By marcosmilani
I am using a WP droplet and trying to configure my GMAIL SMTP account on it (I was intending to use the WP-Mail-SMTP plugin, but somehow this is not working (my browser freezes even when I am trying to send the e-mail test from the plugin platform).
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Same problem, unfortunately my smtp port is still blocked even though I messaged them.
It might be because your DigitalOcean account is fairly new, which means that sometimes there’s a filter activated to block SMTP to avoid spam on the platform. You need to contact Support via the control panel to get unblocked.
Another solution I would recommend that you have a look at SparkPost as an alternative way of sending mails via WordPress. https://www.sparkpost.com https://wordpress.org/plugins/sparkpost/
Thank you very much for the real quick reply. I’ve managed to contact support guys (which also replied really quickly) and the problem is now solved =)
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