I am trying to connect to an SMTP server on a port other than the default.  here is what I am trying but no luck...the page just hangs. Has anyone else been able to do this?

$conf['smtp_host'] = "smtp.gmail.com:465";

Specifically if you have used google apps (gmail) for smtp what did you do?

Thanks!

Hi toreym,

You can change the port the script uses by editing the "var $Port" variable on line 162 of the /phpmailer/class.phpmailer.php file that is within the s2_form_highrise package.

There is also a "var $SMTP_PORT" variable on line 30 in the /phpmailer/class.smtp.php variable file, but I'd try the one I mentioned first, first.

I'll check with Kyle (our developer) to see if we can add a port option straight to the config file.

Thanks for the question!

I am also having a problem with SMTP.  We use gmail to host our SMTP, and there may be some issue with authentication. 

This link has lots of detail about their server config.  http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=78775

Any hints?

Thanks

Putting this as your mail host may do the trick:

ssl://smtp.gmail.com:465

I'm looking to see if we can simply add SSL and Port numbers as configurable options.

-Brendan

Before I start mucking around with class.smtp.php I thought I'd share the following:

Warning: fsockopen() expects parameter 2 to be long, string given in /home/content/d/a/r/darmitage/html/s2_form_highrise/phpmailer/class.smtp.php on line 105

SMTP Mail Settings

Your SMTP settings are as follows:

SMTP Host: ssl://smtp.gmail.com
SMTP Use Authenication: Yes
SMTP User: myaccount@gmail.com
SMTP Password: Omitted for security reasons.

Message could not be sent. Mailer Error: SMTP Error: Could not connect to SMTP host.

I am using google apps for email, and am getting the following error message on the config_test.php.  Any idea why it would not connect?  I added in the gmail patch that was avaialble as well as the upgrade patch.

Warning: fsockopen() [function.fsockopen]: unable to connect to ssl://smtp.gmail.com:465 (Connection timed out) in /home/sportsn7/public_html/s2_form_highrise/phpmailer/class.smtp.php on line 105 SMTP

Mail Settings

Your SMTP settings are as follows:
SMTP Host: ssl://smtp.gmail.com
SMTP Use Authenication: Yes
SMTP User: michael@threestream.com
SMTP Password: Omitted for security reasons.

Message could not be sent. Mailer Error: SMTP Error: Could not connect to SMTP host.

Will this not work with Google Apps?  I assumed it would because it is still google mail.  With google apps I will not have an email that ends in @gmail.com.  It will look like something@somedomainIown.com.

Haven't tested with google apps yet but I would guess using google apps with a custom subdomain is a bit different from using straight gmail.   Is that the same SMTP host (smtp.gmail.com) that you would use for a local mail client?  I suspect it may be different.  It looks like the authenication process is timing out - it is unable to connect to smtp.gmail.com.

Can you check the process for setting up a local mail client and try using the same settings?

Google Apps requires using 587 for the smtp port, and also requires TLS instead of ssl for they connection encryption type. I changed these seeting in my config.php file, but it did not work.  I still cannot connect to SMTP host.

Any other ideas?

Yes, with the same result.  I would really love to use this form, but I need it to work with Google Apps.  Thanks for your persistence.

Thanks for looking into this.

@kyleh - were you able to get it working with google apps?

Thanks for your help.  Let me know if you do find anything.