My installation of Omeka is not sending emails to anyone. It is running on Ubuntu 14.04 and Nginx.
After enabling logging and creating a new user, my error.log says:
2017-10-05T12:24:53-04:00 ERR (3): exception 'Zend_Mail_Protocol_Exception' with message ''' does not match the expected structure for a DNS hostname, '' does not appear to be a valid URI hostname, '' does not appear to be a valid local network name' in /usr/share/nginx/html/history/application/libraries/Zend/Mail/Protocol/Smtp.php:195
Stack trace:
#0 /usr/share/nginx/html/history/application/libraries/Zend/Mail/Transport/Smtp.php(200): Zend_Mail_Protocol_Smtp->helo('')
#1 /usr/share/nginx/html/history/application/libraries/Zend/Mail/Transport/Abstract.php(348): Zend_Mail_Transport_Smtp->_sendMail()
#2 /usr/share/nginx/html/history/application/libraries/Zend/Mail.php(1201): Zend_Mail_Transport_Abstract->send(Object(Zend_Mail))
#3 /usr/share/nginx/html/history/application/controllers/UsersController.php(395): Zend_Mail->send()
#4 /usr/share/nginx/html/history/application/controllers/UsersController.php(174): UsersController->sendActivationEmail(Object(User))
#5 /usr/share/nginx/html/history/application/libraries/Zend/Controller/Action.php(516): UsersController->addAction()
#6 /usr/share/nginx/html/history/application/libraries/Zend/Controller/Dispatcher/Standard.php(308): Zend_Controller_Action->dispatch('addAction')
#7 /usr/share/nginx/html/history/application/libraries/Zend/Controller/Front.php(954): Zend_Controller_Dispatcher_Standard->dispatch(Object(Zend_Controller_Request_Http), Object(Zend_Controller_Response_Http))
#8 /usr/share/nginx/html/history/application/libraries/Zend/Application/Bootstrap/Bootstrap.php(105): Zend_Controller_Front->dispatch()
#9 /usr/share/nginx/html/history/application/libraries/Zend/Application.php(384): Zend_Application_Bootstrap_Bootstrap->run()
#10 /usr/share/nginx/html/history/application/libraries/Omeka/Application.php(77): Zend_Application->run()
#11 /usr/share/nginx/html/history/admin/index.php(28): Omeka_Application->run()
#12 {main}
I have the /application/config/config.ini file setup to use SMTP through Gmail using TLS and port 587.
Any idea what the problem could be or what other info I can provide to gain further assistance?
;;;;;;;;
; Mail ;
;;;;;;;;
;
; For more info, see Zend Framework documentation on Zend_Mail:
; http://framework.zend.com/manual/en/zend.mail.html
; mail.transport.type
; The system Omeka will use to send email messages.
; default: "Sendmail"
;
; The default is to send mail using PHP's built-in mail() function.
;mail.transport.type = "Sendmail"
; Uncomment some of the following lines (and comment the above line)
; to switch to SMTP for sending mail through Omeka. Your configuration
; may not require all of the options listed.
;
mail.transport.type = "Smtp"
mail.transport.host = "smtp.gmail.com"
mail.transport.port = 587 ; Port number, if applicable.
mail.transport.name = "" ; Local client hostname, e.g. "localhost"
mail.transport.auth = "login" ; For authentication, if required.
mail.transport.username = "sender@domain.org"
mail.transport.password = "Password"
mail.transport.ssl = "tls" ; For SSL support, set to "ssl" or "tls"
You need to fill in the mail.transport.name line. The error message you sent at the top of the thread is Gmailâs server complaining that youâre identifying yourself as coming from '', the empty string.
Issues with the âSendmailâ type of email sending, which is the default, donât really have much to do with Omeka.
Sendmail requires your server to be set up for sending email. If you have a host or IT, youâll want to inquire with them about it. Otherwise, you can switch to the SMTP method of sending mail by using the application/config/config.ini file, and specify an external mail server to use to send your mail out.
