Rails ActionMailer configuration for Zoho - ruby-on-rails

Question

Anyone have luck configuring ActionMailer to send email via a Zoho account?
These are my settings:
ActionMailer::Base.smtp_settings = {
:address => "smtp.zoho.com",
:port => 465,
:domain => 'example.com',
:user_name => 'steve#example.com',
:password => 'n0tmypa$$w0rd',
:authentication => :login
}
However, calling .deliver times out:
irb(main):001:0> AdminMailer.signup_notification('asfd').deliver
Timeout::Error: Timeout::Error
from C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/1.9.1/net/protocol.rb:146:in `rescue in rbuf_fill'
from C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/1.9.1/net/protocol.rb:140:in `rbuf_fill'
from C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/1.9.1/net/protocol.rb:122:in `readuntil'
from C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/1.9.1/net/protocol.rb:132:in `readline'
from C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/1.9.1/net/smtp.rb:929:in `recv_response'
from C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/1.9.1/net/smtp.rb:552:in `block in do_start'
from C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/1.9.1/net/smtp.rb:939:in `critical'
from C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/1.9.1/net/smtp.rb:552:in `do_start'
from C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/1.9.1/net/smtp.rb:519:in `start'
from C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/mail-2.4.4/lib/mail/network/delivery_methods/smtp.rb:144:in `deliver!'
The help docs say to use port 465 and SSL authentication. I've tried with and without :enable_starttls_auto => true but it still times out.
Specifically, the docs specify the following settings:
> Email Address: Username#yourdomain.com
> User Name format: Username#yourdomain.com
> Secure Connection (SSL) Yes
> Outgoing Mail Server Name: smtp.zoho.com
> Outgoing Port No.: 465
> Outgoing Mail Server requires authentication: Yes
Any ideas?
p.s. I've configured Outlook to use the settings in the help docs and outgoing email works fine. telnet to smtp.zoho.com 465 also connects.

Answer 1

# Action Mailer
ActionMailer::Base.delivery_method = :smtp
ActionMailer::Base.smtp_settings = {
:address => "smtp.zoho.com",
:port => 465,
:user_name => 'someone#somewhere.com',
:password => 'password',
:authentication => :login,
:ssl => true,
:tls => true,
:enable_starttls_auto => true
}
That worked for me. Your settings might be fine some local networks block these kinds of packets. I had to test it through my 3G network.

Answer 2

FYI:
Let's say your domain is abc.com.
Let's say you have 'default from' on your mailer with a different domain, e.g.
default from: "\"Elephant\" <el#ephant.com>"
This will not work unless you change your 'default from' using the same domain on your zoho account.
So,
default from: "\"Elephant\" <el#abc.com>"
will work.

Answer 3

I'm not sure if Zoho have changed their security settings, but #Tyrel Richey's accepted answer didn't work for me. However, the following does:
/config/initializers/action_mailer.rb..
# ActionMailer email configuration
ActionMailer::Base.delivery_method = :smtp
ActionMailer::Base.smtp_settings = {
:address => ENV['SMTP_ADDRESS'],
:port => ENV['SMTP_PORT'],
:domain => ENV['SMTP_DOMAIN'],
:user_name => ENV['SMTP_USERNAME'],
:password => ENV['SMTP_PASSWORD'],
:authentication => :login,
:enable_starttls_auto => true
}
Where..
:address = smtp.zoho.com
:port = 587
:domain is localhost in development, and the live URL in production (e.g. example.com)

Answer 4

I have mail sending with Rails 4.2.3 like so...
# config/environments/development.rb
Rails.application.configure do
#...
config.action_mailer.default_url_options = { host: 'domain' }
config.action_mailer.smtp_settings = { address: 'smtp.zoho.com', port: 465, user_name: 'username#domain.com', password: 'mypassword', authentication: :login, ssl: true }
end
You can of course use this in production as well by adding this to config/environments/production.rb
I also set the email address in config/initializers/devise.rb so I can send password reset instruction.
config.mailer_sender = 'noreply#truhawk.com'
References
https://www.zoho.com/mail/help/zoho-smtp.html
http://guides.rubyonrails.org/action_mailer_basics.html

Answer 5

These settings worked for me in production.
Rails.application.routes.default_url_options[:host] = 'eyehawk.io'
config.action_mailer.default_url_options = { :host => 'eyehawk.io' }
config.action_mailer.perform_caching = false
config.action_mailer.delivery_method = :smtp
config.action_mailer.perform_deliveries = true
config.action_mailer.raise_delivery_errors = true
config.action_mailer.default :charset => "utf-8"
config.action_mailer.smtp_settings = {
:address => "smtp.zoho.com",
:port => 587,
:domain => "zoho.com",
:user_name => "admin#eyehawk.io",
:password => ENV['SMTP_PASSWORD'],
:authentication => :plain,
:enable_starttls_auto => true
}

Answer 6

Using smtp.zoho.eu instead of smtp.zoho.com as address did the trick for me.