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I have tried setting up SMTP in the dotenv file:
MAILER_URL=smtp://mydomain.nl:25?encryption=tls&username=noreply%mydomain.nl&password=***`
And I’ve sent an email using php bin/console swiftmailer:email:send. This gave me an error:
[app] Exception occurred while flushing email queue: Connection could not be established with host webmail.mydomain.nl [Connection timed out #110]`
So I assumed this is caused by the firewall. So then I tried to send an email via an online SMTP tester and the email got sent and all worked as expected.
However, this still does not work on my server. Even after turning off the firewall on my (Windows) VPS, the same error persists.
My setup is as follows:
- I have a VPS (WINDOWS) with plesk where I host my domain and the mail server.
- I also have a home server (CENTOS) where I host my subdomain with plesk.
What am I overlooking? What could be the cause of this issue?
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So apparently, please correct me if im wrong. This is what I think I did wrong:
I have a subdomain from my main plesk which I host on my home server. The project i'm working on is running from there.
The main domain with that plesk account is running on a VPS with the mailserver.
As it turns out (I think) my ISP from my home internet has restricted access to port 25. And thats why my home server cant access the mail server.
I tried to disable firewalls everywhere, even routed the ports in my router to my home server, nil fix. (please note that i tried to telnet to several SMTP servers not just my own) with all access rejected.
I tried it with another port (465) from my home server and it works now.
At the end using another port did the trick. I am however not sure that this is the issue. But this is just my guess.
Some host providers block 465 and 25 port. So only 587 is left to use. First, contact your host provider and ask if they are blocking SMTP ports. And if not please come back with more information and server config.