I'm trying to send an email when a form is submitted. I'm using PHPMailer to send the mail using the below configuration.
$mail = new PHPMailer;
$mail->isSMTP();
$mail->Host = 'mail.example.in';
$mail->Port = 25;
$mail->SMTPAuth = true;
$mail->Username = 'user#example.in';
$mail->Password = 'password';
$mail->setFrom("user#example.in" , "User");
$mail->addAddress('receiver#example.in', 'Receiver');
$mail->addBCC('anotheruser#somedomain.com', 'Another user');
$mail->AddReplyTo('user#example.in', 'User');
$mail->isHTML(true);
$mail->Subject = $subject;
$mail->Body = $message;
if($mail->send())
echo "Your request has been received. We will soon contact you.";
else echo "Unable to send your request. Please try again";
This works fine in localhost. But, when I deploy it to my server (example.in) I get the below exception.
SMTP ERROR: Failed to connect to server: Connection timed out (110)
SMTP connect() failed. https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/wiki/Troubleshooting
--EDIT--
I tried connecting to the SMTP server using telnet command, but I'm unable to add the recipient. I get the below error?
Last login: Fri Sep 16 11:08:06 on ttys000
admin:~ admin$ telnet mail.example.in 25
Trying 111.91.153.112...
Connected to mail.example.in.
Escape character is '^]'.
220 fbs-ho-mailserver.example.in ESMTP Service (Lotus Domino Release 8.5.3FP3) ready at Fri, 16 Sep 2016 11:36:01 +0530
HELO example.in
250 fbs-ho-mailserver.example.in Hello example.in ([111.91.127.222]), pleased to meet you
MAIL from: marketing#example.in
250 marketing#example.in... Sender OK
RCPT to: john.hh#gmail.com
554 Relay rejected for policy reasons.
-- EDIT --
I was able to setup this account in outlook. I'm really confused what's happening.
Your error says:
SMTP ERROR: Failed to connect to server: Connection timed out (110)
SMTP connect() failed. https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/wiki/Troubleshooting
So let's look at https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/wiki/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).
Some techniques to diagnose the source of this error are discussed
below.
GoDaddy
Popular US hosting provider GoDaddy imposes very strict (to the point
of becoming almost useless) constraints on sending email. They block
outbound SMTP to ports 25, 465 and 587 to all servers except their
own. This problem is the subject of many frustrating questions on
Stack Overflow. If you find your script works on your local machine,
but not when you upload it to GoDaddy, this will be what's happening
to you. The solution is extremely poorly documented by GoDaddy: you
must send through their servers, and also disable all security
features, username and password (great, huh?!), giving you this config
for PHPMailer:
$mail->isSMTP();
$mail->Host = 'relay-hosting.secureserver.net';
$mail->Port = 25;
$mail->SMTPAuth = false;
$mail->SMTPSecure = false;
GoDaddy also refuses to send with a From address belonging to any aol,
gmail, yahoo, hotmail, live, aim, or msn domain (see their docs). This
is because all those domains deploy SPF and DKIM anti-forgery
measures, and faking your from address is forgery.
You may find it easier to switch to a more enlightened hosting
provider.
The problem - rather the two unrelated problems - that you're experiencing are quite straightforward:
SMTP ERROR: Failed to connect to server: Connection timed out (110)
SMTP connect() failed.
and you have verified that the server is indeed accepting connections:
I tried connecting to the SMTP server using telnet command
Last login: Fri Sep 16 11:08:06 on ttys000
admin:~ admin$ telnet mail.example.in 25
Trying 111.91.153.112...
Connected to mail.example.in.
Your script cannot connect to the SMTP server when run from its production server.
The likely cause is that the production server has a firewall that, to avoid abuse, prevents any connection to the outside. The server can serve Web requests, but no more.
If your test had verified that port 25 was not responding, then (after checking that the host address was correct) you could have tried telnet mail.example.in 587 instead. If that worked, it could have meant that the server is not accepting insecure connections (port 25) but is accepting secure connections. With PHPMailer you could then have tried activating secure connection:
$mail->SMTPSecure = 'tls';
or
$mail->SMTPSecure = 'ssl';
If that does not work, you might still have a firewall issue; or you might need to look at phpinfo() and verify you do have OpenSSL support available in PHP.
