[horde] Mailer SMTP option not working

[Jeff Tipton]

 >On 09/25/2011 03:23 PM, Jeff Tipton wrote:
 >> Hi,
 >>
 >> I have my mail system and Horde on separate machines on my LAN, so I set
 >> $conf['mailer']['type'] = 'smtp';
 >> But when I'm trying to send a message from IMP, it fails with "Error
 >> when communicating with the server". When I look up the mail system's
 >> logs, no attempt to log in appears.
 >>
 >>  From Horde's host, I can telnet to my mailsystem and send a message.
 >> This is the "Mailer" part of my config:
 >>
 >> $conf['mailer']['params']['host'] = 'hostname.domainname.local';
 >> $conf['mailer']['params']['port'] = 25;
 >> $conf['mailer']['params']['auth'] = 'PLAIN';
 >> $conf['mailer']['type'] = 'smtp';
 >>
 >> This is the contents of horde/imp/config/backends.local.php:
 >>
 >> $servers['imap'] = array(
 >> 'disabled' => false,
 >> 'name' => 'IMAP Server',
 >> 'hostspec' => '192.168.2.11',
 >> 'hordeauth' => full,
 >> 'protocol' => 'imap',
 >> 'port' => 993,
 >> 'secure' => ssl,
 >> 'maildomain' => 'domainname.tld',
 >> 'smtphost' => 'hostname.domainname.local',
 >> 'smtpport' => 25,
 >> 'quota' => array(
 >> 'driver' => 'imap',
 >> 'params' => array(
 >> 'hide_when_unlimited' => true,
 >> 'unit' => 'MB'
 >> )
 >> ),
 >> 'acl' => true,
 >> 'cache' => false,
 >> );
 >> ?>
 >>
 >> Although I set Horde's log level to "debug", when sending I only get
 >> these lines with [imp] mark:
 >>
 >> Sep 25 12:41:56 www HORDE: [imp] Load config file (conf.php; app: imp)
 >> [pid 61971 on line 861 of "/usr/local/share/pear/Horde.php"]
 >> Sep 25 12:41:57 www HORDE: [imp] Load config file (nls.php; app: horde)
 >> [pid 61971 on line 861 of "/usr/local/share/pear/Horde.php"]
 >> Sep 25 12:41:57 www HORDE: [imp] Max memory usage: 21233664 bytes [pid
 >> 61971 on line 474 of "/usr/local/share/pear/Horde/Registry.php"]
 >>
 >> Any ideas of how to solve this?
 >> Thanks.
 >
 >I am not very good at Horde, but have you tested if the smtp is actually
 >working:
 >telnet hostname.domainname.local 25

 >As it is set up with you, it looks like smtp will fail in case quota is
 >at limit.

 >Regards
 >Carl Friis-Hansen

Thank you, Carl, for the reply.

Yes, as I already wrote above, I tried to telnet from Horde's host to my 
smtp host, and was able to send a message from the command line (and 
even received that message). And yes, I used exactly the same dns 
aadress and port I have in Horde's configuration: "telnet 
hostname.domainname.local 25"

Jeff