On a second question (see the first, about using the right OSQA version), does having a particular version of OSQA related to the Gmail SMTP settings not working?
I'm using OSQA 1.0rc-1 (together with Plone 4.2.2-0) in an Ubuntu Linux 12.04 LTS 64bits instance, using the free Amazon tier.
The validation email never reaches inbox, nor seems to leave the server. Perhaps having two applications installed (OSQA and Plone) is messing with something?
Plone email validation works. I've read this thread (edit: and the Bitnami OSQA wiki related section) but still I can't get it working in OSQA.
BTW, the log in ~/apps/osqa/log/django.osqa.log says:
/opt/bitnami/apps/osqa/forum/utils/mail.py
TIME: 2012-11-26 21:25
MSG:mail.py:create_and_send_mail_messages:89
Email sending has failed: $
In Plone, the (working) settings are:
- SMTP Server (Mandatory): smtp.gmail.com
- SMTP Port (Mandatory):587
- ESMTP User: My gmail username (without @gmail.com)
- ESMTP Password: My gmail account password
- Site sender name (Mandatory): My username in my site (without @ or domain), but it doesn't show anywhere in the emails I receive...
- Site sender address (Mandatory): My full gmail address
Then, in OSQA, the (non-working) settings are (edit: these settings comply with the wiki recommendations):
- Email Server: smtp.gmail.com
- Email Port: 587
- Email User: Tried both Gmail username and (the recommended) full Gmail address
- Email Password: My gmail account password
- Use TLS: Checked (tried with it unchecked, without success)
- Site 'from' Email Address: My full gmail address
- Email Subject Prefix: An acronym I came out with (I think this is not important, is it?)
- Email Footer Text: Empty (I think this is not very important either, is it?)
- Email Border Color: Default
- Email Paragraph Style: Default
- Email Link Style: Default
- Send digest only to active users: Checked
- Send digest only to validated users:Checked
Don't know if it's relevant, but the received e-mail (from Plone) has this snippet:
(version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER)
Please tell me if I can contribute with any more info. Thanks.