I followed all of the instructions in this question:
SMTP connect() failed PHPmailer - PHP
But still I never succeeded in getting the PHPMailer to work. I searched elsewhere - no solutions.
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When I try to send a test email using my gmail account credentials, it returns the "SMTP connect() failed" error.
I am using this template code:
<?php
require 'PHPMailerAutoload.php';
if(isset($_POST['send']))
{
$email = $_POST['email'];
$password = $_POST['password'];
$to_id = $_POST['toid'];
$message = $_POST['message'];
$subject = $_POST['subject'];
$mail = new PHPMailer;
$mail->isSMTP();
$mail->Host = 'ssl://smtp.gmail.com';
$mail->Port = 587;
$mail->SMTPSecure = 'tls';
$mail->SMTPAuth = true;
$mail->Username = $email;
$mail->Password = $password;
$mail->addAddress($to_id);
$mail->Subject = $subject;
$mail->msgHTML($message);
if (!$mail->send()) {
$error = "Mailer Error: " . $mail->ErrorInfo;
echo '<p id="para">'.$error.'</p>';
}
else {
echo '<p id="para">Message sent!</p>';
}
}
else{
echo '<p id="para">Please enter valid data</p>';
}
?>
Edit: I don't know if there's a new way to send emails through PHP now. All the tutorials and lessons I am using teaches it this way (i.e. using the PHPMailer library).
I had a tough time finding the PHPMailer library that includes the PHPMailerAutoload.php file, which makes me think it's a little outdated or deprecated, but how else would I send emails? I don't know.
The reason you're having a hard time finding PHPMailerAutoload.php is because it's old and no longer supported. Get the latest and base your code on the gmail example provided. If you're new to PHP, learn to use composer.
These three lines are conflicting:
$mail->Host = 'ssl://smtp.gmail.com';
$mail->Port = 587;
$mail->SMTPSecure = 'tls';
The ssl:// in Host overrides the tls in SMTPSecure, resulting in it trying to use implicit TLS to a port expecting explicit TLS. Either use ssl with port 465 or tls with port 587, not other combos. Regardless, it appears that's not your problem anyway.
As the troubleshooting guide says about this exact "SMTP connect() failed" error:
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 another 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 then goes on to describe several techniques you can use to try to diagnose exactly why you can't connect. Amazing stuff, documentation.
I tried your form with some random data and saw that you failed to include the most important error message in your question:
2018-06-02 14:47:25 SMTP ERROR: Failed to connect to server: Network is unreachable (101)
2018-06-02 14:47:25 SMTP connect() failed
That suggests your ISP is probably blocking outbound SMTP, so you have your answer - perhaps confirm that using the steps the guide suggests (telnet etc), and refer to your ISP's docs or support.
You also have a major omission - you're not setting a "from" address:
$mail->setFrom('myname#gmail.com', 'My Name');
Note that if you're sending through gmail, you can only use your account's address, or preset aliases (set in gmail prefs), not arbitrary addresses.
Meanwhile, this is a somewhat crazy thing to implement as you have anyway - why would anyone ever enter their gmail credentials on a form like that?
did you try to use the following config?
