I F-bomb-ing LOVE you. Seriously! I spent 2 to 3 weeks a few months ago banging my head against the wall trying to get an email subscription to work on my blog and failing. I had no idea why. It was so frustrating. NOW I KNOW WHY. Thank you, thank you, thank you!!! A million thank yous. :-) Hopefully, now I am good to go!
Adam great video! Absolutely loved the shotgun analogy, awesome dude! Glad you started the conversation. I would like to add some important points. Yes you MUST send emails authenticated. Plus your domain name should have a SPF record that says the SMTP service has the right to send email on your domain names behalf. Plus a DKIM record in DNS is highly recommended as well. We add 'Post SMTP' plugin to our clients WordPress sites and connect it to Mailgun using their API. Easier to set than SMTP.
This. All of this. If you do all Adam says but don't have this right, then you will still have email deliverability issues. I responded to Kevin Roberts above detailing my preference for using Google G Suite for clients for their users' email accounts and using a separate service for all marketing-related and transactional email. I moved away from allowing my web server to also send emails some years ago. Especially on any flavor of shared hosting. Too many variables and risks.
W Kevin Gilbert so for websites with woocomerce where lots of emails are being sent you recommend using the gmail account that the client has? You mean it works more stable?
Perfect! Works with Cloudways as well. 1) Server Management > SMTP > OWN SMTP > Host > [OUTGOING SERVER] 2) Applications > Application Settings > General > from address > [USERNAME] 3) Wordpress > Add new Plugin > SMTP by WP FORM > FILL IN AS PER ABOVE DONE! hope it helps
I actually found this same info at siteground's site: www.siteground.com/tutorials/wordpress/use-smtp Although the video is more helpful. I'm mostly putting this here so I can find that link later. :-)
Man! I'm glad I watched this! I was getting ready to purchase an email suite for $259.00. I've watched a number of Adam's videos and they are all good; concise and to the point!
I have followed through your instructions...and the email goes into my spam folder! (By the way, why apologise? What's the problem? Do not give in to intimidation.) UPDATE: OK, so I backed right out of everything, Siteground included, and then restarted, sent an email, and it appears to have worked. Phew. Also, I want to say thank you Adam for your very informative tutorials. I'm building my first website in about twenty years, this time using Wordpress and Elementor...all new to me. Your tutorials, along with some from a few other guys, have made it relatively plain sailing for me. I'm not finished yet...just heading into woocommerce pages and digital download stuff, so hope you can help there also. Thanks again. Really appreciated.
Wow I should have searched youtube for help sooner. I just spent the whole day struggling to connect a contact form up to my site email. Stressed me out so much. I'm going try this out soon
Thanks so much this maybe from 2019 but it saved my soul! Been using Elastic mail on Cloudways and it's become eratic. Followed what you said and it just works everytime no issue. I can't thank you enough for your help. I owe you a few beers!!!!
You should also ensure the SPF and DKIM (under Deliverability) settings are set in the DNS Zone of CPanel. If not the email still has a 50/50 possibility of going into spam or junk
It is setup automatically from your email provider, in this case your web host. Now if you are using Amazon SES, Yup you gotta add those entires to your DNS.
Awesome. Thanks Adam. I've been searching YT on how to fix this issue for some couple days now. Just watched your video and I was able to fix the issue in no time. Thanks.
Thank you for this video. I'd like to add that I couldn't get the email to work via HostGator and had to use my Office 365 email IMAP account details instead. Works like a charm now.
That shotgun was priceless!!! Sure as hell didn't expect that from a webmaster. By any chance you don't happen to live in Texas do you? ;) Cheers from Canada.
Fantastic video! I'm very glad to see that you actually elaborate on the reasoning behind everything that must be done, as opposed to just telling us to populate the fields with our info.
Hey Adam, I have just followed this tutorial even though I have seen this video 3 months ago, that's what's great with your channel, we can go back and find info when we need them. Thank's a lot, very helpful :)
THANK YOU. I've looking around for an hour trying to activate sendinblue or whatever else and failed. This is really what I actually needed. EEASY & SIMPLE. Thanks agian!!
LOLed on seeing the shotgun. Nice touch! One question, though... Isn't it best to use a email service outside your hosting account (e.g. Gmail, Mailgun, etc.)? I know all the hosting companies offer email services, but I've been cautioned against it because, if you switch hosting, migrating email can be a royal pain, and if your hosting goes down, your customers won't have any way of contacting you.
