Thread:Project:Support desk/Sending email redirects to blank on attempted mail send

Hi all:

I'm attempting to setup email, specifically via gmail, on my wiki. I'm having difficulty. Here is the failure mode:
 * When i use a page that I know sends an email, such as "request an account", the page chugs and chugs, but ends up redirecting me to a white screen after ~30-45 seconds
 * When I put in a known bogus host in LocalSettings.php, the mailing page shows a red connection error as expected. But when all is configured well, blankness
 * boring video of it redirecting to blank, and a quick proof of pear, php, openssl

Knowns:
 * Good php install
 * OpenSSL good


 * Good pear install
 * Mail & Net_SMTP pear deps installed

$wgSMTP = array( 'host' => "ssl://smtp.gmail.com", 'IDHost' => "[unsure what to put here]", 'port' => 465, 'username' => "[myemail]@gmail.com", 'password' => "[mypw]", 'auth' => true, );

I've confirmed in my email account that no outbound mail has been sent. Not sure what the next debugging step is to do!

Thanks all,

-Cdaringe