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[SOLVED] Email not working - Mail is not sent
Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2011 8:17 am
by ObiDon
I am running OC 1.5.0 on a linux server over at bluehost.com. It would seem that the OC mail function is not working right on my setup. I do not get notified of new orders or customers and my customers do not get any notifications. From the Administration panels Sales/Mail I have been sending test messages and as always, there is a positive response saying that the mail was sent but nothing ever arrives at the other end.
I've tried using the SMTP settings as well as the php mail function with the same results. Mail in all the other applications on this server work just fine..like phpBB, Wordpress, Concrete, etc. I see there are quite a few posts regarding mail issues but I have not had any luck finding an answer that works in this case.
I really like OC and want to get this working so any help at all would be appreciated.
Thanks!
Don
Email not working - Mail is not sent
Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2011 8:43 am
by uksitebuilder
Choose 'Mail' in the settings
In the parameters box below enter
-
fyou@youremail.com
The dash F is important
Email not working - Mail is not sent
Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2011 8:44 am
by uksitebuilder
I just read back that dummy email address I entered above.
My intention was not to be crude - Honest
Re: Email not working - Mail is not sent
Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2011 11:22 am
by ObiDon
uksitebuilder wrote:I just read back that dummy email address I entered above.
My intention was not to be crude - Honest
It's still not working for me. I can get email from the contact us form and that's it. No new order or new customer emails. And customers never get email. I'm stumped! There's no error messages anywhere...it just looks like it sent the mail but never does.
Thank you for the suggestion though. It's great to have some help!
Don
Re: Email not working - Mail is not sent
Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2011 3:25 pm
by uksitebuilder
And you have email alerts ticked in your system -> settings
Before I figured the my Mail problem using that extra parameter, I was using SMTP
All I entered for SMTP settings was localhost as the host. No user/password and default port 25
Re: Email not working - Mail is not sent
Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2011 12:48 am
by ObiDon
Thanks again Simon. I have the boxes ticked for the notifications. Still no love. Is it weird that the Contact Us form works but nothing else? Does it use a different bit of code maybe?
Don
PS... Another thought here...my server default SMTP port is 26...not 25. Would that make a difference when using "Mail" instead of SMTP?
Re: Email not working - Mail is not sent
Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2011 12:57 am
by uksitebuilder
Mail uses PHP sendmail which would be configured serverside.
The scripts are slightly different for contact form to order confirmations in what they contain, data, logo etc but they use the same class/methods.
If your version is 1.5.0 only I would seriously advise upgrading to at the least 1.5.0.5
It may help to download 1.5.0.5 and do a compare against your files to see what is different, especially regarding the mailing and I'm certain there are numerous other bugfixes.
Re: Email not working - Mail is not sent
Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2011 5:05 am
by ObiDon
Just when I was about to give up, it starting working. In the parameters box I capitalized the -f and it worked...
So instead of:
-
fadmin@domain.com
I used:
-
Fadmin@domain.com
Yeah! Thanks again for the help!
Don
Re: [SOLVED] Email not working - Mail is not sent
Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2011 4:33 pm
by shiokguy
Dear All
I am using 1.5.1.1
My Order notification all work fine, except when I want to send email to customer using Sales ->Mail
I did testing to the same email address.. Order confirmation and Register mail all works fine except Sales -> Mail
This is what I get: -
<html dir="ltr" lang="en">
<head>
<title>Testing</title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
</head>
<body><p>
<strong>Test</strong></p>
</body>
</html>
The about email account received the order and register confirmation email fine,
Please guide me..
Regards
ShiokGuy
Re: [SOLVED] Email not working - Mail is not sent
Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2012 2:56 am
by barnabas
the capitol F made all the difference. What a shame something so important was not adequately explained. Judging from my analytics reports I've missed a lot of emails.
Re: [SOLVED] Email not working - Mail is not sent
Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2012 3:57 pm
by Geri345
it really was that simple
never thought of using a capital F...should be better explained in the next version. but thx it helped me a lot and saved my skin
Re: [SOLVED] Email not working - Mail is not sent
Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2012 11:23 pm
by yorgol
I also use the bluehost and install the OC 1.5.2.1 , and using the same setting as ObiDon , but I never get the the message from contact us or the new customer or new orders.
anyone can help me ?