What you need to do
ask the IT people that maintain the production server to open the firewall;
more promisingly, ask them how to send emails from that server. Chances are that you need to use the mail() function, or use localhost or 127.0.0.1 as SMTP server. Then the emails will go out through your production server's service network.
They might tell you that port 25 is not allowed, but port (say) 465 or 567 would be allowed. You will have to update your configuration and/or add TLS/SSL accordingly (see above).
or you might be allowed to connect to a third party SMTP server of which you will have to supply the IP address, to allow the IT guys to open a suitable firewall window. Then the emails will go out through the third party server.
The second problem (possibly NOT a problem)
250 marketing#example.in... Sender OK
RCPT to: john.hh#gmail.com
554 Relay rejected for policy reasons
Also to avoid abuse, SMTP Servers will not let everyone connect and send emails, but only their own customers. I see that in the PHPMailer configuration you specified an user and a password. In the telnet session you did not. So it might well be that PHPmailer could send, but not connect, while your telnet can connect, but not send.
Once you solve the connection problem, your authentication problem will either be solved or will have gone away (because you'll be using a different server supplied to you by the IT guys, for example localhost).
The third problem (might never arise)
A third way of abusing services is over-use - sending too many emails to too many people. Verify with the IT guys what the acceptable policies are for sending emails.
Problems, problems
Other things to look into are the credibility of the source (you might want to send emails on behalf of some domain which has not designated your SMTP server of choice as permitted sender), and the confidentiality of the data (even with TLS/SSL connections, if you are given localhost as the SMTP server, your IT guys will have complete, unfettered, undetectable access to any email you send. You might, or might not, be okay with that).
1st quote (from ibm community):
john.hh#gmail.com was a member of a group (Reject) that was listed in
gmail.com's "Deny messages intended for the following internet
addresses" field (in the destination server's Domino Configuration
document's Router/SMTP, Restrictions and Controls, SMTP Inbound
Controls tab's "Inbound Intended Recipient's Controls" section).
Removing Mary's hierarchical name (Mary Jones/ABC) from the members
list in the Reject (group) document allows Mary to receive messages
from the Internet.
2nd quote:
Most mail servers, to prevent them being used as anonymous spam
relays, are configured only to relay mail from certain hosts.
It's a bad idea to use your own SMTP.
Depending of what you have to do with it, you have some great chances to have your emails blocked in some ways or marked as SPAM. And you will have to spend some times to keep your server up to date.
Use online services that are white-listed for every provider and that expose API to send your transactionnal mails :
https://www.mailjet.com/
http://mailchimp.com/
...
They often propose a free account for small volume (under 2000 emails per days).
Using the API is quite trivial and can be put in place in some minutes (ex : https://dev.mailjet.com/)
Ask to your hosting provider if smtp is enabled on not on that server.I had same issue before for smtp and curl both.Contact hosting provider.
What's the phpmailer version?
You might forget to add this line
$mail->IsSMTP(); // use SMTP
after you initiate $mail.
Have a try.
So you have a GoDaddy server and you want to send email through your newly acquired SMTP Relay. Well “you can’t” is probably what you are going to find if you do some poking around Google.
If you poke around a little more you will probably find GoDaddy’s official solution is to use their internal mail relay. This is not ideal, because of arbitrary barriers they have set, such as this one:
Our dedicated servers have an outbound email limit of 1000 per day. If
you need to send more than 1000 emails per day, please call Customer
Support or open a support ticket to request a higher limit.
Quick and Working Solution: Get SMTP Relay that supports sending emails using HTTP API.
My Suggestion: (A simple and effective working solution, I am using personally)
Signup for an account in Sendgrid. Sendgrid provides free 12k emails per month, and I think that should suffice any basic needs.
First Step: Sendgrid will ask you to add few DNS records to authenticate you for sending emails on behalf of that host. So do it.
Second Step Step: Configure White Lables https://sendgrid.com/docs/User_Guide/Settings/Whitelabel/index.html (This is not important, but it will give professional look to the emails you are sending)
Third Step: Generate API keys
You can manage your API Keys from the SendGrid Customer Portal. Additionally, you can manage your API keys via the API itself.
Forth Step: Go ahead and write our codes.
