Rails ActionMailer configuration for Zoho

Question

Anyone have luck configuring ActionMailer to send email via a Zoho account?

These are my settings:

ActionMailer::Base.smtp_settings = {
    :address              => "smtp.zoho.com",
    :port                 => 465,
    :domain               => 'example.com',
    :user_name            => '[email protected]',
    :password             => 'n0tmypa$$w0rd',
    :authentication       => :login
}

However, calling .deliver times out:

irb(main):001:0> AdminMailer.signup_notification('asfd').deliver
Timeout::Error: Timeout::Error
        from C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/1.9.1/net/protocol.rb:146:in `rescue in rbuf_fill'
        from C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/1.9.1/net/protocol.rb:140:in `rbuf_fill'
        from C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/1.9.1/net/protocol.rb:122:in `readuntil'
        from C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/1.9.1/net/protocol.rb:132:in `readline'
        from C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/1.9.1/net/smtp.rb:929:in `recv_response'
        from C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/1.9.1/net/smtp.rb:552:in `block in do_start'
        from C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/1.9.1/net/smtp.rb:939:in `critical'
        from C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/1.9.1/net/smtp.rb:552:in `do_start'
        from C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/1.9.1/net/smtp.rb:519:in `start'
        from C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/mail-2.4.4/lib/mail/network/delivery_methods/smtp.rb:144:in `deliver!'

The help docs say to use port 465 and SSL authentication. I've tried with and without :enable_starttls_auto => true but it still times out.

Specifically, the docs specify the following settings:

>     Email Address: [email protected]
>     User Name format: [email protected]
>     Secure Connection (SSL)   Yes
>     Outgoing Mail Server Name: smtp.zoho.com
>     Outgoing Port No.: 465
>     Outgoing Mail Server requires authentication: Yes

Any ideas?

p.s. I've configured Outlook to use the settings in the help docs and outgoing email works fine. telnet to smtp.zoho.com 465 also connects.

Answer 1

# Action Mailer
ActionMailer::Base.delivery_method = :smtp  
ActionMailer::Base.smtp_settings = {            
  :address              => "smtp.zoho.com", 
  :port                 => 465,                 
  :user_name            => '[email protected]',
  :password             => 'password',         
  :authentication       => :login,
  :ssl                  => true,
  :tls                  => true,
  :enable_starttls_auto => true    
}

That worked for me. Your settings might be fine some local networks block these kinds of packets. I had to test it through my 3G network.

Answer 2

FYI:

Let's say your domain is abc.com.
Let's say you have 'default from' on your mailer with a different domain, e.g.

  default from: "\"Elephant\" <[email protected]>"

This will not work unless you change your 'default from' using the same domain on your zoho account.
So,

  default from: "\"Elephant\" <[email protected]>"

will work.