Re: [SOLVED] Email not working - Mail is not sent
Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2012 12:55 am
by rph
Don't use SMTP. There's a reason the settings tell you to only use Mail unless it's been disabled.
Re: [SOLVED] Email not working - Mail is not sent
Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2012 7:15 am
by adabob
For all those who want to know the correct email "Mail" sending inputs I have added them below for hosting with 1and1
Go to ADMIN>Settings>Mail
Use Mail Protocol: MAIL
Mail Parameters: -
Fyouremail@domain.com (note the capital F, no space in front of your email address)
SMTP Host: localhost
SMTP Username:
youremail@domain.com (just your email address)
SMTP Password: use your password used to get your email with your host
SMTP Port: 25
SMTP Timeout: 5
Select YES for New Order Alert Mail
Select YES for New Account Alert
You can also add any other email address you want to get emails for the above in the box below, separate them by , comma
Thanks to all who helped resolve this, I'm just making all the answers in one post
Re: [SOLVED] Email not working - Mail is not sent
Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2012 8:37 am
by yorgol
rph wrote:Don't use SMTP. There's a reason the settings tell you to only use Mail unless it's been disabled.
but the mail function is can't working
Re: [SOLVED] Email not working - Mail is not sent
Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2012 8:38 am
by yorgol
adabob wrote:For all those who want to know the correct email "Mail" sending inputs I have added them below for hosting with 1and1
Go to ADMIN>Settings>Mail
Use Mail Protocol: MAIL
Mail Parameters: -
Fyouremail@domain.com (note the capital F, no space in front of your email address)
SMTP Host: localhost
SMTP Username:
youremail@domain.com (just your email address)
SMTP Password: use your password used to get your email with your host
SMTP Port: 25
SMTP Timeout: 5
Select YES for New Order Alert Mail
Select YES for New Account Alert
You can also add any other email address you want to get emails for the above in the box below, separate them by , comma
Thanks to all who helped resolve this, I'm just making all the answers in one post
tried to set as you list in the bulehost, it's still down, it can't work for my website, it's very sad .
Re: [SOLVED] Email not working - Mail is not sent
Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2012 12:18 pm
by rph
yorgol wrote:rph wrote:Don't use SMTP. There's a reason the settings tell you to only use Mail unless it's been disabled.
but the mail function is can't working
I know for a fact it works on Bluehost.
Re: [SOLVED] Email not working - Mail is not sent
Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2012 12:51 am
by adabob
yorgol wrote:adabob wrote:For all those who want to know the correct email "Mail" sending inputs I have added them below for hosting with 1and1
Go to ADMIN>Settings>Mail
Use Mail Protocol: MAIL
Mail Parameters: -
Fyouremail@domain.com (note the capital F, no space in front of your email address)
SMTP Host: localhost
SMTP Username:
youremail@domain.com (just your email address)
SMTP Password: use your password used to get your email with your host
SMTP Port: 25
SMTP Timeout: 5
Select YES for New Order Alert Mail
Select YES for New Account Alert
You can also add any other email address you want to get emails for the above in the box below, separate them by , comma
Thanks to all who helped resolve this, I'm just making all the answers in one post
tried to set as you list in the bulehost, it's still down, it can't work for my website, it's very sad .
I'm using 1and1 Business package and using the above settings and its working. Double check your settings, try the other port numbers listed on you control panel in 1and1 for email. Do you get an error when you try and send mail or register as a customer from the home page?
Re: [SOLVED] Email not working - Mail is not sent
Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2012 7:48 am
by rph
Settings are often specific to servers.
Re: [SOLVED] Email not working - Mail is not sent
Posted: Fri Aug 10, 2012 12:16 am
by AO222
I am having the same issue with sending customers mails within OC, I have tried all that was suggested and used the perimeter (-
Femail@domain.com) and changed the SMTP port to 25 and even the port # my hosting provided but still not receiving any mail when sent from within OC. I have no problem receiving orders and inquiries from contact us but cant seem to figure out the issue with sending mail from OC. Please can someone help with any suggestion, this is driving me crazy.....