I am trying to send mail using PHPMailer to Amazon SES via SMTP, and keep getting this error:
2022-09-03 13:45:38 Connection: opening to email-smtp.us-east-1.amazonaws.com:587, timeout=300, options=array()
2022-09-03 13:45:46 Connection failed. Error #2: stream_socket_client(): Unable to connect to email-smtp.us-east-1.amazonaws.com:587 (Connection refused) [/home/xxx/public_html/Classes/PHPMailer/src/SMTP.php line 389]
2022-09-03 13:45:46 SMTP ERROR: Failed to connect to server: Connection refused (111)
SMTP Error: Could not connect to SMTP host.
My PHP code is as follows:
$mail = new PHPMailer(true);
$mail->isSMTP();
$mail->Host='email-smtp.us-east-1.amazonaws.com';
$mail->SMTPAuth = true;
$mail->SMTPSecure = 'tls';
$mail->SMTPDebug = 4;
$mail->Username='*********'; // I am sure this is correct
$mail->Password='*********';
$mail->Port = 587;
$mail->setFrom('me#example.com', 'My Test'); //me#example.com is verified in Amazon SES
$mail->isHTML(true);
$mail->CharSet="UTF-8";
$mail->Subject = $subject; // $subject, $message are set
$mail->Body = $message;
$mail->addAddress('to#example.com'); // to#example.com has been verified in Amazon SES
$mail->send();
My hosting provider assures me they are not blocking outbound SMTP on port 587.
Any ideas of what I am doing wrong?
Somewhere on your machine or your hosting provider's network, port 587 is blocked (at least to this host, but probably any host). Connection refused is an error on TCP level (so before TLS is set up or credentials are exchanged) so it must be a firewall rule somewhere.
You should be able to validate this by opening telnet on your machine and verify whether you can connect (or not).
Try this:
telnet email-smtp.us-east-1.amazonaws.com 587
You should be seeing something like this:
Trying 3.93.129.192...
Connected to email-smtp.us-east-1.amazonaws.com.
Escape character is '^]'.
220 email-smtp.amazonaws.com ESMTP SimpleEmailService-d-4BGMRGTLJ
J3pR3SR7dynD7p1lAScN
If you see something else, or get an error, it's some firewall issue. Note that it may be on your local server as well. It will not be an issue with AWS SES as you do not need to enable access in security groups for SES, SES will allow connections from any source.
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I am trying to use PHPMailer,
I have enabled opensll and it loads
I use XAMPP and PHPStorm
SERVER -> CLIENT: 220 smtp.gmail.com ESMTP z88sm9679wrb.26 - gsmtp
CLIENT -> SERVER: EHLO PhpStorm 2016.1.2
SERVER -> CLIENT: 501-5.5.4 HELO/EHLO argument "PhpStorm 2016.1.2" invalid, closing connection.501 5.5.4 https://support.google.com/mail/?p=helo z88sm9679wrb.26 - gsmtp
SMTP ERROR: EHLO command failed: 501-5.5.4 HELO/EHLO argument "PhpStorm 2016.1.2" invalid, closing connection.501 5.5.4 https://support.google.com/mail/?p=helo z88sm9679wrb.26 - gsmtp
CLIENT -> SERVER: HELO PhpStorm 2016.1.2
SERVER -> CLIENT:
SMTP ERROR: HELO command failed:
SMTP NOTICE: EOF caught while checking if connected
SMTP Error: Could not connect to SMTP host.
SMTP connect() failed. https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/wiki/Troubleshooting
Mailer Error: SMTP connect() failed. https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/wiki/Troubleshooting
Here is my code
<?php
/**
* This example shows settings to use when sending via Google's Gmail servers.
