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      scottharvey last edited by

      I am trying to set up outgoing email using Google and I'm getting a Connection timeout error.

      Is there any way to determine what the problem is?

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      • nebulon
        nebulon Staff last edited by

        Can you verify, that you can reach the smtp.gmail.com server on port 587 just fine on the server? This can be tested on a ssh connection to your server and then attempting telnet smtp.gmail.com 587

        Also you might want to take a look at the system logs at journatlct list box, maybe they give more hints.

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          scottharvey last edited by scottharvey

          Here are the logs when I try to connect to the server, I've manually changed my logs to point to example.com

          Aug 25 00:04:00 my.example.com node[23958]: Sat, 25 Aug 2018 00:03:59 GMT connect-lastmile Bad Request : Connection timeout
          Aug 25 00:04:00 my.example.com node[23958]: Box POST /api/v1/mail/example.com/relay 400 5003.952 ms - 64
          Aug 25 00:04:00 my.example.com node[23958]: box:scheduler sync: synchronizing global state with installed app state
          Aug 25 00:04:00 my.example.com node[23958]: box:scheduler sync: done
          

          When trying to telnet the command just freezes on the following

          root@my:/home# telnet smtp.gmail.com 587
          Trying 74.125.24.108...
          Trying 74.125.24.109...
          
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          • nebulon
            nebulon Staff last edited by

            If you can ping those IPs (ping 74.125.24.108) successfully, then this is most likely a firewall issue. May it be possible that your VPS provider blocks outbound connections to that port?

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            • girish
              girish Staff last edited by

              @scottharvey Are you on Google Cloud?

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                scottharvey @girish last edited by

                @girish I am using Digital Ocean, I found someone suggesting to contact Digital Ocean support in order to open port 587. I sent them an email and I'm just waiting for a reply.

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                  scottharvey last edited by

                  After contacting Digital Ocean support and answering a few questions about my email usage they unblocked port 587 so I can send email now. Thanks for the help.

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