Is it possible to send email using the SMTP server of my subscriber''s website host? Customers who register at my site should be able send email by using my web app. I would like to use their SMTP server to send any emails that my customers want to send to their clients. I don''t know what the relay problem is, that''s why I want to confirm. TIA. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
Try setting the ActionMailer server address to "localhost". Your app
is
on the same server as the SMTP server, so if you address the SMTP server
by domain name (mail.whatever.com) the server thinks it''s a relay and
doesn''t allow it.
ActionMailer::Base.server_settings = {
:address => "localhost",
:port => 25,
:domain => "whatever.com",
:user_name => "<login>",
:password => "<password>",
:authentication => :login
}
c.
Bala Paranj wrote:> Is it possible to send email using the SMTP server of my
subscriber''s
> website host? Customers who register at my site should be able send
> email by
> using my web app. I would like to use their SMTP server to send any
> emails
> that my customers want to send to their clients. I don''t know what
the
> relay
> problem is, that''s why I want to confirm. TIA.
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As long as (1) your app can get to that SMTP server and (2) the SMTP sever allows your app to use it as a relay, you should be fine. I do development against external SMTP servers all the time. It''s very unlikely that your customer''s SMTP server is an open relay. If you can use it as an SMTP host at all, your app probably needs an SMTP username and password, which you''ll have to put in the appropriate config/environments config file. It''s also possible that your ISP blocks your apps from accessing an outside SMTP server. This is common with a lot of consumer-grade ISPs (i.e. Earthlink only allows customers to use the Earthlink SMTP servers), but it''s unlikely if your app is running on a corporate network or at a hosting facility. Bala Paranj wrote:> Is it possible to send email using the SMTP server of my subscriber''s > website host? Customers who register at my site should be able send > email by > using my web app. I would like to use their SMTP server to send any > emails > that my customers want to send to their clients. I don''t know what the > relay > problem is, that''s why I want to confirm. TIA.-- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
Thank you for the clarification. That was my original assumption. Now I can test it to make sure that I don''t run into any other problems. On 10/16/06, Steve Koppelman <rails-mailing-list-ARtvInVfO7ksV2N9l4h3zg@public.gmane.org> wrote:> > As long as (1) your app can get to that SMTP server and (2) the SMTP > sever allows your app to use it as a relay, you should be fine. I do > development against external SMTP servers all the time. > > It''s very unlikely that your customer''s SMTP server is an open relay. If > you can use it as an SMTP host at all, your app probably needs an SMTP > username and password, which you''ll have to put in the appropriate > config/environments config file. > > It''s also possible that your ISP blocks your apps from accessing an > outside SMTP server. This is common with a lot of consumer-grade ISPs > (i.e. Earthlink only allows customers to use the Earthlink SMTP > servers), but it''s unlikely if your app is running on a corporate > network or at a hosting facility. >--~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---