Sending mails using PHP on sendgrid using this library available on github is easy:
// using SendGrid's PHP Library
// https://github.com/sendgrid/sendgrid-php
require 'vendor/autoload.php';
$sendgrid = new SendGrid("SENDGRID_APIKEY");
$email = new SendGrid\Email();
$email->addTo("test#sendgrid.com")
->setFrom("you#youremail.com")
->setSubject("Sending with SendGrid is Fun")
->setHtml("and easy to do anywhere, even with PHP");
$sendgrid->send($email);
How this works
GoDaddy blocks port 25, 2525, 587 and 485 which are ideal ports for SMTP. So we are using the port 80/443 and requesting the sengrid's API to send the email on our behalf behalf using port 80, and yes, we fooled GoDaddy.
I think within a few steps we can get this working properly.
In your Godaddy/Hostgator Cpanel > Select MX records > Select Domain in question > Select "Remote Mail Exchanger"
You can test mail delivery at this time, issue may be resolved.
I am sure it is set up right but trust me when it comes to good ole Cpanel, PhpMailer and Godaddy/Hostgator. It's a place where common sense makes no sense.
replace:
$mail->Host = 'mail.example.in';
with:
$mail->Host = 'localhost';
I believe this should resolve any issues assuming things like login credentials are valid.
I faced similar timeout issue , the reason was my hosting provider (Linode) .
TLDR; SMTP restrictions are in place by default for Linode on accounts created after November 5th 2019. You'll need to configure rDNS for your instance and open a Support ticket confirming CAN-SPAM compliance, and Support should lift the restrictions pretty quickly. I guess many people face this issue because of smtp restrictions
Timeout error is typical of packets dropped, so could be firewall issues between web server and SMTP server.
If you got ssh access to your server, you can try to connect to smtp using:
telnet <smtp server> 25
On timeout error even with telnet, you're quite sure that the problem is on network/firewall side.
You need to change some setting in your php.ini :
upload_max_filesize = 2M
;or whatever size you want
max_execution_time = 60
; also, higher if you must - sets the maximum time in seconds.
Were your PHP.ini is depends on your enviroment, more information:
reference
OR
Place this at the top of your PHP script and let your script loose
ini_set('max_execution_time', 600); //600 seconds = 10 minutes or set your time
I got your point. Same issue happen with me , I have just add one line and its working for me. please use ,
$mail->SMTPSecure = 'ssl';
and configure your setting according to ssl . Also properly check mail configure at your serve end.
How can I use IIS6 PHP with gmail smtp. I am running windows 7.
My php.ini file has on the bottom
SMTP = smtp.gmail.com
smtp_port = 25
auth_username = [username]
auth_password = [password]
sendmail_from = [username]#gmail.com
When I try it in php, I get the error:
Warning: mail(): Failed to connect to mailserver at "smtp.gmail.com" port 25, verify your "SMTP" and "smtp_port" setting in php.ini or use ini_set() in C:\Users\Me\Desktop\App\App\script\config\common.php on line 60
Right now, the server is on my home wifi network (router, modem).
However if I connect my server to my LTE phone data plan, then it works fine.
Does anyone know what the problem is? Maybe a firewall thing?
Thanks
In this particular circumstance, I suspect your LTE provider is firewalling port 25.
Gmail does have some alternative ways to send mail that might work. Take a look here and see if any of these scenarios will meet your needs.
https://support.google.com/a/answer/176600?hl=en
Im having trouble being able to send an email. I've tried using Yahoo and Gmail but it seems to be on my end where there isn't a port to send emails from. Do I have to ask my ISP to open up a port on my connection or do I have to open up a port on my machine or the server and if so could some one give me the step/directions to open up a port on my machine or on the server. I have a server which I connect to the internet through so I am on a local machine in the network. Im using PHP to try and send email. I tried configuring my php.ini file but i get an error:=
Failed to connect to mailserver at "localhost" port 587, verify your
"SMTP" and "smtp_port" setting in php.ini or use ini_set()
in C:\wamp\www\buyme\views\forms\register_form.php on line 226
line 226 is where i send an email the default mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers);
Do I need to download and install something else for it to work?
Windows does not have sendmail functionality so its only option is to use SMTP to send mail via another mail server.
Assuming you have the mail settings configured correctly for the mail server you are trying to use. You may depending on your network, be restricted from sending traffic out on the smtp port in use. To verify this, use command prompt and try to open a telnet connection to the mail server on the specified port. You should see some sort of hello message if this works. If not, you may have a firewall somewhere blocking you.
