PHPMailer wont send mails - php

Question

I have this PHPMailer: https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/
my code is this:
$mail = new PHPMailer;
$mail->isSMTP(); // Set mailer to use SMTP
$mail->Host = 'kms-play.it'; // Specify main and backup server
$mail->SMTPAuth = true; // Enable SMTP authentication
$mail->Username = 'noreply#kms-play.it'; // SMTP username
$mail->Password = 'pass'; // SMTP password
$mail->SMTPSecure = 'tls'; // Enable encryption, 'ssl' also accepted
$mail->From = 'noreply#kms-play.it';
$mail->FromName = 'KMS-Play';
$mail->addAddress('evolutio#kms-play.it', 'Lars Mehrhoff'); // Add a recipient
#$mail->WordWrap = 50; // Set word wrap to 50 characters
#$mail->addAttachment('/var/tmp/file.tar.gz'); // Add attachments
#$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;
exit;
}
echo 'Message has been sent';
and the error is:
2013-12-15 15:02:23 CLIENT -> SERVER: EHLO local.kms-play.it 2013-12-15 15:02:23 CLIENT -> SERVER: STARTTLS 2013-12-15 15:02:23 SMTP ERROR: STARTTLS command failed: 502 5.5.1 Error: command not implemented 2013-12-15 15:02:23 CLIENT -> SERVER: QUIT SMTP connect() failed. Message could not be sent.Mailer Error: SMTP connect() failed.

Answer 1

You have 2 options:
1 - As TLS is not active comment this line:
$mail->SMTPSecure = 'tls';
It will work but is not good to send mails without sign them.
2 - Make sure to activate TLS and the EHLO command should return:
EHLO myfriend
2016-10-27 01:15:07 SERVER -> CLIENT: 250-server.urutecno.net
Hello mail.myfriemd.com [216.111.111.111]
250-SIZE 52428800
250-8BITMIME
250-PIPELINING
250-AUTH PLAIN LOGIN
250-STARTTLS
250 HELP

Answer 2

Just config issue.
update< human -> goto web ::https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/releases
get --> PHPMailer-5.2-stable and browse to examples\mailing_list.phps
add the followin config files to the file and it will work out of the box.
$mail->SMTPOptions = array(
'ssl' => array(
'verify_peer' => false,
'verify_peer_name' => false,
'allow_self_signed' => true
)
);
$mail->isSMTP();
$mail->SMTPAutoTLS = false;
$mail->Port = 587;
$mail->SMTPAuth = true;
$mail->SMTPSecure = 'tls';
for sure it will work

Answer 3

I guess this might be wrong:
$mail->Host = 'kms-play.it';
Is that really your SMTP host? Usually it's something like smtp.kms-play.it. Best check with your hosting provider.