*/
//SMTP needs accurate times, and the PHP time zone MUST be set
//This should be done in your php.ini, but this is how to do it if you don't have access to that
date_default_timezone_set('Etc/UTC');
require '../PHPMailerAutoload.php';
//Create a new PHPMailer instance
$mail = new PHPMailer;
//Tell PHPMailer to use SMTP
$mail->isSMTP();
//Enable SMTP debugging
// 0 = off (for production use)
// 1 = client messages
// 2 = client and server messages
$mail->SMTPDebug = 2;
//Ask for HTML-friendly debug output
$mail->Debugoutput = 'html';
//Set the hostname of the mail server
$mail->Host = 'smtp.gmail.com';
//Set the SMTP port number - 587 for authenticated TLS, a.k.a. RFC4409 SMTP submission
$mail->Port = 587; //ssl : 465 --- tls:587;
//Set the encryption system to use - ssl (deprecated) or tls
$mail->SMTPSecure = 'tls';
//Whether to use SMTP authentication
$mail->SMTPAuth = true;
//Username to use for SMTP authentication - use full email address for gmail
$mail->Username = "te.professionnel#gmail.com";
//Password to use for SMTP authentication
$mail->Password = "*****";
//Set who the message is to be sent from
$mail->setFrom('te.professionnel#gmail.com', 'Abou May');
//Set an alternative reply-to address
//$mail->addReplyTo('replyto#example.com', 'First Last');
//Set who the message is to be sent to
$mail->addAddress('abou.may#gmail.com', 'Abou May');
//Set the subject line
$mail->Subject = 'PHPMailer GMail SMTP test';
//Read an HTML message body from an external file, convert referenced images to embedded,
//convert HTML into a basic plain-text alternative body
$mail->msgHTML(file_get_contents('contents.html'), dirname(__FILE__));
//Replace the plain text body with one created manually
$mail->AltBody = 'This is a plain-text message body';
//Attach an image file
$mail->addAttachment('images/phpmailer_mini.png');
//send the message, check for errors
if (!$mail->send()) {
echo "Mailer Error: " . $mail->ErrorInfo;
} else {
echo "Message sent!";
}
I have read lots of documentation, bu I cannot figure out the reason of this error.
Can someone givz me an example code?
What is wrong ?
I read all the section on troubleshooting
"SMTP Error: Could not connect to SMTP host."
This may also appear as SMTP connect() failed or Called Mail() without being connected in debug output. This is often reported as a PHPMailer problem, but it's almost always down to local DNS failure, firewall blocking (for example as GoDaddy does) or other issue on your local network. It means that PHPMailer is unable to contact the SMTP server you have specified in the Host property, but doesn't say exactly why. It can also be caused by not having the openssl extension loaded (See encryption notes below).
I also encounter this problem before.This is not the problem of PhpMailer.But in fact,this is cause by Gmail smtp is denied the connection,therefore you cant connect.
In order for you to solve this problem,you need to
Configure an OAuth2 app in Google Developer Console.
Step is here
If you still cant manage to solve it,I recommend you to use Postmark as your mail server,it is a lot easier to set up the connection.
Here is the guide for the setup of Postmark.For me is a lot easier.Hope it helps.
This is nothing to do with gmail or oauth.
The problem is this line:
CLIENT -> SERVER: EHLO PhpStorm 2016.1.2
When PHPMailer's SMTP client says hello to a server like this, by default it passes the name returned by the internal method serverHostname(). Normally this returns something like localhost.localdomain, or mymac.local (i.e. a real host name), but if that's not available, it tries to figure out what to use - and one of the things it falls back to is the $_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'] super global, which in this case contains PhpStorm 2016.1.2 (I'd guess because you're testing using PHPStorm's built-in web server?), which is not a valid host name, hence the error. This isn't a good move on PHPStorm's part and is probably worth reporting as a bug.
Fortunately you can override automatic determination of the client hostname using the Helo property, which exists precisely for occasions like this. Just do this:
$mail->Helo = 'my.host.name';
substituting either whatever your real host name is, or by calling some other function which gives a usable result.
I have an email account with zoho.com that is configured and running. On GoDaddy, I am hosting my site and have configured my mail such that any mail sent via the website is received at zoho mail. This setup worked fine till last week. Now I am getting errors and I have no idea what triggers them.
