Title: SMTP doesn't work
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# SMTP doesn't work

 *  [VanessaMartinezX](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vanessamartinezx/)
 * (@vanessamartinezx)
 * [14 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/smtp-doesnt-work/)
 * Hello,
 * I would like to send mails via smtp. I also tried some wp plugins to configure
   smtp but at least smtp could not connect to host.
    I would like to send the mails
   via a remote service like gmail but couldn’t figure out how to get things running.
   I have access to the console as root and the question is what I have to configure
   on linux level. In yast I configured the mail to send mails to the provider but
   I don’t know how to check the different levels (linux, apache, php, wp) if they
   are configured correct or not.
 * Does someone knows a fool proof tutorial on how to get stmp started with linux
   and wp?
 * Thanks a lot,
    Vanessa

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 *  Moderator [keesiemeijer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/keesiemeijer/)
 * (@keesiemeijer)
 * [14 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/smtp-doesnt-work/#post-2403724)
 * try it with this: [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-mail-smtp/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-mail-smtp/)
 *  Thread Starter [VanessaMartinezX](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vanessamartinezx/)
 * (@vanessamartinezx)
 * [14 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/smtp-doesnt-work/#post-2403746)
 * Hello keesiemijer,
 * thanks for your answer. I already tried the plugin and it says that it cannot
   connect to host. Therefore I am searching for a possibility to take a look where
   in the mail-chain the problem occurs. Is it my linux-system, the provider ….
 * Thanks, Vanessa
 *  Moderator [keesiemeijer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/keesiemeijer/)
 * (@keesiemeijer)
 * [14 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/smtp-doesnt-work/#post-2403748)
 * Ask your server administrator what SMTP settings you should use to send email
   
   [http://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-mail-smtp-will-not-connect-to-gmail-smtp-with-linux-host?replies=4](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-mail-smtp-will-not-connect-to-gmail-smtp-with-linux-host?replies=4)
 *  [Callum Macdonald](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chmac/)
 * (@chmac)
 * [14 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/smtp-doesnt-work/#post-2403796)
 * VanessaMartinezX, you probably need to check your PHP settings, particularly 
   around fopen() permissions, and check to see if you have ssl support enabled 
   in PHP. I’m not sure what the specific settings you need are to be honest, I’ve
   never had to look into it, it’s always “just worked” on my servers. I’d be happy
   to spend some time figuring it out with you if you like, I’m keen to get a definitive
   list of what settings are required to make it work.
 * Are there any firewall issues from your host on port 25 by any chance?
 * [Disclosure, I’m the plugin author.]

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 4 replies
 * 3 participants
 * Last reply from: [Callum Macdonald](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chmac/)
 * Last activity: [14 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/smtp-doesnt-work/#post-2403796)
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