Topic: Making correct connections for email with word press

[jock]

 I have installed wordpress and it works fine with the exception of the emailing function. This is the message I get: Remote host said: 553 #5.1.8 Domain of sender address <wordpress@homeserver.johnjchisholm.ca> does not resolve

I figure it has to do with either the wordpress address or the blog address as they are both set to http://homeserver/wordpress. I changed them and then had to reinstall as I couldn't log in as admin. It kept sending me to a non-exsiting site on my server.

I have a form set up on the site and it functions. An email is sent to both my horde address and the one for my isp account and information is placed in a mysql database associated with the form. So it appears the pop3 and smtp are working on the server. Any suggestions?

[janet]

jock

I suggest you fix the external DNS records so that domain name resolves correctly.

Error message from Firefox

The requested URL could not be retrieved
While trying to retrieve the URL: http://homeserver.johnjchisholm.ca/
The following error was encountered:
    Unable to determine IP address from host name for homeserver.johnjchisholm.ca
The dnsserver returned:
    Name Error: The domain name does not exist.

[jock]

Being a newbie I need more information. When I type in johnjchisholm.ca/wordpress I get to the right page. When I go to the settings page I am not sure where to go and make the change.

[dmay]

I have installed wordpress and it works fine with the exception of the emailing function.

Honestly you do not clearly state what emailing function you are talking about. If you mean user notifications, this is set in wp-admin under Settings > General. If you mean blog via email, this is set in wp-admin under Settings > Writing.

Darrell

[jock]

Sorry, it is user notification that I am trying to set up. I have been into the general area and can't figure out which setting I need to change.

[jock]

I have been searching more information. I am wondering about configure smtp which is a plug in for wordpress, do you know anything about this?

[janet]

jock

Are you ignoring the error message and my post #2 about your domain not resolving ???
You are trying to send email but the recipient doesn't like you because your domain does not resolve.

> Remote host said: 553 #5.1.8 Domain of sender address <wordpress@homeserver.johnjchisholm.ca> does not resolve

Fix your external DNS records, whoever looks after your domain name should do this.

[jock]

No, Mary not ignoring but am in the dark of how to change this within the system. I look after the domain name.

[janet]

jock

You do not change it on smeserver. You must configure external DNS records to point that domain name at your sme servers public IP.

Read this Appendix B , and search Internet for DNS.

http://wiki.contribs.org/SME_Server:Documentation:Administration_Manual:Appendix

[jock]

Mary, thanks, I read the article you referenced. I am still confused. I have my dns pointing to my sme server through everydns.net. I checked out their site again to see if there were any other settings and can't find any.

 I can send and receive email via horde at myname@mydomainname.ca. I have written a php script to send an email notification from a form that inserts information into a mysql database and forwards the information to me via email and this works just fine. I get it at both my domain address and my isp address.

The settings are I have for wordpress are:

The wordpress address is http://homeserver/wordpress
The blog address is http://homeserver/wordpress
The email address is jjchisholm@accesswave.ca

Is the issue with one of these? As everything else works fine. I am learning all of this as I go.

[jock]

  Mary, thanks for your patience and help. I finally came to a solution. I downloaded a plugin from coffee2code.com and installed it. It allowed me to configure wordpress to use smtp as my email option. It works fine.

[janet]

jock

Your URL still does not resolve properly, at least not from my part of the world.

The requested URL could not be retrieved
While trying to retrieve the URL: http://www.homeserver.johnjchisholm.ca/
The following error was encountered:
    Unable to determine IP address from host name for www.homeserver.johnjchisholm.ca
The dnsserver returned:
    Name Error: The domain name does not exist.
This means that:
 The cache was not able to resolve the hostname presented in the URL.
 Check if the address is correct.

or

The requested URL could not be retrieved
While trying to retrieve the URL: http://homeserver.johnjchisholm.ca/
The following error was encountered:
    Unable to determine IP address from host name for homeserver.johnjchisholm.ca
The dnsserver returned:
    Name Error: The domain name does not exist.
This means that:
 The cache was not able to resolve the hostname presented in the URL.
 Check if the address is correct.


Your external DNS records or server configuration (virtual domains) is wrong.

[jock]

 :grin:Go to http://johnjchisholm.ca click on the vgh link and then onto the blog. Hopefully you will find that it works. homeserver is the name of the box that blog is hosted on.

[cactus]

:grin:Go to http://johnjchisholm.ca click on the vgh link and then onto the blog. Hopefully you will find that it works. homeserver is the name of the box that blog is hosted on.

That does not work either. The blog link links to: http://homeserver/wordpress/ which is not a valid internet domain as it does not even contain a country code.

And somehow accessing the direct IP number from your site links me to microsoft.

[jock]

Mary, I believe the issue is that I don't have wordpress in an ibay and so it is not accessable from the net. I have to figure out how to move it into its own ibay and give the world access to it. That is my project for today.

Thanks for taking the time to keep hitting me over the head with the obvious!! It wasn't until you replied that it dawned on me what the issue was.

[jock]

I need to move the contents of wordpress to an ibay which I figure to call blog. I assume that I go into the wp folder and use the mv command to move the files. Any help with the commands would be appreciated.