$mail->Host = 'smtp.gmail.com';
$mail->SMTPSecure = 'ssl';
$mail->Port = 465;
$mail->CharSet = 'UTF-8';
<?php
require 'PHPMailerAutoload.php';
$mail = new PHPMailer;
//$mail->SMTPDebug = 4; // Enable verbose debug output
$mail->isSMTP(); // Set mailer to use SMTP
$mail->Host = 'smtp.gmail.com'; // Specify main and backup SMTP servers
$mail->SMTPAuth = true; // Enable SMTP authentication
$mail->Username = 'your gamil id'; // SMTP username
$mail->Password = 'gmail password'; // SMTP password
$mail->SMTPSecure = 'tls'; // Enable TLS encryption, `ssl` also accepted
$mail->Port = 587; // TCP port to connect to
$mail->setFrom('set from address', 'name');
$mail->addAddress('recipient address', 'Joe User'); // Add a recipient
$mail->addReplyTo('reply address', 'Information');
// $mail->addAttachment('/var/tmp/file.tar.gz'); // Add attachments
// $mail->addAttachment('/tmp/image.jpg', 'new.jpg'); // Optional name
$mail->isHTML(true); // Set email format to HTML
$mail->Subject = 'Here is the subject';
$mail->Body = 'This is the HTML message body <b>in bold!</b>';
$mail->AltBody = 'This is the body in plain text for non-HTML mail clients';
if(!$mail->send()) {
echo 'Message could not be sent.';
echo 'Mailer Error: ' . $mail->ErrorInfo;
} else {
echo 'Message has been sent';
}
require 'PHPMailerAutoload.php';
$mail = new PHPMailer;
$mail->SMTPDebug = 3; // Enable verbose debug output
$mail->isSMTP(); // Set mailer to use SMTP
$mail->Host = 'myhost'; // Specify main and backup SMTP servers
$mail->SMTPAuth = true; // Enable SMTP authentication
$mail->Username = 'myusername'; // SMTP username
$mail->Password = 'mypassword'; // SMTP password
$mail->SMTPSecure = 'tls'; // Enable TLS encryption, `ssl` also accepted
$mail->Port = 1060; // TCP port to connect to
$mail->setFrom('test#gmail.com', 'test');
$mail->isHTML(true); // Set email format to HTML
$mail->addAddress('test#gmail.com'); // Add a recipient
for($i=0;$i<1;$i++){
$mail->Subject = "test bulk email ".$i;
$mail->Body = "this is email ".$i;
if(!$mail->Send())
{
$error_message = "Mailer Error: " . $mail->ErrorInfo;
}
}
echo $error_message;
When I run this code, I get this error:
Connection: opened 2018-03-05 09:24:25 SERVER -> CLIENT: 2018-03-05 09:24:25 SMTP NOTICE: EOF caught while checking if connected 2018-03-05 09:24:25 Connection: closed 2018-03-05 09:24:25 SMTP Error: Could not connect to SMTP host.
How do I fix this?
You're using an unusual port number for SMTP submission, so check you have the right one for your host. It would usually be 587 when using SMTPSecure = 'tls'.
You're setting a gmail from address while sending through another host; that will cause you to fail SPF checks and your messages will either be blocked or spam filtered.
If you want to send to a list, follow the mailing list example provided with PHPMailer - your code contains some mistakes that will probably result in duplicate messages.
I'm trying to learn PHPMailer and I don't understand why it needs an email address and password.
$mail->isSMTP(); // Set mailer to use SMTP
$mail->Host = 'smtp1.example.com;smtp2.example.com'; // Specify main and backup SMTP servers
$mail->SMTPAuth = true; // Enable SMTP authentication
$mail->Username = 'user#example.com'; // SMTP username
$mail->Password = 'secret'; // SMTP password
$mail->SMTPSecure = 'tls'; // Enable TLS encryption, `ssl` also accepted
$mail->Port = 587; // TCP port to connect to
It's not coming from a persons email, it's coming from the site. What email am I supposed to put here and why?
The email address is the address which the emails are sent from. The username and password are required for SMTP servers that require authentication in order to send mail.
The way email works is that party 1 has an email account which it uses to send mail to party 2. Party 1 can be a site, a person, a script or something else, but it still needs to have an email account to be able to send email.
This is the way SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) has been defined, and you need to follow the definitions of that protocol to get your mail delivered.