I get the following error on GoDaddy server when I try to send a mail to any account:
SMTP -> ERROR: Failed to connect to server: Connection refused (111)
SMTP Error: Could not connect to SMTP host.
AND the following error on localhost for the same script:
SMTP -> ERROR: Failed to connect to server: A connection attempt
failed because the connected party did not properly respond after a
period of time, or established connection failed because connected
host has failed to respond. (10060)
I have tried the following to correct the errors (on both localhost and GoDaddy) by:
Changed port number to 25,465 and 587
Changed smtp server from smtp.zoho.com to relay-hosting.secureserver.net
Changed ssl to tls and vice versa
Removed the SMTPSecure Parameter altogether
Increased timeout variable to 1000
Verified that the mail accounts exist and are up and running
Verified that mail accounts have valid passwords and usernames.
A working demo can be found here.I have echoed the errors out as well as the message to be sent just for the purpose of this question.
Edit 1 I commented out "$mail->Host="smtp.zoho.com" and got the following error:
SMTP -> FROM SERVER: SMTP -> FROM SERVER: SMTP -> ERROR: EHLO not
accepted from server: SMTP -> FROM SERVER: SMTP -> ERROR: HELO not
accepted from server: SMTP -> ERROR: AUTH not accepted from server:
SMTP -> NOTICE: EOF caught while checking if connectedSMTP Error:
Could not authenticate.
Does this mean that GoDaddy is not authenticating the credentials?
Edit 2: My settings on zoho mail are:
Incoming server: poppro.zoho.com, Port: 995, SSL (POP)
Incoming server: imappro.zoho.com, Port: 993, SSL (IMAP) Outgoing
server: smtp.zoho.com, Port: 465, SSL (POP and IMAP)
Try Using Following Code:
<?php
require_once('class.phpmailer.php');
//include("class.smtp.php"); // optional, gets called from within class.phpmailer.php if not already loaded
$mail = new PHPMailer(true); // the true param means it will throw exceptions on errors, which we need to catch
$mail->IsSMTP(); // telling the class to use SMTP
try {
//SMTP needs accurate times, and the PHP time zone MUST be set
//This should be done in your php.ini, but this is how to do it if you don't have access to that
#require '../PHPMailerAutoload.php';
//Create a new PHPMailer instance
$mail = new PHPMailer;
//Tell PHPMailer to use SMTP
$mail->isSMTP();
//Enable SMTP debugging
// 0 = off (for production use)
// 1 = client messages
// 2 = client and server messages
$mail->SMTPDebug = 3;
//Ask for HTML-friendly debug output
$mail->Debugoutput = 'html';
//Set the hostname of the mail server
$mail->Host = 'smtp.zoho.com';
// use
// $mail->Host = gethostbyname('smtp.zoho.com');
// if your network does not support SMTP over IPv6
//Set the SMTP port number - 587 for authenticated TLS, a.k.a. RFC4409 SMTP submission
$mail->Port = 465;
//Set the encryption system to use - ssl (deprecated) or tls
//$mail->SMTPSecure = 'tls';
//Whether to use SMTP authentication
$mail->SMTPAuth = true;
//Username to use for SMTP authentication - use full email address for gmail
$mail->Username = "care#subillion.com";
//Password to use for SMTP authentication
$mail->Password = "care#subillion";
//Set who the message is to be sent from
$mail->setFrom('care#subillion.com', 'care#subillion.com');
//Set an alternative reply-to address
#$mail->addReplyTo('replyto#example.com', 'First Last');
//Set who the message is to be sent to
$mail->AddAddress($touser, $username);
$mail->Subject = $subject;
$mail->AltBody = "To view the message, please use an HTML compatible email viewer!";
$mail->MsgHTML($msg);
echo $msg;
//$mail->AddAttachment('img/logo-dark.png');
$mail->Send();
// echo "Message Sent OK</p>\n";
} catch (Exception $e) {
// echo $e->getMessage(); //Boring error messages from anything else!
}
?>
EDIT: if still not working then you must have proper configuration settings as below(as example):
Non-SSL Settings
(NOT Recommended)
Username: jon#domain.com
Password: Use the email account’s password.
