PHP mail with PHPMailer through Google SMTP - php

Question

I am really hoping one of you can help me. I've been pulling my hair out for about 2 hours with this. One of the accounts on my client's email servers got compromised and Google start blocking attempts for us to send emails. So I am trying to switch from the basic PHP mail command to PHPMailer and send through Google's SMTP server. This client uses Google Pro for all of his accounts.
I am using the following:
$mail = new PHPMailer();
$mail->isSMTP(); // telling the class to use SMTP
$mail->SMTPDebug = 1; // enables SMTP debug information (for testing)
$mail->Host = "smtp.gmail.com"; // sets GMAIL as the SMTP server
$mail->SMTPSecure = "tls"; // sets the prefix to the server
$mail->SMTPAuth = true; // enable SMTP authentication
$mail->Port = 587; // set the SMTP port for the GMAIL server
$mail->Username = "no-reply#mydomain.com"; // GMAIL username
$mail->Password = "*********"; // GMAIL password
$mail->SetFrom('no-reply#mydomain.com', 'Jimmy');
$mail->Subject = $this->subject;
$body = $this->message;
//$body = eregi_replace("[\]",'',$body);
$mail->MsgHTML($body);
$mail->AddAddress($this->to, 'bob');
if(!$mail->Send()) {
error_log("Mailer Error: " . $mail->ErrorInfo);
echo '[br /]Fail';
} else {
error_log("Message sent!");
echo '[br /]Pass';
}
I know the credentials are correct because I can login with them. I've done all kinds of stuff to this script and the account it is trying to use to send:
Change from TLS to SSL
'unblock captcha' in the account
disabled 2 factor auth (it was already off)
enabled 'less secure apps'
I'm not sure what else to do. This is the error I keep getting:
2017-05-15 03:12:30 CLIENT -> SERVER: EHLO americanbeautytools.com
2017-05-15 03:12:30 CLIENT -> SERVER: STARTTLS
2017-05-15 03:12:30 CLIENT -> SERVER: EHLO americanbeautytools.com
2017-05-15 03:12:30 CLIENT -> SERVER: AUTH LOGIN
2017-05-15 03:12:30 CLIENT -> SERVER: xxx=
2017-05-15 03:12:30 CLIENT -> SERVER: xxx=
2017-05-15 03:12:32 SMTP ERROR: Password command failed: 535 Incorrect authentication data
2017-05-15 03:12:32 SMTP Error: Could not authenticate.
2017-05-15 03:12:32 CLIENT -> SERVER: QUIT
2017-05-15 03:12:32 SMTP connect() failed. https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/wiki/Troubleshooting
The part about password command failed is the part I don't get. How can that be wrong when I login with that email account just fine?
I have looked at about 15 of the threads on this topic and none of what they suggest solves my problem. This is a google pro account that my client runs through google so it wouldn't be the 'free' restriction thing.

Answer 1

Test with G-suite account or sendgrid account. I have tested with my gmail credentials it works.
$mail = new PHPMailer;
$mail->isSMTP();
$mail->Host = 'smtp.gmail.com';
$mail->Port = 465;
$mail->SMTPSecure = 'ssl';
$mail->SMTPAuth = true;
$mail->Username = 'admin#gmail.com'; // SMTP username
$mail->Password = '123456789'; // SMTP password
$mail->setFrom('admin#gmail.com, 'Krishna');
$mail->addAddress($to_addr, 'Test'); // Add a recipient
$mail->Subject = $subject;
$mail->isHTML(true);
$mail->Body = $message;

Answer 2

Try making a new Gmail account for the sole purpose of this project. I was facing the exact problem, apparently, Google doesn't let the server login to your account from some location very far away.
Creating a new account worked fine for me, hope it helps.

Answer 3

<?php
require ('../PHPMailerAutoload.php'); //add PhPMailerAutoload.php file Path
$mail = new PHPMailer(); // create Object
$name=$_POST['Name']; //get name from post method
$to=$_POST['email']; //get email from post method
$message = $_POST['message']; //get msg from post method
$mail->isSMTP(); // telling the class to use SMTP
$mail->SMTPDebug = 2; // enables SMTP debug information (for testing)
$mail->Host = "smtp.gmail.com"; // sets GMAIL as the SMTP server
$mail->SMTPSecure = "ssl"; // sets the prefix to the server
$mail->SMTPAuth = true; // enable SMTP authentication
$mail->Port = 465; // set the SMTP port for the GMAIL server
$mail->Username = "no-reply#mydomain.com"; // GMAIL username
$mail->Password = "*********"; // GMAIL password
$mail->SetFrom('no-reply#mydomain.com', 'Jimmy'); //Set who the message is to be sent from
$mail->Subject = "Email from Mailer"; // $this->subject;
$mail->Body = "test Email msg"; // $this->message;
$mail->isHTML(true);
$mail->MsgHTML($message);
$mail->addAddress($to,$name);
$mail->WordWrap = 70;
if(!$mail->Send()) {
echo 'Message could not be sent.'.'<br>';
echo "Mailer Error: " . $mail->ErrorInfo);
exit;
} else {
echo 'Message sent.'.'<br>';
exit;
}
?>