It is not necessary to provide password -
<?php
require("class.phpmailer.php");
$mail = new PHPMailer();
$mail->IsSMTP(); // telling the class to use SMTP
$mail->Host = "smtp.example.com"; // SMTP server
$mail->From = "example#gmail.com";
$mail->AddAddress("example#gmail.com");
$mail->Subject = "First PHPMailer Message";
$mail->Body = "Hi! \n\n This is my first e-mail sent through PHPMailer.";
$mail->WordWrap = 50;
if(!$mail->Send()) {
echo 'Message was not sent.';
echo 'Mailer error: ' . $mail->ErrorInfo;
} else {
echo 'Message has been sent.';
}
?>
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I had my website on a dummy server and everything worked great! I transfer my hosting over to GoDaddy and when i send myself an email to check if it works it throws this error:
SMTP -> ERROR: Failed to connect to server: Connection refused (111)
The following From address failed: root#localhost : Called Mail() without being connected Mailer Error: The following From address failed: root#localhost : Called Mail() without being connected
As I said it worked on my old host and I already did the necessary stuff on gmail end and my credentials are 100% correct. but not my new 1 do I have to configure the php.ini file?
require_once('includes/class.phpmailer.php');
$mail = new PHPMailer(); // create a new object
$mail->IsSMTP(); // enable SMTP
$mail->SMTPDebug = 1; // debugging: 1 = errors and messages, 2 = messages only
$mail->SMTPAuth = true; // authentication enabled
$mail->SMTPSecure = 'tls'; // secure transfer enabled REQUIRED for GMail
$mail->Host = "smtp.gmail.com";
$mail->Port = 587; // or 587
$mail->IsHTML(true);
$mail->Username = "user#gmail.com";
$mail->Password = "password";
$mail->Subject = "Sponsorship enquiry";
$mail->Body = "<p>Sponsorship form details:</p>";
$mail->Body .= "<p>name: ".$name."</p>";
$mail->Body .= "<p>email: ".$email."</p>";
$mail->Body .= "<p>sport: ".$sport."</p>";
$mail->Body .= "<p>message: ".$message."</p>";
$mail->AddAddress("exeuity#gmail.com");
if(!$mail->Send()){
echo "Mailer Error: " . $mail->ErrorInfo;
}
else{
$_SESSION['success'] = "Email successfully sent AIM will be in contact with you shortly!";
header("location:athletes.php");
exit();
}
Firstly, update your PHPMailer - your code is based on an old example.
You should also read the troubleshooting docs.
I can see you're not setting a 'from' address, so it's defaulting to root#localhost, and that may be why you're being rejected as that's not a routable address from the outside world, so you should call $mail->setFrom() with sensible values.
GoDaddy is notorious for blocking or rerouting outbound email, so check that you really are talking to gmail - verify the SSL certificate you get when connecting via TLS.
I would like to send an email using Gmail SMTP server through PHP Mailer.
this is my code
<?php
require_once('class.phpmailer.php');
$mail = new PHPMailer();
$mail->IsSMTP();
$mail->CharSet="UTF-8";
$mail->SMTPSecure = 'tls';
$mail->Host = 'smtp.gmail.com';
$mail->Port = 587;
$mail->Username = 'MyUsername#gmail.com';
$mail->Password = 'valid password';
$mail->SMTPAuth = true;
$mail->From = 'MyUsername#gmail.com';
$mail->FromName = 'Mohammad Masoudian';
$mail->AddAddress('anotherValidGmail#gmail.com');
$mail->AddReplyTo('phoenixd110#gmail.com', 'Information');
$mail->IsHTML(true);
$mail->Subject = "PHPMailer Test Subject via Sendmail, basic";
$mail->AltBody = "To view the message, please use an HTML compatible email viewer!";
$mail->Body = "Hello";
if(!$mail->Send())
{
echo "Mailer Error: " . $mail->ErrorInfo;
}
else
{
echo "Message sent!";
}
?>
but I receive this following error
Mailer Error: SMTP Error: The following recipients failed: anotherValidGmail#gmail.com
SMTP server error: SMTP AUTH is required for message submission on port 587
my domain is vatandesign.ir
$mail = new PHPMailer(); // create a new object
$mail->IsSMTP(); // enable SMTP
$mail->SMTPDebug = 1; // debugging: 1 = errors and messages, 2 = messages only
$mail->SMTPAuth = true; // authentication enabled
$mail->SMTPSecure = 'ssl'; // secure transfer enabled REQUIRED for Gmail
$mail->Host = "smtp.gmail.com";
$mail->Port = 465; // or 587
$mail->IsHTML(true);
$mail->Username = "email#gmail.com";
$mail->Password = "password";
$mail->SetFrom("example#gmail.com");
$mail->Subject = "Test";
$mail->Body = "hello";
$mail->AddAddress("email#gmail.com");
if(!$mail->Send()) {
echo "Mailer Error: " . $mail->ErrorInfo;
} else {
echo "Message has been sent";
}
This code above has been tested and worked for me.