[jock]

I think the issue I am dealing with is that I need to put wordpress in a ebay that has internet access. I have tried moving in but can't find it. I have looked in a variety of directories and can't seem to find the right command/location. I even tried installing wordpress in the ibay. I get the folder and edited the wp-config.php but nothing seems to happen when I open the page. I am in need of direction here as I am lost. I have learned quite abit from you folks but still need some guidance.

[janet]

jock

Wordpress does not need to be in an ibay to be accessible from the net.
If you follow this Contrib Howto (which I think installs to /opt), then it should add the required configuration into sme to make it web accessible.
http://wiki.contribs.org/Wordpress

[jock]

Mary, here is the issue for me. I want to be able to have the index page of the website come up and have a link to the blog. Right now following the directions what happens is the blog becomes the main page and takes over the ip address.

This is driving me nuts and I am sure that my questions are driving you nuts too. Thanks for your help and patience. Is it possible to move wordpress to an ibay and then link it to a main page? Right now I can't figure that out. I went to B. Mann Consulting and printed off some instructions but they were full of errors which I figured out but it still doesn't work for me.

I have been printing and compiling the wiki.contribs pages and they are a great help. However, I am still lost on this one.

[janet]

jock

Well from the wiki page it says:
config setprop wordpress domain blog.yourserver.org

So you must have configured your main domain name here.
I suggest you change it to something more appropriate, that suits your system arrangement.

Check it with
config show wordpress


 

[jock]

Mary
Do you have any suggestions? I set the file johnjchisholm.ca/blog and that didn't work. As you can see I am not sure what you are suggesting as an alternative.

[janet]

jock

By default isn't it already accessible by http://maindomainname/wordpress

Tried it on my sytem and that comes up OK, as well as the actual domain set with the db command.

[jock]

Mary, I am stuck. I have gone back over all that you have told me and read through the wiki.contribs material and have read the wordpress readme material and can't figure out what I have done wrong.

I have changed the wp-config.php to read the db name as wordpress, put in my admin user name and password changed the three key files. When I look for johnjchisholm.ca/wordpress I get a blank page. So my brouser is finding the page but the script isn't running.

I am at a loss.

[janet]

jock

I get a blank page when I access http://johnjchisholm.ca/wordpress or
even just http://johnjchisholm.ca

So we can check your server is actually accessible, can you  provide another domain name that does resolve to your server.

I suspect (guess) that you have wrong permissions on files/folders in wordpress, probably caused by you moving things around and changing things etc, quite inappropriately and unnecessarily too I would guess.


I don't want to troubleshoot this for you as it's too open ended and you seem to have made so many changes and attempts to "fix' things, the state of your wordpress install could be "very wrong".

I suggest you remove the current installation and install it again using the wiki contrib. Remove here means remove everything associated with wordpress.

[jock]

Mary, the reason my domain was blank had to do with the router dropping the ip address. I have wordpress loaded and when I go to the web page I find the blog not my web page. I want to have the blog as a link. Is this possible?

[janet]

jock

Your domain http://johnjchisholm.ca still does not resolve.
I get this, and the URL changes to http://192.168.2.100/:

ERROR
The requested URL could not be retrieved
While trying to retrieve the URL: http://192.168.2.100/
The following error was encountered:
    * Connection to 192.168.2.100 Failed
The system returned:
    (113) No route to host
The remote host or network may be down. Please try the request again.

I have wordpress loaded and when I go to the web page I find the blog not my web page. I want to have the blog as a link. Is this possible?

Yes, but get your system & domains configured correctly first before trying to make applications & links work.

[jock]

Mary, I made the change. The issue is that I want to link the blog to my webpage but it appears when I direct my brouser to my domain name. I end up with wordpress as my webpage.

[janet]

jock

OK both http://johnjchisholm.ca/ and http://johnjchisholm.ca/wordpress/ now resolve to your wordpress blogsite. That's a step in the right direction.

Log into wordpress by clicking the Login link and login as the administrator user you have already created.
Then select
Options
and tell us what you have configured for
Wordpress address
and
Blog address


Note it says under the Blog address field:
Enter the address here if you want your blog homepage to be different from the directory you installed WordPress.
Click on the hyperlink for "to be different from the directory" and read it carefully

Also what does this command show
config show wordpress

On my system it's like this

wordpress=service
    DbName=wordpress
    DbPassword=xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
    DbUser=xxxxxx
    Name=Wordpress weblog
    PublicAccess=global
    WpLang=en
    status=enabled

[jock]

 :lol:Mary, I am a retired teacher and I know how much patience it takes to work with those who can not see the forest for the trees but I also know the elation when a student gets it. Thank you!! It works. I had gone to B. Mann Consulting and was stuck on the notion he put forward rather than paying full attention to what you were telling me.

[janet]

jock

Your site resolves correctly now incliuding links to your blog etc.

So I take it that next time you'll listen to mary rather than B Mann Consulting !

[jock]

Without a doubt!!   Thanks again. I did learn quite a bit in all of this. Lots of information about moving, removing, pathways, smtp, took a long time to do something simple but the journey of learning was interesting so I guess it wasn't a waste.