That is my recommendation. But it's actually more than that even. I recommend clients use G Suite (Basic, Business, or Enterprise) and I will set it up for them. G Suite is for individual user accounts and groups/forwarders for the purposes of one-to-one, or one-to-a-few-dozen email communications. I don't use it or recommend it for transactional emails though, which is most of the emails that your website will send. Google still has sending limits that are relatively low compared to true transactional service options such as Mailgun, SendGrid, Mandrill by MailChimp, Send In Blue, MailJet, Mailer Lite, etc. Some of these options offer full-on email marketing services such as campaigns, automations, etc. If you have a site that sends lots of transactional emails, I wouldn't recommend sending them from the same server that hosts your website. The busier your site gets, the more email needs to be sent. The more email your server is processing, the fewer resources are available to serve your webpages quickly.
Awesome video!!! It would have saved me a lot of frustration if I'd seen it before having to submit a ticket to A2 Hosting. Thanks for the great videos Adam!
Very important! If it does not work to send to your email address you have to modify the email address in your WordPress profile, because WP Email SMTP and fluentSMTP will take as implicit that address. I hope it will help because it gave me some hassle.
See my 2021 updated version. I found a better way and a better plugin to do all this. Watch th-cam.com/video/Je0OPk1NnjI/w-d-xo.html
I F-bomb-ing LOVE you. Seriously! I spent 2 to 3 weeks a few months ago banging my head against the wall trying to get an email subscription to work on my blog and failing. I had no idea why. It was so frustrating. NOW I KNOW WHY. Thank you, thank you, thank you!!! A million thank yous. :-) Hopefully, now I am good to go!
Simply said... my mails went into spam first. Came here. When I used the SMTP plugin mails go in the inbox as promised. Thank you, Mr.Crafter!
Awesome to hear.
Adam great video! Absolutely loved the shotgun analogy, awesome dude! Glad you started the conversation. I would like to add some important points. Yes you MUST send emails authenticated. Plus your domain name should have a SPF record that says the SMTP service has the right to send email on your domain names behalf. Plus a DKIM record in DNS is highly recommended as well. We add 'Post SMTP' plugin to our clients WordPress sites and connect it to Mailgun using their API. Easier to set than SMTP.
This. All of this. If you do all Adam says but don't have this right, then you will still have email deliverability issues. I responded to Kevin Roberts above detailing my preference for using Google G Suite for clients for their users' email accounts and using a separate service for all marketing-related and transactional email. I moved away from allowing my web server to also send emails some years ago. Especially on any flavor of shared hosting. Too many variables and risks.
W Kevin Gilbert so for websites with woocomerce where lots of emails are being sent you recommend using the gmail account that the client has? You mean it works more stable?
@@culturismpunktmd I think he's talking about a GSuite email...
Perfect! Works with Cloudways as well.
1) Server Management > SMTP > OWN SMTP > Host > [OUTGOING SERVER]
2) Applications > Application Settings > General > from address > [USERNAME]
3) Wordpress > Add new Plugin > SMTP by WP FORM > FILL IN AS PER ABOVE
DONE!
hope it helps
24 hours working on that issue. Not even the Cloudways support could fix it. Now it works and I'm thankful :)
Been listening to you for a few years now...the best email guy in the biz imho
You are the guru of gurus in WordPress realm
I spent all this time trying to figure out smtp services out there and never even thought of this simple solution. :-)
Thank you very much Adam.
I actually found this same info at siteground's site: www.siteground.com/tutorials/wordpress/use-smtp
Although the video is more helpful.
I'm mostly putting this here so I can find that link later.
:-)
Man! I'm glad I watched this! I was getting ready
to purchase an email suite for $259.00.
I've watched a number of Adam's videos and
they are all good; concise and to the point!
Can't thank you enough. Still works in 2023
I have followed through your instructions...and the email goes into my spam folder! (By the way, why apologise? What's the problem? Do not give in to intimidation.)
UPDATE: OK, so I backed right out of everything, Siteground included, and then restarted, sent an email, and it appears to have worked. Phew. Also, I want to say thank you Adam for your very informative tutorials. I'm building my first website in about twenty years, this time using Wordpress and Elementor...all new to me. Your tutorials, along with some from a few other guys, have made it relatively plain sailing for me. I'm not finished yet...just heading into woocommerce pages and digital download stuff, so hope you can help there also. Thanks again. Really appreciated.
