I'm trying to create a mailing system for our library. People receive an e-mail when they requested a book. However, I want them to receive an e-mail one day before the hand-in date as well.
So I'm not looking for a sleep script code, I'm looking for a code that can maybe store the data on the server until the hand-in date arrived.
I'm using Joomla 3.5.1 for our website, this is the code for the PHPMailer:
jimport('joomla.mail.mail');
try{
$mail = new PHPMailer();
$body = $mailmsgadmin;
$mail->IsSMTP(); // telling the class to use SMTP
$mail->Host = "example.host.com"; // SMTP server
$mail->SMTPDebug = 2; // enables SMTP debug information (for testing)
// 1 = errors and messages
// 2 = messages only
$mail->SMTPAuth = true; // enable SMTP authentication
$mail->SMTPSecure = "ssl"; // sets the prefix to the servier
$mail->Host = "example.host.com"; // sets the SMTP server
$mail->Port = 25; // set the SMTP port for the GMAIL server
$mail->Username = "email"; // SMTP account username
$mail->Password = "password"; // SMTP account password
$mail->SetFrom('email', 'First Last');
$mail->AddReplyTo($mailuseremail, $mailusername);
$mail->Subject = $mailsubject;
$mail->AltBody = "To view the message, please use an HTML compatible email viewer!";
$mail->MsgHTML($body);
$mail->AddAddress("Users e-mail","Users name");
if(!$mail->Send()) {
JError::raiseWarning( 'SOME_ERROR_CODE', $mail->ErrorInfo);
}
} catch (Exception $e) {JError::raiseWarning( 'SOME_ERROR_CODE', $e->getMessage());}
Instead of trying to get PHPMailer delay the sending, add your email details to a database table. And then write a cron job that checks the table for emails that need to be sent.
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 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;
}
I am able to send emails to email addresses on the host domain so sending an email to me#domain.com work, where the mail host is domain.com, but if I send it to me#gmail.com it doesn't come through, and I don't get any errors from the phpMailer, with debug on, it shows everything has been done. Here is my phpMailer setup:
require_once("class.phpmailer.php");
$mail = new PHPMailer();
$mail->IsSMTP(); // set mailer to use SMTP
$mail->SMTPDebug = 2;
$mail->Host = "mail.mydomain.co.uk"; // specify main and backup server
$mail->SMTPAuth = true; // turn on SMTP authentication
$mail->Username = "sendmail#mydomain.co.uk"; // SMTP username
$mail->Password = "password"; // SMTP password
$mail->From = "info#mydomain.com"; //do NOT fake header.
$mail->FromName = "Me";
$mail->AddAddress("you#gmail.com"); // Email on which you want to send mail
$mail->Subject = "Just a Test";
$mail->Body = "Hello. I am testing <b>PHP Mailer.</b>";
if(!$mail->Send()){
echo $mail->ErrorInfo;
}else{
echo "<p>Thank you, we will be in touch shortly</p>";
}
What is going on? As far as the mailer is concerned it has sent because I get back
SMTP -> FROM SERVER:250 Requested mail action okay, completed
SMTP -> FROM SERVER:250 Requested mail action okay, completed
SMTP -> FROM SERVER:354 Start mail input; end with .
SMTP -> FROM SERVER:250 Requested mail action okay, completed
I am using php mailer class. I am getting :
SMTP Error: The following recipients failed: s_deshmukh88#hotmail.com
$mail = new phpMailer();
$body = "Hello, this is a test mail.";
//$body = preg_replace('/\\\\/','', $body); //Strip backslashes
$mail->IsSMTP(); // tell the class to use SMTP
//$mail->SMTPAuth = true; // enable SMTP authentication
//$mail->Port = 25; // set the SMTP server port
$mail->Host = "localhost"; // SMTP server
$mail->Username = "localhost"; // SMTP server username
$mail->Password = "password"; // SMTP server password
//$mail->SMTPSecure = "tls";
//$mail->IsSendmail(); // tell the class to use Sendmail
$mail->AddReplyTo("name#domain.com","First Last");
$mail->From = "name#domain.com";
$mail->FromName = "First Last";
$to = "s_deshmukh88#hotmail.com";
$mail->AddAddress($to);
$mail->Subject = "First PHPMailer Message";
$mail->AltBody = "To view the message, please use an HTML compatible email viewer!"; // optional, comment out and test
$mail->WordWrap = 80; // set word wrap
$mail->MsgHTML($body);
$mail->IsHTML(true); // send as HTML
if($mail->Send()){
echo 'Message has been sent.';
}
What can be the reason ?
Just try to put SMTPAuth to false and Host to'localhost'.
Thanks !! :)
I had this problem using authenticated SMTP. When I tested my mailing from home using xampp but connected to a (shared) server, emails went to users without problems. When I tried the same thing with the PHP on the host server, emails went through to addresses on my account but NOT to external addresses. (Ie. if my address is fred#bloggs.com and I send an email to fred#bloggs.com, it goes through but if I send it to jim#smith.com, it fails) The solution turned out to be to use the full host address when working on my local pc, ie $mail->Host = "mail.fred.bloggs.com", but $mail->Host = "localhost" on the server. May seem perverse but it works.
I just ran into this issue, and in my case, i believe it was the webhost's mail server that was not allowing a non-matching domain name for the From address. So for example, i was using mail.mydomain.com to send mail, but i wanted the from address to be test#test.com
When i switched the from address to test#mydomain.com, then the email was getting sent.