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Configure SMTP

Author:Scott Reilly
Version:2.7
Last update:31 December 2009
Compatibility:WP 2.8+, 2.9+
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Description:

Configure SMTP mailing in WordPress, including support for sending e-mail via SSL/TLS (such as GMail).

Extended Description

Configure SMTP mailing in WordPress, including support for sending e-mail via SSL/TLS (such as GMail).

This plugin is the renamed, rewritten, and updated version of the wpPHPMailer plugin.

Use this plugin to customize the SMTP mailing system used by default by WordPress to handle *outgoing* e-mails. It offers you the ability to specify:

* SMTP host name
* SMTP port number
* If SMTPAuth (authentication) should be used.
* SMTP username
* SMTP password
* If the SMTP connection needs to occur over ssl or tls

In addition, you can instead indicate that you wish to use GMail to handle outgoing e-mail, in which case the above settings are automatically configured to values appropriate for GMail, though you’ll need to specify your GMail e-mail (included the “@gmail.com”) and password.

Regardless of whether SMTP is enabled or configured, the plugin provides you the ability to define the name and email of the ‘From:’ field for all outgoing e-mails.

A simple test button is also available that allows you to send a test e-mail to yourself to check if sending e-mail has been properly configured for your blog.

Find out more at the plugin’s WordPress Plugin Repository page.

Screenshots

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  • A screenshot of the plugin’s admin settings page.

    screenshot 1

Installation

  1. Download the file coffee2code.com/wp-plugins/configure-smtp.zip and unzip it inside the ‘/wp-content/plugins/’ directory for your site (or install via the built-in WordPress plugin installer).
  2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ admin menu in WordPress
  3. Click the plugin’s ‘Settings’ link next to its ‘Deactivate’ link (still on the Plugins page), or click on the Settings -> SMTP link, to go to the plugin’s admin settings page. Optionally customize the settings (to configure it if the defaults aren’t valid for your situation).
  4. (optional) Use the built-in test to see if your blog can properly send out e-mails.

Frequently Asked Questions

  • Q: I am already able to receive e-mail sent by my blog, so would I have any use or need for this plugin?

    A: Most likely, no. Not unless you have a preference for having your mail sent out via a different SMTP server, such as GMail.

  • Q: How do I find out my SMTP host, and/or if I need to use SMTPAuth and what my username and password for that are?

    A: Check out the settings for your local e-mail program. More than likely that is configured to use an outgoing SMTP server. Otherwise, contact your host or someone more intimately knowledgeable about your situation.

  • Q: I’ve sent out a few test e-mails using the test button after having tried different values for some of the settings; how do I know which one worked?

    A: If your settings worked, you should receive the test e-mail at e-mail address associated with your WordPress blog user account. That e-mail contains a time-stamp which was reported to you by the plugin when the e-mail was sent. If you are trying out various setting values, be sure to record what your settings were and what the time-stamp was when sending with those settings.

Release Log

  • 31 Dec 2009 : v2.7 — Release Notes. Highlights: added full support for localization; compatible with WP 2.9+; drops compatibility with versions of WP older than 2.8
  • 15 Jun 2009: v2.6 — moved admin JS into footer, removed hardcoded paths, changed permissions check, minor reformatting, confirms compatibility with WP 2.8+, drops compatibility with versions of WP older than 2.6
  • 02 Apr 2009 : v2.5 — Release Notes. Highlights: added SSL/TLS support (i.e. GMail), and more
  • 13 Apr 2008 : v2.0 — Release notes.
  • NOTE: This is the spiritual successor to my wpPHPMailer plugin, which is why this plugin is starting out at v2.0.

Copyright & Disclaimer

Copyright © 2004-2010 by Scott Reilly (aka coffee2code)

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the “Software”), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED “AS IS”, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

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