Lookout 6.7 Mailer

[Dbregler]

I know there have been many posts about teh Lookout 6.7 Mailer Object but I have not been able to find a solution to my problem. Comcast in our area is starting to block port 25.  I think this is my issue.  I think I have to use port 465.My customers love the fact that they can receive text messages to their phones, but I keep receiving SMTP failure messages. I have tried port forwarding software to no avail.  Please help... I have customers waiting.

[Mike@Forshock]

I use stunnel which also provides encryption used by most providers.

https://www.stunnel.org/index.html

It is basically a local (or remote) server that redirects the port and can also provide an encrypted tunnel (SSL).

[mjrx]

Make a file named mailer.ini in the same directory as lookout.ini

Put the line: SMTPPort=xx

where xx is the port number you want to use

[Dbregler]

still getting the error Timeout conecting to SMTP Server

[mjrx]

When you press "Test My SMTP Settings" button in the mailer object does it fail the test?

[Dbregler]

timeout during connection to SMTP server.  the only way i was able to get it working here at home was to use my cell as a hotspot and use a different smtp server, but every server i tried using thru my comcast service failed. this is odd because two of my systems work fine on comcast.

[mjrx]

I have Comcast as well - I just tried a quick mailer object using smtp.comcast.net, no authentication, and port 25 and it went through OK. Port 465 did not work, but port 25 and port 587 did (port 587 is what my email is set for). Try putting you mailer.ini file like this:

[all]

SMTPPort=587

without the "[all]" in the beginning it seems to default to port 25

[Dbregler]

i know 25 is blocked on mine. and 465 is my set up, but neither would work.  luckily 587 worked.  thank you very much

[Mike@Forshock]

465 is used for SSL/TLS encryption.  You would need something like stunnel to make it work.

Glad you got it going.