using joomla 1.7.2 & google app mailing which is working fine in the web client.
the contact form was sending mails successfully until 23 july, now it stopped mailng & giving the error
"SMTP Error! Could not authenticate".
when using TLS its gives error:
"SMTP Error! Could not authenticate. Language string failed to load: tls Language string failed to load: smtp_errorSTARTTLS command used when not advertised"
Here is the joomla Mail Setting in the global configuration that was working earlier:
Mailer SMTP
From email email@mydomain.com
From Name email@mydomain.com
Sendmail Path /usr/sbin/sendmail
SMTP Authentication Yes
SMTP Security TLS
SMTP Port 587
SMTP Username email@mydomain.com
SMTP Password ******
SMTP Host smtp.gmail.com
everything is same as it was when the mailing was working.
Now tried changing
smtp ports to: 465 & 587, with both SSL & TLS;
smtp host to: ssl://smtp.gmail.com:465, SMTP Security: None, SMTP Port: 25
Same mailing problem occurred few months back also but then just by using SMTP TLS/587 & full email id in the 'From Name' started the mailing.
BUT NOW NO SETTING SEEMS TO BE WORKING.
i also checked this post How to configure Joomla 1.7 SMTP email with a google apps email address and found openssl is enabled in my php_info.
Did google changed anything or my hosting server? What should i look for if my hosing server changed anything?
i could not find any other setting to try! Anyone plz provide some clue!