Mail Settings Opencart

For this post I will be talking about the mail settings in opencart. After I set up the email address I tried to send a test email through my website, that sent perfectly however i did not receive the email. I have spent a while testing different things and searching the internet for answers. I have found a solution that worked for me. 

My web hosting is through GoDaddy and I am using opencart 2.1.0.2.

Firstly, on your dashboard you need to click on system in the left panel, this will bring a drop down menu, click on settings. Click on edit settings, then the mail tab (my first post has more about this if you need help finding it).

That will bring you to this page.

Mail Settings

• In the mail protocol box it is currently set to mail, this did not work for me, so i set it to SMTP.
• The mail parameters i left blank.
• SMTP hostname for me was smtpout.secureserver.net, this is through go daddy. To find yours go on host account settings and copy what is in the outgoing mail server field (SMTP).
• Username is your SMTP username, mine is my email address. If your not sure this can also be found in your hosting account settings.
• Password is your SMTP password, again if your user it should be in your hosting account settings. 
• SMTP Port, this is automatically set to 25, this would not work for me at all. I changed this to 80.

I left the last two fields the way they are. 

Once you have filled all the information in it should look like this. (With your username and password added).

Mail Settings.

Save these settings. To test if my mail settings have worked I go to my website (as though I am a customer). Find the contact us page, then you will be directed to the contact form. 

Contact Us.

Fill in the form on the contact page and send. The email should come through instantly, I think the maximum time I have waited is 15 seconds. 

Contact Form.

Email.

This may not work for everyone and you might have a different method to test if your email system works. This worked for me and I found it the easiest way, so I thought I would share. 

Sam