Answers.Body: <p>Go to Administer> System Settings> Outbound Email (SMTP/Sendmail)</p>
  
  <p>Select SMTP</p>
  
  <p>server: smtp.sendgrid.net
  port: 587
  authenticate: Yes
  <em>Username</em>: your sendgrid username
  <em>password</em>: your sendgrid password</p>
  
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Answers.Text: Yossi, will that make sendgrid the sender for ALL mail? I must have a problem with my creds, because i tried that and got an error, I will try again.
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Answers.Text: Yes, that takes care of everything. What's the error?
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Answers.Text: `code` Sending test email. FROM: info@s#######.org TO: info@s#######.com.
  Oops. Your SMTP settings are incorrect. No test mail has been sent.
  An error occurred when CiviCRM attempted to send an email (via SMTP). If you received this error after submitting on online contribution or event registration - the transaction was completed, but we were unable to send the email receipt.
  The mail library returned the following error message:
  Failed to connect to smtp.sendgrid.net:587 [SMTP: Failed to connect socket: Connection timed out (code: -1, response: )]
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Answers.Text: I've checked the creds, and used two different sets that i can log into the sendgrid account with no problem.
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Answers.Text: Have you sent it an email with this sendgrid account every from another platform? Are you sure your account is active?
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Answers.Body: <p>For anyone looking at this now if you are having issues with credentials that you think should not be blocked but are it is probably your firewall.  </p>
  
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Answers.Body: <p>I had exactly the same problem: port 587 doesn't work for me either .. 2525 does</p>
  
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Body: <p>This is a little embarrassing for me to ask, because years ago I set this up multiple times, however, I've been out of the CiviCRM world since 2012, and can't, for the life of me, figure out how to configure a CiviCRM 4.6 to send via sendgrid for an organization I volunteer with.  I have a sendgrid account, I have CiviCRM 4.6.11 configured with wordpress. </p>
  
  <p>Is there a special module/extension/plugin? custom script or code?</p>
  
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Comments.Text: Did anyone figure this out? I get the same error message, using Sendgrid credentials, API credentials, all of the mentioned ports on their website.
  I've been in touch with Sendgrid support, but still not able to figure it out. Any insight would be helpful
Comments.UserDisplayName: Gilberto
Tags: <civimail><smtp>
Title: How do I configure CiviMail to send through sendgrid?
ThreadText: # How do I configure CiviMail to send through sendgrid?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2016-01-21)
  
  This is a little embarrassing for me to ask, because years ago I set this up multiple times, however, I've been out of the CiviCRM world since 2012, and can't, for the life of me, figure out how to configure a CiviCRM 4.6 to send via sendgrid for an organization I volunteer with. I have a sendgrid account, I have CiviCRM 4.6.11 configured with wordpress.
  
  Is there a special module/extension/plugin? custom script or code?
  
  **Tags:** civimail, smtp
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: Did anyone figure this out? I get the same error message, using Sendgrid credentials, API credentials, all of the mentioned ports on their website. I've been in touch with Sendgrid support, but still not able to figure it out. Any insight would be helpful  
  
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  ## 3 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_2 on 2016-01-21. Score: 4
  
  Go to Administer> System Settings> Outbound Email (SMTP/Sendmail)
  
  Select SMTP
  
  server: smtp.sendgrid.net
  port: 587
  authenticate: Yes
  *Username*: your sendgrid username
  *password*: your sendgrid password
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_0**: username_2, will that make sendgrid the sender for ALL mail? I must have a problem with my creds, because i tried that and got an error, I will try again.  
  > **username_2**: Yes, that takes care of everything. What's the error?  
  > **username_0**: `code` Sending test email. FROM: info@s#######.org TO: info@s#######.com. Oops. Your SMTP settings are incorrect. No test mail has been sent. An error occurred when CiviCRM attempted to send an email (via SMTP). If you received this error after submitting on online contribution or event registration - the transaction was completed, but we were unable to send the email receipt. The mail library returned the following error message: Failed to connect to smtp.sendgrid.net:587 [SMTP: Failed to connect socket: Connection timed out (code: -1, response: )]  
  > **username_0**: I've checked the creds, and used two different sets that i can log into the sendgrid account with no problem.  
  > **username_2**: Have you sent it an email with this sendgrid account every from another platform? Are you sure your account is active?  
  
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  ### Answer by username_3 on 2016-09-17. Score: 4
  
  For anyone looking at this now if you are having issues with credentials that you think should not be blocked but are it is probably your firewall.
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_4 on 2016-01-29. Score: 3
  
  I had exactly the same problem: port 587 doesn't work for me either .. 2525 does
  
  
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