DotProject Can't send emails, how to fix ?

[muhammadkohail]

Hi, im trying to run (sending emails feature) in dotproject while: 1- my current mail server is outside the one which i uploaded the files on 2- i tried these steps in (System Configuration) :

• (SMTP)
• mail.mydomain.net
• Port 25
• Host requires login "checked"
• SMTP Username and Password (done)
• Queue Email for later sending "checked"
• SMTP Server Timeout "30"
• Enable TLS for SMTP "checked"
• Save

3- i tried to make a new log, and choose emails 4- i got the log saved with these details:

(( Emailed 15/07/2019 14:52:18 to: myuser@mydomain.com (myuser@mydomain.com) ))

5- i did't get any emails sent to my account 6- i tried those fixes https://github.com/dotproject/dotProject/issues/36

and there is no results too, can you help me plz ?

[muhammadkohail]

@ajdonnison please help

[ajdonnison]

@muhammadkohail if you set Queued email it won't send it unless you have either a cron job to run the queue runner or you have also set Scan Event Queue on Session Garbage Collection in theSession Handling Settings` in System Admin.

If you want to test the email settings, in the System Admin main menu you will see at the bottom of the screen Send Test Email.

[muhammadkohail]

i did that (Scan Event Queue on Session Garbage Collection in the Session Handling Settings` in System Admin) but NO results found yet. please advice

[muhammadkohail]

@ajdonnison

[muhammadkohail]

Look, i changed the main way like this: 1 - i created mail server on the current domain which dotproject setup-ed on 2 - i did the system configuration like this:

• (SMTP)
• mail.mydomain.net
• Port 465
• Host requires login "checked"
• SMTP Username and Password (done)
• Queue Email for later sending "checked"
• SMTP Server Timeout "30"
• Enable TLS for SMTP "checked"
• Scan Event Queue on Session Garbage Collection "checked"
• Save

is that right ?

[muhammadkohail]

@ajdonnison please help

[ajdonnison]

Did you try using the "Send Test Email" function? Also, uncheck the queue email option until you make sure the email is working - one problem at a time.

[ajdonnison]

The other thing you can do is point your browser to queuescanner.php which will run anything caught in the queue.

[muhammadkohail]

Did you try using the "Send Test Email" function? Also, uncheck the queue email option until you make sure the email is working - one problem at a time.

• Yes, i did "Send Test Email" as i told, i did the all fixing points in the 3 editet files which you uploaded
• I removed now the checked on "queue email option", but the page "Send Test Email" still loading with NO finish

[muhammadkohail]

queuescanner.php

How i can do that in code steps and lines please ?

[muhammadkohail]

Did you try using the "Send Test Email" function? Also, uncheck the queue email option until you make sure the email is working - one problem at a time.

* Yes, i did "Send Test Email" as i told, i did the all fixing points in the 3 editet files which you uploaded

* I removed now the checked on "queue email option", but the page "Send Test Email" still loading with NO finish

504 Gateway Time-out nginx/1.15.10

[muhammadkohail]

queuescanner.php

How i can do that in code steps and lines please ?

<?php // $Id$

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The full text of the GPL is in the COPYING file. */

// Function to scan the event queue and execute any functions required.

require_once 'base.php';
require_once DP_BASE_DIR.'/includes/config.php';
require_once DP_BASE_DIR.'/includes/main_functions.php';
require_once DP_BASE_DIR.'/includes/db_connect.php';
require_once DP_BASE_DIR.'/classes/ui.class.php';
require_once DP_BASE_DIR.'/classes/event_queue.class.php';
require_once DP_BASE_DIR.'/classes/query.class.php';

$AppUI = new CAppUI;
$AppUI->setUserLocale();
$perms =& $AppUI->acl();

echo "Scanning Queue ...\n";
$queue = EventQueue::getInstance();
# Determine if we are called from the command line or from a web page,
# In either case we may have an argument telling us if we are scanning
# the batch or the immediate queue.  If no argument, scan everything.
$batch = null;
if (isset($_REQUEST['batch'])) {
    $batch = strtolower($_REQUEST['batch']);
} else if (isset($argv) && !empty($argv[1])) {
    $batch = strtolower($argv[1]);
}
if (!empty($batch)) {
    if ( is_numeric($batch)) {
        $batch = intval($batch);
        if ($batch[0] == 'y' || $batch[0] == 't') {
            $batch = 1;
        } else {
            $batch = 0;
        }
    }
    if ($batch) {
        $queue->scanBatched();
    } else {
        $queue->scanImmediate();
    }
} else {
    $queue->scan();
}
echo 'Done, '.$queue->eventCount().' events processed'."\n";

[ajdonnison]

If your web server is set up correctly, pointing a browser to queuescanner.php will run it as a PHP file and not display the file contents as it appears to have done. If you want to run it from a command line you'd use php queuescanner.php.

The timeout information seems to suggest that it is a network issue rather than a code issue. If you have access to the server can you try debugging the connection? Either using tcpdump to see if the connection is being made and responded to, or use telnet to ensure the connection details are correct.

Also look at the nginx error log to see if there is anything of use there.

[muhammadkohail]

out informatio

the connection is good, and the system is running well but emails also, i tried to point queuescanner.php on my browser and i got (504 Gateway Time-out), there is a long loading while the other files can be run fast ! please advice with anyway Note: the code which i sent to you wasnt from pointing my browser, i got it from inside the file from cpanel

[ajdonnison]

A couple of things, "the connection is good", how do you know? What tests have you done? Can you connect to port 465 from the server? If so, what did you do to test that?

As for the timeout, I've already said that the most likely issue is that it isn't able to connect to the mail server, so the fact that other files run fast is completely irrelevant. If the send test email page is also hanging - therein lies your problem. Set the timeout to a smaller value so you don't hit the default PHP execution time limit - say 10 seconds. Then try the test page again, if nothing else you should at least see an error coming back. The default execution timeout on PHP is 30 seconds, so if you haven't altered that it will be kicking in before your SMTP timeout. The fact that either timeout is triggered means that the server connection details are wrong, or there is a network issue, or something else causing the connection issue.

You said that the mail server is "on the same domain", does that mean it is on the same server? Is it listening to the local loopback network?