[imp] "Error Connecting to SMTP Server" - Having difficulty troubleshooting !

[Michael M Slusarz]

Quoting Tim Smith <r.andomdev4+imp at gmail.com>:

> Hi,
>
> Horde 5.2.5, Imp 6.2.8.  Both installed via PEAR.
>
> When I try to send a mail in IMP, I get an error message saying "Error
> Connecting to SMTP Server"
>
> The server it is trying to connect to is a Postifx server, which gives
> the following error " lost connection after UNKNOWN".
>
> The authentication credentials are correct, I have validated these via
> the openssl s_client method.
>
> My horde/imp/config/backends.local.php looks like the below.  Although
> the debug file exists, and I’ve even set it chmod 777, horde writes
> absolutely nothing to the debug file.
>
> $servers['imap']['disabled'] = true;
> $servers['advanced'] = array (
>     'disabled' => false,
>     'name' => 'IMAP Server',
>     'hostspec' => 'mx.example.com',
>     'hordeauth' => 'full',
>     'protocol' => 'imap',
>     'port' => 993,
>     'secure' => 'ssl',
>     'smtp' => array(
>         'auth' => true,
>         'host' => 'send.example.com',
>         'password' => ‘none_of_your_business’,
>         'port' => 587,
>         'horde_auth'=>false,
>         'username' => 'horde',
>         'debug' => '/tmp/smtpdebug8may.txt',
>         'debug_raw' => true,
>         'localhost' => 'horde.example.com',
>     ),
> );

If Horde writes nothing to the debug log, that means it was not able  
to reach that host/port combination.  Security settings shouldn't  
matter since TLS changeover hasn't occurred yet.

This seems to be more of a network/port filtering issue than anything  
to do with Horde code.

michael

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Michael Slusarz [slusarz at horde.org]