While migrating from AWS EC2 instances to Google Compute Engine instances we got problems with sending emails via SMTP (Sendgrid).
I read a lot about it and read that the ports (587, 462, 25) of SMTP are blocked... And to read this article.
https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/tutorials/sending-mail/#sending_mail_through_corporate_mail_servers
Questions:
For my understanding we should open a Cloud Launcher of SendGrid?
If (1) = yes, then I see it (the cloud launcher) does not support C# and our code today of sending emails is based on C#. So that we will have to change the code to one of those: Node.js, Python, Ruby, Go & PHP?
Is there any way to unblock this outbound connections on port 587 (or 462, 25)? Without Cloud Launcher.
Thanks in advance
1) Yes, if you want to use it through google. If not I recommend directly going to one of the smtp providers such as sendgrid, spakpost, mandrill... to get and account and use their smtp service to send mail.
2) You can use C# by simply not using the Cloud Launcher and purchasing an account directly from the vendor and usning their SMTP service.
3) No, port 2525 is free to send outbound emails to smtp providers through GCP so I highly recommend using that since it can be used for sendgrid as well.
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I am trying to send mail from a compute instance using Gmail's smptp relay and I have enabled smtp-relay through my GSuite account and have also configured POSTFIX in my compute instance and as per mail.log file the mail has been delivered but it is not appearing in my Gmail box. Could you please let me know what is being missed?
Here is the log for the same.
At first, have a look at the Firewall rules overview where at section Always blocked traffic you can find that:
Google Cloud always blocks the traffic that is described in the
following table. Your firewall rules cannot be used to allow any of
this traffic:
So, you should follow documentation Choosing an email service to use:
To use a G Suite domain: Follow the instructions for SMTP relay
service settings in the G Suite documentation. SMTP relaying through G
Suite is only allowed through ports 465 or 587.Port 25 is not
supported through G Suite.
and use ports 465 or 587 to connect to G Suite.
Also have a look at this guide SMTP relay: Route outgoing non-Gmail messages through Google:
In the Allowed senders section, select the users who are allowed to
send messages through the SMTP relay service:
Only registered Apps users in my domain—The sender must be a registered user in one of your domains.
Only addresses in my domains—The sender doesn't have to be a recognized G Suite user, but must be in one of your registered
domains. This can be useful when you have third-party or custom
applications that need to send messages.
Any addresses (not recommended)—The sender address can be anything, even an address outside of your domain.
Important: The Any addresses option makes you more vulnerable to abuse,
either through malware on your user’s machines or by
misconfiguration of your SMTP infrastructure. Therefore, we don't
recommend this option.
and check who is allowed to send emails, then follow next step:
In the Authentication section, check one or both boxes to set an authentication method:
Only accept mail from the specified IP addresses—The system only accepts mail sent from these IP addresses as coming from your domains.
Require SMTP Authentication—Enforces the use of SMTP authentication to identify the sending domain. Using this option
requires your clients to connect via TLS.
and check if you use whitelisted your instances.
In addition, this example could be useful to check your steps.
In case if you still have an issue, check possible alternatives SendGrid:
This tutorial shows how to use SendGrid to send email from an app
running on a Compute Engine instance. SendGrid is a third-party email
service that offers Compute Engine users a free trial with 12,000
transactional emails free each month.
or Mailgun, or Mailjet. If they work for you, but you still need G Suite you can contact G Suite Support. It they don't work for you also - you should check you Postfix configuration first.
If I run IBM BPM within my own enterprise, I can configure BPM to use my own SMTP server within my enterprise to send emails. However, when I run IBM BPM on Cloud I seem to have a puzzle/problem. To what SMTP server should I direct my requests to transmit emails?
I can't target my internal SMTP server because it is internal and there is no network path from BPM on Cloud to my internal corporate SMTP server. Unfortunately, even if there was a path, the IBM supplied SMTP email service within IBM BPM doesn't support SMTP credentials and I obviously can't expose an un-authenticated SMTP relay to the Internet from within my company.
Has anyone successfully achieved sending emails from a BPM process hosted by IBM BPM on Cloud and, if so, what recipe was used to transmit the emails?
IBM BPM doesn't support SMTP credentials. I made a work around solution that I made a Java code module for sending email and I attached to my BPM.
I made a lot of searches before for this problem but I didn't find any other solution for this problem.
I'm looking to run a mail server on a Google Compute Engine instance, and have discovered Google's blockage of port 25, 465, and 587. I'll probably use Mailjet for outgoing mail. Anyone found a good solution for incoming mail?
Email messages sent to your app are implemented as HTTP requests containing MIME data. To process incoming email messages, you associate email addresses with script handlers in your app configuration, then include the handlers in your app's code.
The link below is for python but there is no restriction on language.
https://cloud.google.com/appengine/docs/standard/python/mail/receiving-mail-with-mail-api
I've just setup several instances on Google Compute Engine and getting trouble with email delivery system since GCE blocks outbound connections on ports 25, 465, and 587.
GCE provides details solution at: https://developers.google.com/compute/docs/networking#mailserver to using postfix to send email via smtp.gmail.com using Google Account.
The problem is Gmail has its own sending limits and it will be a big problem for high traffic website which need to send email notifications heavily.
Is there anyone has a solution to send more higher sending limits for GCE instances?
Thanks in advance.
Best Regards,
T
From the same page:
Blocked Traffic
Traffic on these ports to and from the Internet are blocked or
restricted for all Google Compute Engine instances. If you think you
have a compelling reason to allow this traffic, please contact the
Google Compute Engine team at gc-team#google.com.
All outgoing traffic to port 25 (SMTP) is blocked
Most outgoing traffic to port 465 or 587 (SMTP over SSL) is blocked except
for known Google IP addresses
https://developers.google.com/compute/docs/networking#blockedtraffic
It looks like you'll need to have a compelling reason to allow the traffic for your application; I'm presuming that hitting GMail delivery limits might be a reason. Note that companies like SendGrid also offer email delivery and management (bulk email as a service) with an HTTP interface that you could call from GCE.
We've updated our documentation to include SendGrid as an additional option. You probably want to take another look.
https://developers.google.com/compute/docs/sending-mail?hl=en
Your best option is to sign up for Amazon SES and get the API credentials and endpoint to send mail from google cloud without any google limitations.
You can use any similar API as well.
Current Setup
I use Google Apps for personal / non-transactional emails. MX records for my domain point to google.
I have a dedicated IP for my LAMP server, and the SMTP port is available. I use cPanel to manage the server. I have created an email account through cPanel.
Goal
I want to use my host's native SMTP for sending transactional emails. I cannot use Google Apps SMTP because of per-day limit. These transactional emails need neither be saved in sent items nor replies to such emails be monitored.
Problem Area
I am not able to send transactional mails using host's native SMTP (not able to set this up, so no errors yet!)
Q1. Is the goal (using both host's native SMTP and Google Apps)
achievable? Looking at this and this, I believe it should be.
Q2. If yes, how should I setup in my cPanel? Please let me know if more [relevant] information about server setup is required to answer this.
Q1: Yes.
Q2: Same as if you were setting it up without Google Apps. Sending mail does not require any special setup. If you are still having difficulty, you need to check with your provider or ask the question of a cpanel expert -- the problem is unrelated to Google Apps.
What you didn't ask but need to know:
Cannot deliver email to Google Apps address; Gmail receives the same email fine
Why can't my server send outgoing email?