Some SMTP servers require TLS/SSL when sending mail. I'm not sure if PHP supports this with the base mail command, but other mail libraries can be used instead.
Check your hosting's registration email which includes ftp settings, login settings etc. whether there's any information about a SMTP server which you can use in your application. If not, ask your hosting provider if any SMTP service runs on your hosting. If any, ask for it's settings. Maybe there's a different port/security configuration that you don't know.
Getting error message
Warning: mail() [function.mail]: Failed to connect to mailserver at "localhost" port 25, verify your "SMTP" and "smtp_port" setting in php.ini or use ini_set() in
Ive opened up php.ini and i believe i need to add
SMTP "localhost" PHP_INI_ALL
smtp_port "25" PHP_INI_ALL
sendmail_from NULL PHP_INI_ALL
sendmail_path NULL PHP_INI_SYSTEM
Im not sure where to add it though? Also correct me if anything i believe i need to do is incorrect. Im currently developing website on localhost so if anything i need to please tell me.
EDIT**
My local host is XAMPP amd i believe this has a mail server
You're probably not running an SMTP server on your localhost.
If you only need an SMTP server for development purposes, and you're running Windows, install smtp4dev, which can be found here: http://smtp4dev.codeplex.com/
It's a beautiful little piece of software that sits in your task bar and lets you see all email that is being sent to it. It doesn't actually send email anywhere, so you can work with live data without fear of spamming someone.
Then, when you want your application to actually send email (when you run it on the server), you will need an SMTP server address instead of "localhost". If you don't know which SMTP to use, speak to your network administrator or ISP.
Last but not least, if you access your email through an email program, you can probably find the "Outgoing server" in your settings somewhere, although that depends on which mail program you use. An "SMTP server" and an "Outgoing server" are exactly the same thing.
You can't send mail from your local computer if you don't have a mail server running on it. Just like everyone else has said: Make sure you have a mail server that is properly configured and up and running on your local computer, or install it on a remote computer and change the IP address/port to point to the remote computer.
You can add smtp configuration at any place, but it is a good idea to search for [mail function] section in that file and add that below. Also,
SMTP = *smtp server addr here*
smtp_port = 25
If you are not using XAMPP or some other packet of that kind, it's unlikely that you have smtp server up and running on localhost.
you have to install a Mail Server Program to your comp.. Localhost does not support send mail in default way
I have a default installation of WAMP Server 2.0.
I'm trying to send email using this simple script:
<?php
if (mail('my_email#gmail.com', 'My Title', 'Some Text')) {
echo "OK";
} else {
echo "Why ??";
}
?>
Unfortunately, I get the following warning:
Warning: mail() [function.mail]: Failed to connect to mailserver at "localhost" port 25, verify your "SMTP" and "smtp_port" setting in php.ini or use ini_set() in C:\My_Path\send_email.php on line 3
Why ??
What could be the reason for that ?
I expected sending email to be a very simple task ... :(
To be able to send email you need an outgoing email server (MTA). In most Linux systems there exists one by default, and PHP will use it by submitting mail to sendmail, a Linux app/alias for submitting mail to whichever MTA you have installed.
Windows doesn't include an MTA by default. In Windows, to be able to send mail from PHP you need to have access to some outgoing email server and tell PHP the address and port of it. This is done in php.ini using the SMTP and smtp_port settings. It will default to localhost on port 25. Unless you have set up a mail server on that machine yourself, this will fail.
If your ISP gives you an outgoing mail server, for example, you could use its address and port number. Or, if you're serious about sending mail, you'd set up your own mail server on the local machine or somewhere in your local network.
Short answer: no SMTP server is configured for the local computer (localhost). Windows does not ship with a built-in SMTP server ready to go out of the box. You can relay mail through a different host (using the SMTP php.ini directive) - but it's rare where you'll find an open relay for you test environment mail messages.
Instead of using mail(), you can use a script like PHPMailer which can connect directly to your outgoing email server with proper authentication. Here's a quick snippet for Gmail (though it's not complete) and a full example.
You can use "Fake Sendmail": http://glob.com.au/sendmail/
So you don't need a smtp server on your test machine, you only have to set the path to the program in your php.ini
Ciao!
Stefan