Notes about confirmation email troubleshooting.
Confirmation emails sent with the local hostname go to spam, and Mail::Sendmail does seem to support SMTP auth very well. I could not get Mail::Sendmail to work with smtp.gmail.com. I also had no luck with Email::Sender::Transport::SMTP which is already a dependency, or Email::Sender::Transport::SMTPS
The best soultion I've found is Email::Send::SMTP::Gmail which works well and has bonus features like support for file attachments. To use it, install it (cpanm Email::Send::SMTP::Gmail) and make sure the gmail account being used for login has the 'allow access for less secure apps' setting turned on.
Here's a test script for proof of concept:
#!/usr/bin/perl
use strict;
use warnings;
use Email::Send::SMTP::Gmail;
my $smtp_server = 'smtp.gmail.com';
my $port = 465;
my $login = "hfglinuxserver@gmail.com";
my $password = '<password>';
my ($mail,$error) = Email::Send::SMTP::Gmail->new(
-layer =>'ssl',
-port => $port,
-smtp => $smtp_server,
-login => $login,
-pass => $password
);
die "session error: $error" if $mail ==-1;
my $host = "http://192.168.42.173";
my $username = "smtest";
my $confirm_code = "2342jkhkgh;qr2345k1h235kjr";
my $project_name = "Breedbase";
my $subject = "[$project_name] E-mail Address Confirmation Request";
my $body = "Please do *NOT* reply to this message. The return address is not valid.
Use the contact form instead ($host/contact/form).
This message is sent to confirm the email address for community user
'$username'
Please click (or cut and paste into your browser) the following link to
confirm your account and email address: \
$host/solpeople/account-confirm.pl?username=$username&confirm=$confirm_code \
Thank you,
$project_name Team";
$mail->send(
-to => 'bellerbrock@gmail.com',
-subject => $subject,
-body => $body,
# -attachments=>'test.pdf'
);
$mail->bye;