I tried ChronoMails as a light mailing alternative in Joomla. (Next to ChronoForms)I got a first problem as ChronoMails uses the mailing setting from Joomla. In my case SMTP, this resulted in a block of the website:
Each http-request, meaning all traffic, resulting in a message:
SMTP Error: The following recipients failed: jxxx@gmail.com: authentication required
The remedy was to change the settings for the mailer in configuration.php (via FTP) to get back on track. SMTP normally works fine, no problem with CF.
ChronoMails works with another setting for mail, but I prefer SMTP for better authentication.Interstingly enough I get unsolicited debug information upon sending emails on the admin panel. ChronoMail 1.0.0 is obviously in an early development stage.
A handy feature is to be able to prevent e-mails to be sent to users who already received it; because during a campaign users might be added to a list.
Best regards,
John
Joomla 5.4.2
Hi John
Thanks for your feedback
ChronoMails should send the emails using whatever mailing method set in Joomla configuration including SMTP, why did you have to change the mailer settings using FTP but not through the Joomla interface ?
Hi Max,Thank you for your reply.
The problem after trying to send a mail is that all http-traffic got obscured. No website traffic was possible, neither front or back-end. Every request resulted in the message"SMTP Error: The following recipients failed: jxxx@yyy.com: authentication required".That is why I had to change the mail-method in the Joomla-configuration using FTP.
The error message doesn't make sense to me as smtp-mail sending works otherwise fine with ChronoForms8 and other sources.Best regards,John
