I recently moved from Bluehost to Amazon EC2 with WHM and cPanel, and while I'm enjoying the service, I've hit a snag with email. I've discovered that Amazon blocks port 25 for sending emails, and I'm looking for ways to set up my WordPress websites to properly send and receive emails for things like sales notifications and password resets. Is there another port I can use, or what are my options? I'm open to any advice you can give—thanks a lot!
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A good way to handle this is to use the WP Mail SMTP plugin alongside Amazon Simple Email Service (SES). This combo allows you to send emails through a different, unblocked port. It's pretty straightforward to set up and should handle your email needs nicely!
Since port 25 is blocked on EC2, your best bet is to either submit a support ticket to Amazon to possibly lift this restriction or just use a safer port like 587 for your SMTP server. Switching to port 587 is all about adjusting the settings in your email client or application, usually in the SMTP configuration section.
Got it! So how do I actually switch to port 587? Do I just change that in the email settings of my WordPress?