Wow I should have searched youtube for help sooner. I just spent the whole day struggling to connect a contact form up to my site email. Stressed me out so much. I'm going try this out soon
great explanation, watched few other videos (from other channels) that did not solve the problem and this one finally did :)
Thanks so much this maybe from 2019 but it saved my soul! Been using Elastic mail on Cloudways and it's become eratic. Followed what you said and it just works everytime no issue. I can't thank you enough for your help. I owe you a few beers!!!!
Thanks for the video! I came to your video suggested by the Elementor User Group. You tell everything clear. Appreciate that! :)
I know how to set it up but it doesn't work until I watch this video! 😅
Thanks for this simple yet awesome tutorial! You rock.🤘
You should also ensure the SPF and DKIM (under Deliverability) settings are set in the DNS Zone of CPanel. If not the email still has a 50/50 possibility of going into spam or junk
It is setup automatically from your email provider, in this case your web host. Now if you are using Amazon SES, Yup you gotta add those entires to your DNS.
DUDE! You are saving my life with these tutorials!!!!!!!!
Awesome. Thanks Adam. I've been searching YT on how to fix this issue for some couple days now. Just watched your video and I was able to fix the issue in no time. Thanks.
I'm saved YET again tonight with one of Adam's videos. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, Adam for giving us soooo much value!! I deeply appreciate you!
Thank you for this video. I'd like to add that I couldn't get the email to work via HostGator and had to use my Office 365 email IMAP account details instead. Works like a charm now.
BEST video ever. Thank you so much! I have been trying forever to figure out how to get my emails delivered. Worked perfectly.
"Who the hell are you?.... chak chak" Hilarious!
I died
yess
I understand visuals , that was perfect.
Glad to see you're a fellow 2A supporter! 👍👍👍
And he's in California!
@@MDC885 The Soviet Socialist Republic of California
@@daveblandston6 Certainly on their way!
Thanks, you saved me a long journey. It worked for me!
That shotgun was priceless!!! Sure as hell didn't expect that from a webmaster. By any chance you don't happen to live in Texas do you? ;) Cheers from Canada.
Realy Simple and easy. Thanks for sharing
Many thanks, the only video i found explaining it in detail!
Thank You. You are such a great presenter of info.
You've come to the rescue yet again. THANK YOU Adam!!!!
Fantastic video! I'm very glad to see that you actually elaborate on the reasoning behind everything that must be done, as opposed to just telling us to populate the fields with our info.
My email is working thanks to you! Your videos are the best!
Succesfull,i try many tutorial not working, after i see you tutorial its working,God Bless You bro
You are really a boss man. I got a new big project for you.
Thanks a lot man.
Hey Adam, I have just followed this tutorial even though I have seen this video 3 months ago, that's what's great with your channel, we can go back and find info when we need them.
Thank's a lot, very helpful :)
Thanks for coming back to this video!
You're a live saver!! I was about to give up on all of this and this video helped me, thank you!
LOVE the gun... and the training of course!
YOU ARE THE BEST!!!
Thank you SOOOOO much for all you do for the wp community.
Bless You
Nice! A thousand likes for you sir! Also, the bit was hilarious and I took no offense.
I get peeved when I need to solve a WP issue via VID and YOU didn't make one ! Great Stuff. Many thanks.
THANK YOU. I've looking around for an hour trying to activate sendinblue or whatever else and failed. This is really what I actually needed. EEASY & SIMPLE. Thanks agian!!
That part 0:27 haha so funny, liked it ;)
i thank God for finding your channel. thank you Adam
Many thanks Adam ! This is the very tutorial I was waiting for !
my guy you are a life saver thanks a lot for the videos
I loved the props.I wish I watched this two days ago. Told me what every one else didn't. Thank you.
Thank you so much for your help, i used this today and it has worked perfectly. Am following you from Nairobi, Kenya
Excellent video, Adam! I had this email issue just a few days ago on my client's website. Good timing for me. Thanks.
Adam, thank you for these videos, could not figure out what I was doing wrong configuring this but you cleared it right up, appreciate it
LOLed on seeing the shotgun. Nice touch! One question, though... Isn't it best to use a email service outside your hosting account (e.g. Gmail, Mailgun, etc.)? I know all the hosting companies offer email services, but I've been cautioned against it because, if you switch hosting, migrating email can be a royal pain, and if your hosting goes down, your customers won't have any way of contacting you.
