SMTP not allowing for port 465: Page 2

SMTP not allowing for port 465

Danielc1234

@ntozier
root@ubuntu:~# telnet smtp.dreamhost.com 465
Trying 64.90.62.162...
Connected to smtp.dreamhost.com.
Escape character is '^]'.

That is what it is showing.

ntozier

Once you are looking at that:
type EHLO and hit Enter.
type mail from: <your_name@yourdomain.com> and hit Enter.
type rcpt to: <recipient@recipientdomain.com> and hit Enter.
type data and hit Enter.
type Subject: <a subject here> and hit Enter.
type This is a test message sent from telnet. and press Enter.
type . and hit Enter.

This should generate a email from your_name@yourdomain.com to recipient@recipientdomain.com. So obviously change those to your address.

Danielc1234

@ntozier
I entered the EHLO and hit enter, works fine
But when I do the mail from: email@ourdomain.com and hit enter, I get this error message..
'Connection closed by foreign host.'

Not sure what that means. but I cannot get past that point.

ntozier

My guess is that the remote port detects that you are not using SSL and closes the connection.

You could use openssl to test the connection... but I think that the problem is not the connection.

In the SMTP hostname try ssl:\smtp.dreamhost.com and see if that helps.

Danielc1234

@ntozier
I tried that setting and got this error.
Failed to connect to ssl:\smtp.dreamhost.com:465 [SMTP: Failed to connect socket: php_network_getaddresses: getaddrinfo failed: Name or service not known (code: -1, response: )]

ntozier

Danielc1234 ssl:\smtp

Ooops typo. That should read ssl:\\smtp.dreamhost.com

Danielc1234

@ntozier
Same error using that setting.
Failed to connect to ssl:\smtp.dreamhost.com:465 [SMTP: Failed to connect socket: php_network_getaddresses: getaddrinfo failed: Name or service not known (code: -1, response: )]

ntozier

Danielc1234 Failed to connect to ssl:\smtp.dreamhost.

it appears to still be missing the second \

Danielc1234

@ntozier
Tried both ways, still getting the same error. ?

KevinTheJedi

@Danielc1234

Check your mailserver's connection logs and your webserver's connection logs to see if it's even attempting a connection. Any connection errors should appear there as well.

Cheers.

thijskossen

Did you try tls://smtp.dreamhost.com ?

KB19

thijskossen Thanks! 👍️

nathanrossi39

by adding in tls:// before the server name did the trick with port 465

m_henry

I can confirm that using ssl://smtp.dreamhost.com resolves this issue and enforces a correct secure connection.

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