It could be that you needed $mail->SMTPSecure = 'ssl';
Also make sure you don't have two step verification switched on for that account as that can cause problems also.
UPDATED
You could try changing $mail->SMTP to:
$mail->SMTPSecure = 'tls';
It's worth noting that some SMTP servers block connections.
Some SMTP servers don't support SSL (or TLS) connections.
So I just solved my own "SMTP connection failure" error and I wanted to post the solution just in case it helps anyone else.
I used the EXACT code given in the PHPMailer example gmail.phps file. It worked simply while I was using MAMP and then I got the SMTP connection error once I moved it on to my personal server.
All of the Stack Overflow answers I read, and all of the troubleshooting documentation from PHPMailer said that it wasn't an issue with PHPMailer. That it was a settings issue on the server side. I tried different ports (587, 465, 25), I tried 'SSL' and 'TLS' encryption. I checked that openssl was enabled in my php.ini file. I checked that there wasn't a firewall issue. Everything checked out, and still nothing.
The solution was that I had to remove this line:
$mail->isSMTP();
Now it all works. I don't know why, but it works. The rest of my code is copied and pasted from the PHPMailer example file.
Also worth noting that if you have two factor authentication enabled, you'll need to setup an application specific password to use in place of your email account's password.
You can generate an application specific password by following these instructions:
https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/185833
Then set $mail->Password to your application specific password.
It seems that your server fails to establish a connection to Gmail SMTP server.
Here are some hints to troubleshoot this:
1) check if SSL correctly configured on your PHP (module that handle it isn't installed by default on PHP. You have to check your configuration in phph.ini).
2) check if your firewall let outgoing calls to the required port (here 465 or 587). Use telnet to do so. If the port isn't opened, you'll then require some support from sysdmin to setup the config.
I hope you'll sort this out quickly!
Google treat Gmail accounts differently depending on the available user information, probably to curb spammers.
I couldn't use SMTP until I did the phone verification. Made another account to double check and I was able to confirm it.
this code working fine for me
$mail = new PHPMailer;
//Enable SMTP debugging.
$mail->SMTPDebug = 0;
//Set PHPMailer to use SMTP.
$mail->isSMTP();
//Set SMTP host name
$mail->Host = $hostname;
//Set this to true if SMTP host requires authentication to send email
$mail->SMTPAuth = true;
//Provide username and password
$mail->Username = $sender;
$mail->Password = $mail_password;
//If SMTP requires TLS encryption then set it
$mail->SMTPSecure = "ssl";
//Set TCP port to connect to
$mail->Port = 465;
$mail->From = $sender;
$mail->FromName = $sender_name;
$mail->addAddress($to);
$mail->isHTML(true);
$mail->Subject = $Subject;
$mail->Body = $Body;
$mail->AltBody = "This is the plain text version of the email content";
if (!$mail->send()) {
echo "Mailer Error: " . $mail->ErrorInfo;
}
else {
echo 'Mail Sent Successfully';
}
$mail->SMTPOptions = array(
'ssl' => array(
'verify_peer' => false,
'verify_peer_name' => false,
'allow_self_signed' => true
)
);
If you are using cPanel you should just click the wee box that allows you to send to external servers by SMTP.
