Swift_TransportException: Connection could not be established

pupsik

Ran in to this error. What could it be?

[2021-12-14 23:27:05] flarum.ERROR: Swift_TransportException: Connection could not be established with host mail.madway.net :stream_socket_client(): unable to connect to mail.madway.net:25 (Network is unreachable) in /home/russian7/domains/madway.net/public_html/vendor/swiftmailer/swiftmailer/lib/classes/Swift/Transport/StreamBuffer.php:261

It's gotta be a hosting problem(I don't expect any help from them). My guess is that my host canceled this option. But, has anyone else experience this?

How do I set up Email with my gmail account? Anyone done that outside their hosting email?

pupsik

??? No fix for this? Where do I get this stupid setting?

Any other platforms I used I never had to do that. Just email address was enough to send out mail.

askvortsov

pupsik Sorry for the delayed response. I'm guessing you were using the mail driver, and your host shut off PHP mailing, so now you can't send mail using that server. Unless they are willing to turn it back on, you'll probably want to use SMTP mailing with an external service (like gmail, as you mentioned).

In email admin, change the driver to smtp, and configure the following:

- Host: smtp.gmail.com
- Port: 465
- Encryption: ssl
- Username: (your gmail address)
- Password: (your gmail APP PASSWORD)

You'll need to create a special app password through gmail; you can't just use your regular account password.
https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/185833?hl=en

pupsik

Same thing. no luck.

luceos

pupsik what is the exact error you get now?

pupsik

Same error.

clarkwinkelmann

Your host might have disabled all outbound SMTP.

Maybe you have settings for this in your server firewall. Otherwise you should contact their support to ask for directions. Many hosts that disable SMTP or other outbound requests will have a help page in their documentation explaining the available options.

pupsik

clarkwinkelmann I get that the host limiting things. But why I can't even set it up through Gmail?

luceos

pupsik most email delivery providers have alternative ports like 2525, you'll have to Google for them and test them out. Or you can ask your hosting provider to remove the block, eg digital ocean does if you explain why you need it.

pupsik

That's they last reply.

it might help if you provide the scripts name that you are using.
(that require those settings) or you could try a different script.

askvortsov

pupsik There's one more thing you can try: port: 587, encryption: tls. If that doesn't work, you're at the mercy of your host, and unfortunately they don't seem to exactly know what they're doing.

clarkwinkelmann

If all else fails, we also support Mailgun https://docs.flarum.org/mail#mailgun . The Mailgun driver sends emails to Mailgun API via HTTP requests which should go around any SMTP block. It could still fail if your host completely disabled the ability to connect to external servers, but I've never seen any host do that.

pupsik

I read it on their forum, that they disable outside mail.

I will give a mailgun a try. (Nope, not entering my card).