phpBB not sending emails to outside domain with new posts

I think you answered you question

I did read on the hostmonster site where some providers block certain ips (like hostmonster) to protect against spam

is host monster your domain name registrar as well as webhost?

you can always use google apps for your email, I use it and it works fine.

google.com/a/

and read this for the setup of google apps for phpbb3

http://startrekguide.com/community/viewtopic.php?f=50&t=6405

I am using 3.0.3.

why would the welcome to the BB and activation emails go through to the yahoo account?

what email settings would help?

enable board wide = enabled
users send email via board = disabled
email function name = mail
contact email address = myname@yahoo.com
return email = myname@yahoo.com
SMTP
use smtp = no

does this help?

ok so your sending from a yahoo account.

let me do some digging, it may be they are being held for a while. whereas the activation email is sent immediately, in the mean time anything showing up on your error log?

ok what value do you have for this field in your email settings?

E-mail package size:
This is the number of maximum e-mails sent out in one package. This setting is applied to the internal message queue; set this value to 0 if you have problems with non-delivered notification e-mails.  

what would using google mail do?  I don't use gmail - i use yahoo.

hostmonster has it's own smtp.  would this help?  what does smtp do?

thanks,
brian

email package size is 50.  I'll set it to 0.

where do I check the log?

I don't think I'm sending from a yahoo account.  I'm sending TO a yahoo account (and others that users put as their email).

Brian

I use a free host that doesn't offer a smtp server, so i have to user an external one, I use the google apps to provide email for my persoanl domain name so i can have myemail@mydomain.com type of emails.

the error log is located at ACP->Maintainance (Tab)->Error Log

If you have the yahoo address set for the

Contact e-mail address:

and the

Return e-mail address:

it will use that email address

for SMTP read here http://www.answers.com/topic/simple-mail-transfer-protocol

error log is empty.

I do not have smtp set up in phpbb, but i can use myemail@mydomain.com, I guess because hostmonster includes it?  I'm a little confused.  I'll read the link, but don't want to get involved in smtp if I don't have to.

i set the email package size to 0, but the same.  a notification went email@hosdomain.com but not to email@yahoo.com.

Is there a place I can see what is being sent?  If it's really trying to send to yahoo?

Brian

the smtp article gave me a headache.  too much for me.

Is there a place I can see what is being sent?  If it's really trying to send to yahoo?
Not that i am aware of.
the email is being sent becuase hostmonster is sending the emails from it's own SMTP server, which i assume might be slow or getting blocked by yahoo. chances are it is getting blocked,

I'll try to see if i can find yahoo's smtp server settings for you to try

ok set up the email settings for smtp like in the picture

I tried setting up the yahoo smtp but it seems to have made matters worse.  my yahoo account still isn't getting email notification, and neither is the account on my hostmonster domain email.

it might be not set up right,

try replacing mail in the smtp address to att

Changed smtp.mail.yahoo.com to smtp.att.yahoo.com.  Still nothing.

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here's what it says on monster hosts's site.  How can I be a sure a new host (if I switch)  wouldn't have this problem?

Problem
I am not receiving messages sent through my e-mail forwarders!

Solution

Unfortunately, several ISPs have chosen to blacklist our e-mail forwarding servers. This has occurred because we do not personally initiate controls over email that is incoming to your forwarded email addresses. We do not initiate these controls because they often result in legitimate e-mails being filtered. This can result in a large amount of spam that is sent to your forwarded address, which gets delivered to your ISP account (user@comcast.net). The ISP perceives this spam as having originated from our forwarding server (because it was forwarded from your account), and as a result chooses to block the 'offending' IP address (our IP that you are using). Unfortunately, many ISPs have become unbending on this issue (which we can sympathize with, as our company is well aware of the trouble spam e-mails cause), and regrettably there is nothing further we can do to prevent this from happening to our customers if the ISP they are forwarding e-mail to is promoting these measures.

If this is happening to you, we suggest you create an e-mail account for your address and set up a mail client to access the address via POP or IMAP. ISP's that we have been able to identify as employing these measures are noted here:

    * AOL
    * Comcast
    * AT&T Yahoo!
    * Earthlink

seems odd that they would get a activation email and not an notif. did they chack their spam folder? and their block list?

yeah - not in spam folder.  it's my email!  As for the block list, I don't think I have one (except maybe defaults), and I did get the activation email!  odd.

send me an email with the email in my profile, of a thread,  go to a public thread, and at the top it should have an option to email to friend there.

let me know when you send it, I wonder if it if your account?

I'll try to send an email.  Do I need to make a member?  I can do that, subscribe you, then make a post.

I was just reviewing the info from HM's site that talks about blocked email.  It is talking about the MAIL FORWARDERS.  Don't know if this would affect email from within phpBB.

BTW I am not getting notifications of EE being updated.  Were you having the same trouble (notification server down)?

Got the email,

yes, EE's mail server and expert tab is down, the people at the office are fixing it.

seems strange that you wouldn't get the notif from phpbb, and i do.

Btw i updated my PW there, just to post back what i got the notif from

As I said, I get it on the xxx@mydomain email address, just not at yahoo.  Leads me to believe they are blocking it.

well the one i have in my profile is a yahoo email, I'll change it to a @yahoo.com domain to see if that affects it

what's the difference between a yahoo email and an email at @yahoo.com?  mine is xxx@yahoo.com and it doesn't work.

not sure, but made a topic there for you to post in, if it works i should get a notif.

well notifs are working fine for me,

and you say it is only you that doesn't get the notif,

try registering a new account with your email, and see if you get the activation email or whatever. if not, then it must be blocked, if it goes through then your subscription to the forum is messed up,

You are getting them at xxx@yahoo.com??  did you get the post on the "test" forum titled "test test1 w gmail"?  It was posted at 7:26 on 1126?  I am not getting them at yahoo or a new gmail account.

Can we talk somehow?  I am so frustrated.....

Brian

nope, didn't get that one,

and i didn't see the test forum, so it might not be set up right

hmm so new gmail account and your not getting notifs either.

but other people get them. really odd.

you could try posting a support request on phpbb.com in the 3.x support forum, with a copy of the posts here(not a link, sincei doubt any have a account with EE, and posts are blocked to guests) the support team there might know why this is happening.

I thought you were able to see Test and subscribed.  I changed your permission and added a post.  Did you get the email?

no, still no email

I'll check to see if i'm subscribed

ok i wasn't subscribed to the test forum, but am now,

it has to be with your email setup. are you sure your subscribed to the forum?

hey, I got an idea, I'll setup a test forum on my server and see if you can get notifs from there, I'll need to use the same email settings you have, I got the email your forum uses, so i put that for the email, then once i get it setup, i'll post a link for you to sign up on

sign up here

http://bsatroop50.info/T50/phpBB3/index.php

see if it works.

I am really confused, I have it sending from your email but am using mine for SMTP server, BUT it seems to be sending from mine yet.

so it HAS to deal your email I think, I ain't recieving emails from it, when i send a pm to myself, any email at all.

test it on another forum, pm to self and no email either,

so i dono, if it is just an issue with your account, I'd wouldn't worry about it, you could use a domain email instead, other than that i cannot help you further.

so my test forum won't help you if it doesn;t work correctly.