.7.14 54 bx1sm27737762oec.8 - gsmtp

[musikgoat]

I can not to send email with my Gmail account.
Can you help me?

Error Log

E-mail error
» EMAIL/SMTP
/phpbb3/posting.php

Ran into problems sending e-mail at Line 1437. Response: 534 5.7.14 54 bx1sm27737762oec.8 - gsmtp
.
Backtrace
Connecting to ssl://smtp.gmail.com:465
LINE: 1024 <- 220 mx.google.com ESMTP bx1sm27737762oec.8 - gsmtp

# EHLO br210.hostgator.com.br
LINE: 1296 <- 250-mx.google.com at your service, [192.185.176.185]

LINE: 1296 <- 250-SIZE 35882577

LINE: 1296 <- 250-8BITMIME

LINE: 1296 <- 250-AUTH LOGIN PLAIN XOAUTH XOAUTH2 PLAIN-CLIENTTOKEN

LINE: 1296 <- 250-ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES

LINE: 1296 <- 250 CHUNKING

# AUTH LOGIN
LINE: 1425 <- 334 VXNlcm5hbWU6

# Omitting sensitive information
LINE: 1431 <- 334 UGFzc3dvcmQ6

# Omitting sensitive information
LINE: 1437 <- 534-5.7.14 <https://accounts.google.com/ContinueSig ... =AKgnsbvOf

LINE: 1437 <- 534-5.7.14 ywEpHgEKgrjCim1dXzni4Myu0yMboDGbxWZtV7a9FTBXtFZUZtUheeElyPpnf-W_p7QhS8

LINE: 1437 <- 534-5.7.14 HUvrVoRDGsnJRIG5Du4GYEtJCogjFxTQ9FbPk8m5gldJPQtjf0OHmMZMq0d2cR3VavkSFa

LINE: 1437 <- 534-5.7.14 YJiHrpW9NHE42JVUz7t4U1427ehqzK9YVxcCVMr_NWUfmkmTK-PZtge9QqD5gmUAgpM7J6

LINE: 1437 <- 534-5.7.14 MHEUVgg> Please log in via your web browser and then try again.

LINE: 1437 <- 534-5.7.14 Learn more at https://support.google.com/mail/bin/ans ... answer=787

LINE: 1437 <- 534 5.7.14 54 bx1sm27737762oec.8 - gsmtp

I had the same issue and had to do a couple of things.

First I went to security.google.com and clicked the button that the attempts were not malicious.
Then I went to https://accounts.google.com/DisplayUnlockCaptcha

Once I clicked that, I then tried to do something that would generate an email (such as re-authorize a pending account) and it worked.

[The_Librarian]

No mod.
But its wery important that SSL support is installed with PHP

I du use:
Windows 2000 Server
MySQL 4.1.11i
PHP 5.2.5 (version 4 do not support SSL)
phpBB 3.0.0 (gold)

ACP -> Quick access -> PHP Information
Look for this

Code: Select all

openssl
OpenSSL support  enabled  
OpenSSL Version  OpenSSL 0.9.8e 23 Feb 2007  

Create a Gmail account and do the set this:
www-gmail.com -> Settings - > Forwarding and POP/IMAP -> Enable POP for all mail
Enable IMAP (not sure if this is needed)

In phpBB
ACP -> Client communication -> E-Mail settings

User SMTP server for email: YES
SMTP server address: ssl://smtp.gmail.com
SMTP server port:465
Authentication method for SMTP:LOGIN
SMTP username:[email protected] (need to be the same as "Contact e-mail address:")
SMTP password:gmailpassword

It seems to be a bug with the password. I tried to use 20 character long password with brackets and it did not work. Shorter password did work, so I do not know if it's a limit on number of characters or type of characters.

I can confirm that this is working for me, many thanks.

Also had a big struggle, until I searched these forums.

Thank you!