[EP-tech] ssmtp and eprints

[David R Newman]

Hi Edward,

I think SSMTP also writes to /var/log/maillog so it may be worth 
checking that to see if there is anything useful.  I typically use 
Sendmail, which is a bit overkill but seems to be more helpful when I am 
trying to determine whether there is issues with SPF whitelists or similar.

I am not aware of any modifications to the EPrints configuration for 
sending mail beyond what you have described.

Regards

David Newman


On 01/06/2016 22:18, Edward M. Corrado wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I configured ssmtp on my Ubuntu box and it sends e-mails fine (via 
> gmail) from the command line. However, whenever I try to send a test 
> e-mail from Eprints (v. 3.3.15) on Ubuntu 14.04.4 LTS I get an error 
> saying:
>
>
>     The system is currently unable to send email. Please try again
>     later. If this problem persists, please contact
>     the administrator with details.
>
> The apache error.log file gets the following entry written to it:
>
>     Failed to create SMTP connection to smtp
>     Wide character in print at (eval 477) line 44.
>     Failed to send mail.
>     To: ecorrado at ecorrado.us <mailto:ecorrado at ecorrado.us> <>
>     Subject: Test email from http://codabox.org/ ☺
>
>
> Does anyone have any idea what to configure for ssmtp? I tried some 
> thing I found in various old e-mails, but nothing seems to work.
>
> The main things I have tried include: Defining my  smtp server in 
> perl_lib/Eprint/SystemSeting.pm file.
>
> > 'smtp_server' => 'smtphost.your.domain'
> I tried localhost and a few other possibilities but no luck.
> I also checked that  $c->{send_email} = \&EPrints::Email::send_mail_via_smtp;was 
> uncommented in
>
> FWIW: After trying these things I did restart apache although I am not 
> sure if it matters.
>
> IS anyone using ssmtp with Eprints and has an idea what to look for? 
> If not maybe I will need to try Exim4 or Postfix.
>
> Thanks,
> Edward
>
>
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