URL to your eFiction: [removed]
Version of eFiction: 3.5.5
Have you bridged eFiction, if so with what?: No
Version of PHP: 5.4.25
Version of MySQL: 5.6.13
Have you searched for your problem:Yes
If so, what terms did you try: SMTP, Mail, GMAIL settings
State the nature of your problem: My host's mail is actually blocked through many providers, and is pretty crappy in any case, taking "45-70 minutes" to send on average. They did confirm that I can use external/remote SMTP to get around this issue. What I need is this: Simple, complete directions on how to set this up and implement it for my site.
Do you have a test account for us? Yes. Name and pass are test1
I don't need to change port information anywhere, or anything like that? In the replies I did find through search, it seemed that most needed either ssl, authentication or the port number changes in the tpls..
EDIT: Yeah, tried that for gmail's free server and it didn't work. Also tried it with an SMTP service I signed up for and that didn't work either, in any of the contact functions. The page sits and loads and loads and then goes to another page with names and x's, 'error! we encountered an error, no mail was sent' or 'go back and try again'.
Any ideas..?
I'm not familiar with the requirements for Google/Gmail SMTP but I'm guessing in order to modify Port information you'll need to edit the email script. Off the top of my head I know each contact form calls includes/emailer.php so that may be a good place to start.