Incoming Server: mail.domain.com
IMAP Port: 143
POP3 Port: 110
Outgoing Server: mail.domian.com
SMTP Port: 25
Authentication is required for IMAP, POP3, and SMTP.
I can't connect to SMTP GMAIL with PHPMailer.
here is error :
Error on Jun 25, 2015 22:54PM - stream_socket_client(): unable to
connect to smtp.gmail.com:587 (Connection timed out) in
/home/amiroper/public_html/beporsbedoon/app/helpers/phpmailer/smtp.php
on line 222
and this is my code :
$this->_mail->isSMTP();
$this->_mail->Host = "smtp.gmail.com";
$this->_mail->SMTPAuth = true;
$this->_mail->Username = "amiroperator#gmail.com";
$this->_mail->Password = "*********";
$this->_mail->SMTPSecure = "tls";
$this->_mail->Port = "587";
$this->_mail->SMTPDebug = 4;
$this->_mail->From = "AmirOperator";
$this->_mail->FromName = 'amiroperator#gmail.com';
$this->_mail->addAddress("amiroperator#outlook.com", "test");
$this->_mail->isHTML(true);
$this->_mail->Subject = 'Registration confirm';
$this->_mail->Body = 'Thank you for registering to activate your account please click on this link. ".DIR."account/activate/$id/$activasion"';
$this->_mail->AltBody = 'Thank you for registering to activate your account please click on this link. ".DIR."account/activate/$id/$activasion"';
if(!$this->_mail->send()) {
$data['mailsent'] = false;
} else {
$data['mailsent'] = true;
}
the php code is wrong or this is connection problem
Adjust the authentication protocol and port number in your code:
// Your Current Settings
$mail->SMTPSecure = 'tls';
$mail->Port = 587;
// Updated Settings
$mail->SMTPSecure = 'ssl';
$mail->Port = 465;
I've found that PHPMailer, when set to use Gmail SMTP servers with TLS authentication protocol and port number 587, simply doesn't work. However, I've never had a problem using SSL/465.
Google SMTP Settings
Difference Between TLS and SSL
Your server cannot connect to smtp.gmail.com on port 587. I have the same problem from a testing tool:
Resolving hostname...
Connecting...
SMTP -> ERROR: Failed to connect to server: Connection timed out (110)
Message sending failed.
From my local machine, it works perfectly:
Trying 74.125.195.108...
Connected to gmail-smtp-msa.l.google.com.
Escape character is '^]'.
220 mx.google.com ESMTP be3sm8900765wib.21 - gsmtp
Maybe there are temporary problems at Google from the US (I am in Germany here) or something like this. There is no obvious mistake in your code. You can only try it again later or with another SMTP server.
Furthermore, you can try to connect with 74.125.195.108 directly (just deactivate SSL certificate validation).
EDIT: Just also try tls://smtp.gmail.com as host.
I have opened the port 465 on my server:
iptables -A INPUT -p tcp -m tcp --dport 465 -j ACCEPT
iptables-save | sudo tee /etc/sysconfig/iptables
service iptables restart
And I can see the port is ACCEPT when I run iptables -L -n
But still when I try to send mail:
$mail = new PHPMailer ();
$mail->IsSMTP ();
$mail->SMTPDebug = 1;
$mail->SMTPAuth = true;
$mail->SMTPSecure = 'ssl';
$mail->Host = 'smtp.gmail.com';
$mail->Port = 465;
$mail->Username = "gmailusername";
$mail->Password = "gmailpassword";
$mail->SetFrom ( $from, $title );
$mail->Subject = $subject;
$mail->Body = $body;
$mail->AddAddress ( $to );
$mail->Send();
I get the following error:
SMTP -> ERROR: Failed to connect to server: Connection timed out (110)
<br />The following From address failed: gmailusername : Called Mail() without being connected
Any help would be appreciated!
