By flying_monkey on

My hosting company HostMySite.com will only allow me to send email out using PEAR mail, they gave me this link

https://solutions.hostmysite.com/index.php?/Knowledgebase/Article/View/8...

when I asked them why my email was not going out.

I tried to install and use the SMTP Authentication Support module but it's not working, am I missing a module or am I going about this wrong???

Any help even a point in the right direction would be appreciated.

Thanks

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ultimatemanpow’s picture

ultimatemanpow commented

It seems your module is not working, Better you tried another.

jaypan’s picture

jaypan
Location Victoria, BC
commented

I tried to install and use the SMTP Authentication Support module but it's not working

Then you haven't configured it properly. The module works on every server I've ever put it on.

Contact me to contract me for D7 -> D10/11 migrations.

kbrinner’s picture

kbrinner
she/her
Location San Diego
commented

Did you check the README.txt for this module? You need to be sure the following requirements are met:

REQUIREMENTS
------------
* Access to an SMTP server
* The following PHP extensions need to be installed: ereg, hash, date & pcre.

* Optional: To connect to an SMTP server using SSL, you need to have the
openssl package installed on your server, and your webserver and PHP
installation need to have additional components installed and configured.

INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS
-------------------------
1. Copy the files included in the tarball into a directory named "smtp" in
your Drupal sites/all/modules/ directory.
2. Login as site administrator.
3. Enable the SMTP Authentication Support module on the Administer -> Modules
page.
4. Fill in required settings on the Administer -> Configuration -> System ->
SMTP Authentication Support page.
5. Enjoy.

NOTES
-----
This module sends email by connecting to an SMTP server. Therefore, you need
to have access to an SMTP server for this module to work.

Drupal will often use the email address entered into Administrator ->
Configuration -> Site information -> E-mail address as the from address. It is
important for this to be the correct address and some ISPs will block email that
comes from an invalid address.

This module no longer uses the PHPMailer package as an external library, instead
a slimmed down version of the library have been relicensed and integrated with the
smtp module.

Connecting to an SMTP server using SSL is possible only if PHP's openssl
extension is working. If the SMTP module detects openssl is available it
will display the options in the modules settings page.

Sending mail to Gmail requires SSL or TLS.