In remote host: Connection could not be established with host smtp.gmail.com [Connection timed out #110] - email

Question

after deploying I gettin this error below when i try to send an mail:
500 | Internal Server Error | Swift_TransportException
Connection could not be established with host smtp.gmail.com [Connection timed out #110]
stack trace
* at ()
in SF_ROOT_DIR/lib/vendor/symfony/lib/vendor/swiftmailer/classes/Swift/Transport/StreamBuffer.php line 235 ...
232. }
233. if (!$this->_stream = fsockopen($host, $this->_params['port'], $errno, $errstr, $timeout))
234. {
235. throw new Swift_TransportException(
236. 'Connection could not be established with host ' . $this->_params['host'] .
237. ' [' . $errstr . ' #' . $errno . ']'
238. );
* at Swift_Transport_StreamBuffer->_establishSocketConnection()
in SF_ROOT_DIR/lib/vendor/symfony/lib/vendor/swiftmailer/classes/Swift/Transport/StreamBuffer.php line 70 ...
67. break;
68. case self::TYPE_SOCKET:
69. default:
70. $this->_establishSocketConnection();
71. break;
72. }
73. }
* at Swift_Transport_StreamBuffer->initialize(array('protocol' => 'ssl', 'host' => 'smtp.gmail.com', 'port' => 465, 'timeout' => 30, 'blocking' => 1, 'type' => 1))
in SF_ROOT_DIR/lib/vendor/symfony/lib/vendor/swiftmailer/classes/Swift/Transport/AbstractSmtpTransport.php line 101 ...
98.
99. try
100. {
101. $this->_buffer->initialize($this->_getBufferParams());
102. }
103. catch (Swift_TransportException $e)
104. {
* at Swift_Transport_AbstractSmtpTransport->start()
in SF_ROOT_DIR/lib/vendor/symfony/lib/vendor/swiftmailer/classes/Swift/Mailer.php line 74 ...
71.
72. if (!$this->_transport->isStarted())
73. {
74. $this->_transport->start();
75. }
76.
77. return $this->_transport->send($message, $failedRecipients);
* at Swift_Mailer->send(object('Swift_Message'), array())
in SF_ROOT_DIR/lib/vendor/symfony/lib/mailer/sfMailer.class.php line 300 ...
297. return $this->realtimeTransport->send($message, $failedRecipients);
298. }
299.
300. return parent::send($message, $failedRecipients);
301. }
302.
303. /**
* at sfMailer->send(object('Swift_Message'))
in SF_ROOT_DIR/lib/vendor/symfony/lib/mailer/sfMailer.class.php line 263 ...
260. */
261. public function composeAndSend($from, $to, $subject, $body)
262. {
263. return $this->send($this->compose($from, $to, $subject, $body));
264. }
265.
266. /**
* at sfMailer->composeAndSend('tirengar#gmail.com', 'tirengarfio#hotmail.com', 'Confirm Registration', 'Hello fjklsdjf,<br/><br/> Click here to confirm your registration<br/><br/> Your login information can be found below:<br/><br/> Username: fjklsdjf<br/> Password: m')
in SF_ROOT_DIR/plugins/sfDoctrineGuardExtraPlugin/modules/sfGuardRegister/lib/BasesfGuardRegisterActions.class.php line 89 ...
86. $user->getEmailAddress(),
87. 'Confirm Registration',
88. $message
89. );
90. }
91.
92. /**
* at BasesfGuardRegisterActions->sendRegisterConfirmMail(object('sfGuardUser'), 'm')
in SF_ROOT_DIR/plugins/sfDoctrineGuardExtraPlugin/modules/sfGuardRegister/lib/BasesfGuard
This is my configuration in factories.yml.
all:
mailer:
param:
delivery_strategy: realtime
transport:
class: Swift_SmtpTransport
param:
host: smtp.gmail.com
port: 465
encryption: ssl
username: tirengarfio
password: XXXX
The port 465 is open the my remote host. No problem in localhost.
Any idea?
--
Javi
Ubuntu 8.04

Answer 1

I have taken these instructions directly from gmail site.
you have to use #gmail.com in your username.
Outgoing Mail (SMTP) Server - requires TLS: smtp.gmail.com (use authentication)
Use Authentication: Yes
Use STARTTLS: Yes (some clients call this SSL)
Port: 465 or 587
Account Name: your full email address (including #gmail.com)
Google Apps users, please enter username#your_domain.com
Password: your Gmail password

Answer 2

You need to open 465 on firewall
On CSF firewall you need to add 465 on TCP_OUT =

Answer 3

I don't know if this helps, buy I've run with the same problem on my local machine (Windows). For resolving this I had to copy two dlls on the php directory to system32(ssleay.dll and libeay.dll) and unncoment the extension php_openssl.dll on my apache configuration. There might be a similar solution for linux. I suggest you contact the hosting because it's quite possible that you cannot perform this solution on a shared hosting.

Answer 4

Well, I had the same problem for a while, replacing: smtp.gmail.com with 173.194.65.108 actually worked for me!

Answer 5

If you get this constantly without any luck, then check the settings again.
I was overlooking my settings and later found the host was wrong.
I used,
smtp.google.com
instead of
smtp.gmail.com
Too silly, but it happened to me.