That is my recommendation. But it's actually more than that even. I recommend clients use G Suite (Basic, Business, or Enterprise) and I will set it up for them. G Suite is for individual user accounts and groups/forwarders for the purposes of one-to-one, or one-to-a-few-dozen email communications. I don't use it or recommend it for transactional emails though, which is most of the emails that your website will send. Google still has sending limits that are relatively low compared to true transactional service options such as Mailgun, SendGrid, Mandrill by MailChimp, Send In Blue, MailJet, Mailer Lite, etc. Some of these options offer full-on email marketing services such as campaigns, automations, etc. If you have a site that sends lots of transactional emails, I wouldn't recommend sending them from the same server that hosts your website. The busier your site gets, the more email needs to be sent. The more email your server is processing, the fewer resources are available to serve your webpages quickly.
That's great finally it solve my issue. Thanks for this amazing tutorial sir.
Awesome video!!! It would have saved me a lot of frustration if I'd seen it before having to submit a ticket to A2 Hosting. Thanks for the great videos Adam!
your explanation is very clear
Thank you. After watching many other videos, this was quick and super easy
OMG fantastic directions, instruction from a top guy, thanks a lot!😊
Thanks man. You couldn't simplify it any better. Thanks for your help.
This was a very good tutorial, I got my email to work just as you demonstrated. Thank you soooooo much!!!!!!!!!
A million thanks to you! Just saved me soo much trouble
This is such a great and helpful video, Adam. P.S. I loved seeing you racking the shotgun. :)
Your tutorials are always the very best! Thanks for being easy to understand and so helpful!
Very important! If it does not work to send to your email address you have to modify the email address in your WordPress profile, because WP Email SMTP and fluentSMTP will take as implicit that address. I hope it will help because it gave me some hassle.
Thank you very much, working perfectly for me.
Awesome.
Thank you Adam for your life saving tutorials!
Thank you! I was going mad just to trying to fix Contact form 7 mistake for sending! It works now :)
Adam I hadn't seen this video. I love your joke! its to make a point. Nice! Don't worry about people getting offended.
Had a lot of fun watching this video, very informative too.
You are amazing, thank you so much pal
Almost died to figure it alone
Great jobs👍
Thank you for always making everything so simple, much appreciated!
Thank you , This video is the best 😁
Thanks
Emails are coming into Gmail nearly as fast as my site loads! Thanks Brother!
Lifesaver - thanks
Theatrical, informative and creative. Excellent!
Thank you.
Finally working ! Thank you so much. Just made my day.
this cracks me up EVERY TIME
I am gonna do a remake, but with a nerf gun :-). Or maybe I'll reprise the shotgun.
I finally could solve my problem thanks to your good explanation. Thanks a lot!
great job Adam and thanks for teaching and coaching and serving
You're welcome Erich Ziebarth! Thanks for watching.
thanks!!! found this today and it was a great help.
Thanks Again Dude you totally nailed it. Keep it coming !
Please Please make a video on sending bulk emails for email marketing, whenever I post a new post (Free alternatives)
Solid. Helped me solve my problem, thanks.
Thanks for great help! It is useful for me. It is all done!
Best intro ever!
Thank you. I like to have fun every now and then.
Thanks man! Youre a rockstar.
Thanks Adam for the clear explanation!
Thanks so much. i was stuck not knowing how to send an email thanks
Thank you so much! Your tutorials are awesome, really appreciate your serving us the way you do. Much appreciation!
Thank you. Very clear and it works.
I really loved the "Who the hell are you ?" part....
Ha, glad you enjoyed that.
Nice video. Thank you ! Keep the finger off the trigger until ready to shoot that SMTP mailbox :)
Love your channel, informative with a hint of humor.
Great video, it solved my problem. Thanks
you are the real Hero ....
Damn Adam that shotgun action though!!!
I don't even remember how to load it lol.
What a great tutorial! Thanks, Adam.
thank you so much!! I´ve been struggling with this for days. P.S. Funny intro!!
Very easy to follow. Thank you for posting.
Very clear explanation. Thank you very much.
You're welcome, thanks for watching.
Very informative. Just what i needed. Thanks again Adam
Nice tutorial! Thank you!