Magento - How enable SMTP server authentication and secure transport?

Question

I\'d like to make the SMTP server working on Magento app(version 1.7). so I added the following code on file app/code/core/Mage/Core/Model/Email/Template.php

Answer 1

I have managed to send Forgot Password Email from localhost.

Only thing you need to do is follow the steps listed below and your done.

1. Modify this page app/code/core/Mage/Core/Model/Email/Template.php

Comment the existing functionality and add the below code

    public function getMail()
    {
     if (is_null($this->_mail)) {
        /* changes begin */
       $my_smtp_host = Mage::getStoreConfig('system/smtp/host');
       $my_smtp_port = Mage::getStoreConfig('system/smtp/port');
       $config = array(
                'port' => $my_smtp_port,
                'auth' => 'login',
                'username' => 'your username',
                'password' => 'your password'
            );
        $transport = new Zend_Mail_Transport_Smtp($my_smtp_host, $config);
        Zend_Mail::setDefaultTransport($transport);
        /* Changes End */
        $this->_mail = new Zend_Mail('utf-8');
    }
    return $this->_mail;
}

2. Login to admin System -> Configuration -> Advanced -> System -> Mail Sending settings and set the following things.

   Disable Email Communications = No

   Host = smtp.mandrillapp.com

   Port (25) = 587

   Set Return-Path = No

3. Login to admin System -> Transactional Emails -> Add New Template follow these steps

   • In Load default template - select the required template like 'Forgot Password' and click on the Load Template a default template will be be populated in the template content

   • In Template Information - Provide any template name like Forgot Password and click on save template.

4. Login to admin System -> Configuration -> Customers -> Customer Configuration -> Password Options

   • In Forgot Email Template select 'Forgot Password' (which was created in Transactional Emails tab) from the drop down.

   • Select Remind Email Template to 'Forgot Password'

   • Select Forgot and Remind Email Sender to any drop down value for ex - customer support.

Note - Make Sure the customer support is set to some valid email address. In order modify the customer support email - Login to admin System -> Configuration -> General -> Store email Address -> Customer support add the valid email address.

That's all your done. Please feel free to post your queries. For more info refer this http://pravams.com/2011/07/30/magento-send-email-using-smtp/