Turns out, digitalocean had blocked sending emails for new users. Contacted them and now it's working. Hope this helps someone.
please go through http://aldrin.aquisap.info/2012/08/26/wp-mail-smtp-in-wordpress-hosted-by-bluehost/ or SMTP ERROR: Failed to connect to server: Connection timed out (110) with PHPMailer and Outlook SMTP.. i guess this is related to your error.
Google's SMTP server requires authentication, so here's how to set it up:
SMTP server (i.e., outgoing mail): smtp.gmail.com
SMTP username: Your full Gmail or Google Apps email address (e.g. example#gmail.com
or example#yourdomain.com)
SMTP password: Your Gmail or Google Apps email password
SMTP port: 465
SMTP TLS/SSL required: yes
In order to store a copy of outgoing emails in your Gmail or Google Apps Sent
folder, log into your Gmail or Google Apps email Settings and:
Click on the Forwarding/IMAP tab and scroll down to the IMAP Access
section: IMAP must be enabled in order for emails to be properly
copied to your sent folder.
Sending Limits
Google limits the amount of mail a user can send, via its portable SMTP server. This limit restricts the number of messages sent per day to 99 emails; and the restriction is automatically removed within 24 hours after the limit was reached.
Source: How To Use Google's SMTP Server
My project contains a function to send email, being PHPMailer. It runs well to send email from my localhost server, but it stopped sending email today, and now it shows this error message
SMTP Error: Could not connect to SMTP host.
I added this code $mail->SMTPDebug = 1; to view debug errors and is now showing me this message:
SMTP ERROR: Failed to connect to server: php_network_getaddresses: getaddrinfo failed: The requested name is valid, but no data of the requested type was found. (0) SMTP Error: Could not connect to SMTP host
I already have enabled extension=php_openssl.dll in php.ini.
This is my code:
$mail = new PHPMailer();
$mail->SMTPSecure = 'ssl';
$mail->IsSMTP();
$mail->Username = "myemail#gmail.com"; // your GMail user name
$mail->Password = "password";
$mail->AddAddress($email); // recipients email
$mail->FromName = "username"; // readable name
$mail->IsHTML(true);
$mail->Subject = "title";
$mail->Body = " Message";
$mail->SMTPDebug = 1;
$mail->Host = "ssl://smtp.gmail.com"; // GMail
$mail->Port = 465;
$mail->IsSMTP(); // use SMTP
$mail->SMTPAuth = true; // turn on SMTP authentication
$mail->From = $mail->Username;
if($mail->Send()){
} else {
}
thanks
This is commonly reported as a PHPMailer problem (and there are many duplicates of this question), but it's almost always down to local DNS failure, firewall blocking or other network issue on your local network.
First, make sure you are using the latest PHPMailer.
Don't use SSL on port 465, it's been deprecated since 1998 and is only used by Microsoft products that didn't get the memo; use TLS on port 587 instead:
$mail->SMTPSecure = 'tls';
$mail->Host = 'smtp.gmail.com';
$mail->Port = 587;
or more succinctly:
$mail->Host = 'tls://smtp.gmail.com:587';
You can your connectivity this by running some commands on your server (you will need dnsutils and telnet packages installed). First check DNS is working:
dig +short smtp.gmail.com
You will get something like this if your DNS is working:
gmail-smtp-msa.l.google.com.
173.194.67.108
173.194.67.109
Next try to telnet to the host on the port you need:
telnet smtp.gmail.com 587
This should give you something like this:
Trying 173.194.67.109...
Connected to gmail-smtp-msa.l.google.com.
Escape character is '^]'.
220 mx.google.com ESMTP ex2sm16805587wjd.30 - gsmtp
(Enter quit to get out of that).
If either of these fail, PHPMailer will not work either. So go fix your network, then try again. If you are not in control of your own firewall or DNS, you probably need to raise a support ticket with your ISP to fix this. If they won't fix it, you need to replace your ISP.
Back in PHPMailer, you can get lower-level feedback on the connection by setting:
$mail->SMTPDebug = 4;
A simple google search revealed this forum - http://forums.devshed.com/php-development-5/unable-to-find-the-socket-transport-ssl-667689.html