Login to CPanel > Tweak Settings > All> "Restrict outgoing SMTP to
root, exim, and mailman (FKA SMTP Tweak)"
As answered here:
"Password not accepted from server: 535 Incorrect authentication data" when sending with GMail and phpMailer
Anderscc has got it correct. Thanks. It worked for me but not 100%.
I had to set
$mail->SMTPDebug = 0;
Setting it to 1, can cause errors especially if you are passing some data as json to next page. Example - Performing verification if mail is sent, using json to pass data through ajax.
I had to lower my gmail account security settings to get rid of errors:
" SMTP connect() failed " and " SMTP ERROR: Password command failed "
Solution:
This problem can be caused by either 'less secure' applications trying to use the email account (this is according to google help, not sure how they judge what is secure and what is not) OR if you are trying to login several time in a row OR if you change countries (for example use VPN, move code to different server or actually try to login from different part of the world).
Links that fix the problem (you must be logged into google account):
view recent attempts to use the account and accept suspicious access.
link to disable the feature of blocking suspicious apps/technologies:
https://www.google.com/settings/u/1/security/lesssecureapps
Note:
You can go to the following stackoverflow answer link for more detailed reference.
https://stackoverflow.com/a/25175234
I have found a solution and it is working.
Basic settings:
$mail->IsHTML(true);
//Tell PHPMailer to use SMTP
$mail->isSMTP();
//Enable SMTP debugging
//SMTP::DEBUG_OFF = off (for production use)
//SMTP::DEBUG_CLIENT = client messages
//SMTP::DEBUG_SERVER = client and server messages
$mail->SMTPDebug = SMTP::DEBUG_CLIENT;
//Set the hostname of the mail server
$mail->Host = 'smtp.gmail.com';
//Set the SMTP port number - likely to be 25, 465 or 587
$mail->Port = 587;
//Whether to use SMTP authentication
$mail->SMTPAuth = true;
//Username to use for SMTP authentication
$mail->Username = 'user#gmail.com';
//Password to use for SMTP authentication
$mail->Password = 'PASSWORD_HERE';
//Set who the message is to be sent from
$mail->setFrom('email#email.ext', 'From where it is sent');
//Set an alternative reply-to address
$mail->addReplyTo('email#email.ext', 'Reply To');
//Set who the message is to be sent to
$mail->addAddress('email#email.ext');
//Set the subject line
$mail->Subject = 'Email subject';
// Body message
$mail->Body = '
<h1>Message details</h1>
';
// Send message
if( $mail->send() ) {
echo "Sent"
} else {
echo "Not Sent";
}
If you've already tried everything, try doing this:
Disable the feature of blocking suspicious apps/technologies https://www.google.com/settings/u/1/security/lesssecureapps
Clear the Captcha https://accounts.google.com/b/0/DisplayUnlockCaptcha
Do the test.
Here are some articles of interest that helped me solve this:
https://support.google.com/a/thread/108782439/smtp-error-password-command-failed-535-5-7-8-username-and-password-not-accepted?hl=en&msgid=108963583
https://bobcares.com/blog/phpmailer-smtp-error-password-command-failed/
I just wanted to share my experience with phpMailer , that was working locally (XAMPP) but wasn't working on my hosting provider.
I turned on phpMailer error reporting
$mail->SMTPDebug=2
I got 'Connection refused Error'
I email my host provider for the issue, and they said that they would open the SMTP PORTS 25, 465, 587.
Then I got the following error response "SMTP ERROR: Password command failed:"...."Please log in via your web browser and then try again"...."SMTP Error: Could not authenticate."
So google checks if your are logged in to your account (I was when I ran the script locally through my browser) and then allows you to send mail through the phpMailer script.
