Port 25<\/strong>\u00a0in\u00a0AKLWEB Host<\/strong>\u00a0is blocked by default. If you need to send out email without contacting\u00a0AKLWEB Host support<\/strong>, you can follow this tutorial to setup your\u00a0Exim to send email via Gmail SMTP server.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Install Exim4<\/strong><\/h2>\n

apt-get install exim4\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
Configuration<\/strong><\/h2>\n
Run following command to configure Exim4.<\/p>\n
dpkg-reconfigure exim4-config\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
Choose this option when asked:\u00a0“mail sent by smarthost; no local mail”<\/strong>.<\/p>\n
Fill in the rest of the fields:<\/strong><\/p>\n
System mail name: YOUR_HOSTNAME\r\nIP-addresses to listen on for incoming SMTP connections: 127.0.0.1 ; ::1\r\nOther destinations for which mail is accepted: <BLANK>\r\nVisible domain name for local users: <BLANK>\r\nIP address or host name of the outgoing smarthost: smtp.gmail.com::587\r\nKeep number of DNS-queries minimal (Dial-on-Demand)? No\r\nSplit configuration into small files? No\r\nRoot and postmaster mail recipient: <BLANK>\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
Open and edit\u00a0\/etc\/exim4\/exim4.conf.template<\/code>.<\/p>\n
Search for:<\/strong><\/p>\n
.ifdef DCconfig_smarthost DCconfig_satellite\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
Then add these lines after it:<\/strong><\/p>\n
send_via_gmail:\r\n    driver = manualroute\r\n    domains = ! +local_domains\r\n    transport = gmail_smtp\r\n    route_list = * smtp.gmail.com\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
Remove other\u00a0smarthost blocks<\/strong>\u00a0that contains\u00a0domains = ! +local_domains<\/code>.<\/p>\n
Search for:<\/p>\n
begin authenticators\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
And add\u00a0these lines<\/strong>\u00a0after it:<\/p>\n
gmail_login:\r\n    driver = plaintext\r\n    public_name = LOGIN\r\n    client_send = : YOUR_GMAIL_ACCOUNT@gmail.com : YOUR_GMAIL_PASSWORD\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
Remove other\u00a0authenticator blocks<\/strong>\u00a0that contains\u00a0public_name = LOGIN<\/code>.<\/p>\n
Search for:<\/p>\n
transport\/30_exim4-config_remote_smtp_smarthost\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
And add these lines after it:<\/p>\n
gmail_smtp:\r\n    driver = smtp\r\n    port = 587\r\n    hosts_require_auth = $host_address\r\n    hosts_require_tls = $host_address\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
Save and close\u00a0\/etc\/exim4\/exim4.conf.template<\/code>.<\/p>\n
Apply the new configuration:<\/strong><\/p>\n
update-exim4.conf\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
Restart\u00a0Exim4<\/strong>\u00a0service:<\/p>\n
\/etc\/init.d\/exim4 restart\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
Testing<\/strong><\/h2>\n
Now send a\u00a0test email using following command:<\/strong><\/p>\n
echo 'Test Message from AKLWEB Host.' | mail -s 'Test Message' YOUR_EMAIL_ADDRESS\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
Check\u00a0\/var\/log\/exim4\/mainlog<\/code>\u00a0if any errors occurred. You can now send emails from your\u00a0AKLWEB Host VPS<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","manualknowledgebasecat":[231],"manual_kb_tag":[356],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.aklwebhost.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/manual_kb\/2574"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.aklwebhost.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/manual_kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.aklwebhost.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/manual_kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/support.aklwebhost.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/support.aklwebhost.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2574"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/support.aklwebhost.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/manual_kb\/2574\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2575,"href":"https:\/\/support.aklwebhost.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/manual_kb\/2574\/revisions\/2575"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.aklwebhost.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2574"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"manualknowledgebasecat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/support.aklwebhost.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/manualknowledgebasecat?post=2574"},{"taxonomy":"manual_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/support.aklwebhost.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/manual_kb_tag?post=2574"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}