Linux serverNETWORK ADMINISTRATIONSsmtp server liux

Configure outgoing email in Moodle

How to configure SMTP email in Moodle, so that Moodle can generate password reset emails, badges, and more. Navigate to Course Admin – Plugins – Message Outputs – Email, and then enter your SMTP email host, port, username, and password. In this video, we do all of that, and then show email working for password resets.

source

by Brandan Jones

linux smtp server

20 thoughts on “Configure outgoing email in Moodle

  • Hi, can you help me? Your site couldn't communicate with your mail server. Please check your outgoing mail configuration.

  • Sir, thank you for your reply. but when i m testing email following error appear :
    020-06-09 06:25:55 Connection: opening to ssl://smtp.gmail.com:465, timeout=300, options=array()

    2020-06-09 06:25:55 Connection: opened

    2020-06-09 06:25:55 SERVER -> CLIENT: 220 smtp.gmail.com ESMTP d6sm332684pjh.5 – gsmtp

    2020-06-09 06:25:55 CLIENT -> SERVER: EHLO localhost

    2020-06-09 06:25:55 SERVER -> CLIENT: 250-smtp.gmail.com at your service, [45.125.156.10]

    250-SIZE 35882577

    250-8BITMIME

    250-AUTH LOGIN PLAIN XOAUTH2 PLAIN-CLIENTTOKEN OAUTHBEARER XOAUTH

    250-ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES

    250-PIPELINING

    250-CHUNKING

    250 SMTPUTF8

    2020-06-09 06:25:55 CLIENT -> SERVER: AUTH LOGIN

    2020-06-09 06:25:56 SERVER -> CLIENT: 334 VXNlcm5hbWU6

    2020-06-09 06:25:56 CLIENT -> SERVER: bGlicmFyeUB3YXltYWRlZHUub3Jn

    2020-06-09 06:25:56 SERVER -> CLIENT: 334 UGFzc3dvcmQ6

    2020-06-09 06:25:56 CLIENT -> SERVER: V21jZUAyMDA0

    2020-06-09 06:25:56 SERVER -> CLIENT: 535-5.7.8 Username and Password not accepted. Learn more at

    535 5.7.8 https://support.google.com/mail/?p=BadCredentials d6sm332684pjh.5 – gsmtp

    2020-06-09 06:25:56 SMTP ERROR: Password command failed: 535-5.7.8 Username and Password not accepted. Learn more at

    535 5.7.8 https://support.google.com/mail/?p=BadCredentials d6sm332684pjh.5 – gsmtp

    2020-06-09 06:25:56 SMTP Error: Could not authenticate.

    2020-06-09 06:25:56 CLIENT -> SERVER: QUIT

    2020-06-09 06:25:57 SERVER -> CLIENT: 221 2.0.0 closing connection d6sm332684pjh.5 – gsmtp

    2020-06-09 06:25:57 Connection: closed

    2020-06-09 06:25:57 SMTP connect() failed. https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/wiki/Troubleshooting

  • Sir, I have installed Moodle 3.6.10 (Build: 20200511) Version 2018120310. and also set up gmail in this version as you metioned in your video. But when i am login with forgot password, everything is ok with message "If you supplied a correct username or email address then an email should have been sent to you.

    It contains easy instructions to confirm and complete this password change. If you continue to have difficulty, please contact the site administrator."

    But there is no any mail receiving in the mentioned email during the forgot password windows. What should be the problem actually? plz help me

  • Thank you! I was able to set-up outgoing email in Moodle 3.8 🙂

  • If you supplied a correct username or email address then an email should have been sent to you.

    It contains easy instructions to confirm and complete this password change. If you continue to have difficulty, please contact the site administrator.

  • Thanks for the video! Helped me a lot!
    were can i find the badge video?

  • Thank you very much; it worked perfectly with moodle 3.8

  • Hi,

    Iam using moodle 3.7 version , self email based registration is not working

    configure completed and still showing the error

    Error is :

    Tried to send you an email but failed!

    More information about this error

  • Thank you so much. It looked like hard but after watching this video I understand that it is much easier like setting another email account.

  • Hello I'm getting error at moodle 3.7 ,"Your site couldn't communicate with your mail server. Please check your outgoing mail configuration".

  • Sometimes it doesn't work because gmail block access to "not secure applications". To solve the problem go to your Account Google > Security and "allow not secure applications". Bye

  • Tried this with my Moodle site, but I am still getting an error "Unable to send email" – any tips?

  • Hi ,

    Not able to find email once clicked on Message out

  • Hi, great video! Did everything but not working for me… seems to be a SMTP Error: Could not authenticate. Any ideas what I should try next? Any help would be awesome thank you! Here's the full log…

    2018-09-03 04:58:41 Connection: opening to ssl://smtp.gmail.com:465, timeout=300, options=array()
    2018-09-03 04:58:41 Connection: opened
    2018-09-03 04:58:41 SERVER -> CLIENT: 220 smtp.gmail.com ESMTP v10-v6sm11692778qtv.77 – gsmtp
    2018-09-03 04:58:41 CLIENT -> SERVER: EHLO new-server-c08ea1.bitnamiapp.com
    2018-09-03 04:58:41 SERVER -> CLIENT: 250-smtp.gmail.com at your service, [34.224.238.119]
    250-SIZE 35882577
    250-8BITMIME
    250-AUTH LOGIN PLAIN XOAUTH2 PLAIN-CLIENTTOKEN OAUTHBEARER XOAUTH
    250-ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES
    250-PIPELINING
    250-CHUNKING
    250 SMTPUTF8
    2018-09-03 04:58:41 CLIENT -> SERVER: AUTH LOGIN
    2018-09-03 04:58:41 SERVER -> CLIENT: 334 VXNlcm5hbWU6
    2018-09-03 04:58:41 CLIENT -> SERVER: bWF0dGpvYm1hdHRAZ21haWwuY29t
    2018-09-03 04:58:41 SERVER -> CLIENT: 334 UGFzc3dvcmQ6
    2018-09-03 04:58:41 CLIENT -> SERVER: TWVnYWxhZG9uMzE0
    2018-09-03 04:58:41 SERVER -> CLIENT: 534-5.7.14 Please log in via
    534-5.7.14 your web browser and then try again.
    534-5.7.14 Learn more at
    534 5.7.14 https://support.google.com/mail/answer/78754 v10-v6sm11692778qtv.77 – gsmtp
    2018-09-03 04:58:41 SMTP ERROR: Password command failed: 534-5.7.14 Please log in via
    534-5.7.14 your web browser and then try again.
    534-5.7.14 Learn more at
    534 5.7.14 https://support.google.com/mail/answer/78754 v10-v6sm11692778qtv.77 – gsmtp
    2018-09-03 04:58:41 SMTP Error: Could not authenticate.
    2018-09-03 04:58:41 CLIENT -> SERVER: QUIT
    2018-09-03 04:58:41 SERVER -> CLIENT: 221 2.0.0 closing connection v10-v6sm11692778qtv.77 – gsmtp
    2018-09-03 04:58:41 Connection: closed
    2018-09-03 04:58:41 SMTP connect() failed. https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/wiki/Troubleshooting

  • Moodle 3.5: Dashboard/Site administration/Server/Email/Outgoing mail configuration

  • How to make live tv app with mit with links that expire after 24 hrs

Comments are closed.