To fix that:
1: go to your Google account -> security
2: Scroll to the Key Icon and choose "2 way verification" and follow the procedure
3: When done go back to the key icon from google account -> security and choose the second option "create app passwords" and follow the procedure to get the password.
Now go to your phpMailer object and change your Google password with the password given from the above procedure.
You are done.
The code:
require_once('class.phpmailer.php');
$phpMailerObj= new PHPMailer();
$phpMailerObj->isSMTP();
$phpMailerObj->SMTPDebug = 0;
$phpMailerObj->Debugoutput = 'html';
$phpMailerObj->Host = 'smtp.gmail.com';
$phpMailerObj->Port = 587;
$phpMailerObj->SMTPSecure = 'tls';
$phpMailerObj->SMTPAuth = true;
$phpMailerObj->Username = "YOUR EMAIL";
$phpMailerObj->Password = "THE NEW PASSWORD FROM GOOGLE ";
$phpMailerObj->setFrom('YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS', 'THE NAME OF THE SENDER',0);
$phpMailerObj->addAddress('RECEIVER EMAIL ADDRESS', 'RECEIVER NAME');
$phpMailerObj->Subject = 'SUBJECT';
$phpMailerObj->Body ='MESSAGE';
if (!phpMailerObj->send()) {
echo "phpMailerObjer Error: " . $phpMailerObj->ErrorInfo;
return 0;
} else {
echo "Message sent!";
return 1;
}
If anyone there who is not getting a working answer, they can try this.
Note: I am using PHPMailer 5.2.23.
<?php
date_default_timezone_set('Asia/Kolkata');
require './Libraries/PHPMailer5/PHPMailerAutoload.php';
$mail = new PHPMailer;
$mail->isSMTP();
// Enable SMTP debugging
// 0 = off (for production use)
// 1 = client messages
// 2 = client and server messages
$mail->SMTPDebug = 2;
$mail->Debugoutput = 'html';
$mail->Host = 'localhost';
$mail->Port = 587;
$mail->SMTPSecure = 'tls';
$mail->SMTPAuth = true;
$mail->Username = "yourWebmailUsermail";
$mail->Password = "yourWebmailPassword";
$mail->SMTPOptions = array(
'ssl' => array(
'verify_peer' => false,
'verify_peer_name' => false,
'allow_self_signed' => true
)
);
$mail->setFrom('formEmailAddress', 'First Last');
$mail->addAddress('toEmailAddress', 'John Doe');
$mail->Subject = 'PHPMailer GMail SMTP test';
$mail->msgHTML("<h1>Hi Test Mail</h1>");
$mail->AltBody = 'This is a plain-text message body';
if (!$mail->send()) {
echo "Mailer Error: " . $mail->ErrorInfo;
} else {
echo "Message sent!";
}
?>
I think it is connection issue you can get code here http://skillrow.com/sending-mail-using-smtp-and-php/
include(“smtpfile.php“);
include(“saslfile.php“); // for SASL authentication $from=”my#website.com“; //from mail id
$smtp=new smtp_class;
$smtp->host_name=”www.abc.com“; // name of host
$smtp->host_port=25;//port of host
$smtp->timeout=10;
$smtp->data_timeout=0;
$smtp->debug=1;
$smtp->html_debug=1;
$smtp->pop3_auth_host=””;
$smtp->ssl=0;
$smtp->start_tls=0;
$smtp->localhost=”localhost“;
$smtp->direct_delivery=0;
$smtp->user=”smtp username”;
$smtp->realm=””;
$smtp->password=”smtp password“;
$smtp->workstation=””;
$smtp->authentication_mechanism=””;
$mail=$smtp->SendMessage($from,array($to),array(“From:$from”,”To: $to”,”Subject: $subject”,”Date: ”.strftime(“%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S %Z”)),”$message”);
if($mail){
echo “Mail sent“;
}else{
echo $smtp->error;
}