This guide will help you to use Mailjet SMTP service as Outgoing SMTP Server in cPanel & WHM with Exim.
Mailjet is a transactional email service. It comes stock with a powerful API for fast implementation into applications for sending email reliably over SMTP, but it can also be used as a smart host for all of your server’s outgoing email.
I’m running a CentOs 7 instance running cPanel on GCP ( Google Cloud Platform) and this tutorial is just a workaround for sending email into inbox safely , because GCP block port 25 which is responsible for sending outgoing emails to another mailboxes
Step 1
The below instructions cover how to do this via WHM, simply go to WHM -> Exim Configuration Manager -> Advanced Editor and alter the sections indicated.
Step 2
Click on Advanced Editor.
Step 3
Scroll down and go to Section: AUTH and add below lines of code:
mailjet_login: driver = plaintext public_name = LOGIN client_send = : USERNAME : PASSWORD
and sure replace Username and Password with Mailjet credentials as you can find it in your account here if you didn’t have an account you can simply signup for free and you will see the credentials in your dashboard like this.
Step 4
Go to Section: ROUTERSTART and add below lines of code:
send_via_mailjet: driver = manualroute domains = ! +local_domains transport = mailjet_smtp route_list = * in-v3.mailjet.com
Step 5
Go to Section: TRANSPORTSTART and add below lines of code:
mailjet_smtp: driver = smtp port = 587 hosts = in-v3.mailjet.com hosts_require_auth = in-v3.mailjet.com
Step 6
Click the Save button. This will restart exim. If exim does not restart, then restart it manually from Restart Services > Mail Server (EXIM).
Step 7
Mailjet requires to add the domain which have the ability to send to a list therefore you have to login into Mailjet account and go to Configuration >> Manage sender domains and addresses you can visit the link here
as you can see there I have added a one domain and I can add more , when you add a new one they will require a verification of domain ownership with uploading a txt file with a given name or with provided DNS record an both works fine.
All done. In conclusion, Your outgoing email on your server are goes through Mailjet. ????
Hi tried all things as above still emails are not working somehow can i check where is issue
Hi Rushikesh,
Make sure that you followed all steps nd your Mailjet account is active and sending emails.
If you didn’t manage to activate it you can request me to do it for you by hire me form.
This is a really helpful guide. However, I have an issue with email forwarding. As forwards get handed to mailjet but mailjet cant forward it as the from email for example google.com is not a verfied sender.
Is there a work around for this?
Yeah, you must own the sender domain name and in the case of google.com sure, you can’t send an email on behalf of [email protected] 🙂