PHPMailer SMTP configuration

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For the past 2 hours I've been looking online to see if any other people encountered this problem, and it seems a lot has, bot none of the answers are working for me.

SMTP -> FROM SERVER:220 mx.google.com ESMTP vq7sm928004oeb.13 
SMTP -> FROM SERVER: 250-mx.google.com at your service, [50.57.114.141] 250-SIZE 35882577 250-8BITMIME 250-STARTTLS 250 ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES 
SMTP -> FROM SERVER:220 2.0.0 Ready to start TLS 
SMTP -> FROM SERVER: 250-mx.google.com at your service, [50.57.114.141] 250-SIZE 35882577 250-8BITMIME 250-AUTH LOGIN PLAIN XOAUTH XOAUTH2 250 ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES 
SMTP -> FROM SERVER:530-5.5.1 Authentication Required. Learn more at 530 5.5.1 http://support.google.com/mail/bin/answer.py?answer=14257 vq7sm928004oeb.13 
SMTP -> ERROR: MAIL not accepted from server: 530-5.5.1 Authentication Required. Learn more at 530 5.5.1 http://support.google.com/mail/bin/answer.py?answer=14257 vq7sm928004oeb.13 
The following From address failed: my@email.com

$mail->IsSMTP();
$mail->SMTPDebug = 2;
$mail->SMPTAuth = true;
$mail->SMTPSecure = 'tls';
$mail->Host = "smtp.gmail.com";
$mail->Mailer = "smtp";
$mail->Port = 587;
$mail->Username = "my@email.com";
$mail->Password = "password";

I've tried almost every setting for PHPMailer, but can't figure out what's still going wrong, are there any server settings I need to take care of?

I also tried the normal php mail() function, but that's not sending mail either, although when using Drupal forms it just sends an email.

try to change port to 25 or try to use other than gmail account. — Suresh Kamrushi, Jan 10 '13 at 11:24
check this http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3477766/phpmailer-smtp-error-could-not-connect-to-smtp-host — Nasir Iqbal, Jan 10 '13 at 11:32

score 10 · Answer 1 · edited Jul 24 '14 at 11:22

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For first you must configure the correct server to send emails (see at gmail.com):

SMTP server address: smtp.gmail.com
SMTP user name: Your full Gmail address (e.g. example@gmail.com)
SMTP password: Your Gmail password
SMTP port: 465 or 587
SMTP TLS/SSL required: yes

In PHPMailer:

$mail->SMTPAuth = true; // There was a syntax error here (SMPTAuth)
$mail->SMTPSecure = 'tls';
$mail->Host = "smtp.gmail.com";
$mail->Mailer = "smtp";
$mail->Port = 465;
$mail->Username = "YOU@gmail.com";
$mail->Password = "YOUR_GMAIL_password";

edited Jul 24 '14 at 11:22

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answered Jan 10 '13 at 11:36

kingmo

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If I try it with port 465 I'm getting the following: `SMTP -> FROM SERVER: SMTP -> FROM SERVER: SMTP -> ERROR: EHLO not accepted from server: SMTP -> FROM SERVER: SMTP -> ERROR: HELO not accepted from server: SMTP -> NOTICE: EOF caught while checking if connectedThe following From address failed: gmail@domain.com` – woutr_be Jan 11 '13 at 02:02

score 5 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 20 '13 at 02:20

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My problem was that I use the 2-step verification. So I had to remember to go to Authorised Access for my Google Account & then assign a Application-specific passwords for the domain that I'm using to send the mail.

answered Mar 20 '13 at 02:20

Mike Gifford

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score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 17 '18 at 22:44

The suggested port+protocol-combination seems wrong to me, because it's different to the official phpMailer-wiki:

Don't mix up these modes; ssl on port 587 or tls on port 465 will not work.

In PHPMailer:

$mail->SMTPAuth = true;
$mail->SMTPSecure = 'tls';
$mail->Host = "smtp.gmail.com";
$mail->Mailer = "smtp";
$mail->Port = 587; //use port 465 when using SMPTSecure = 'ssl'
$mail->Username = "YOU@gmail.com";
$mail->Password = "YOUR_GMAIL_password";

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 11 '13 at 04:13

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Just noticed I typed SMTP wrong in this line $mail->SMPTAuth = true;, correcting this solved my problem.

answered Jan 11 '13 at 04:13

woutr_be

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score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Jan 10 '13 at 11:23

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Setting up mail in php can be quite hard. have you tried using port=25?

answered Jan 10 '13 at 11:23

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Same problem, it always says "FROM SERVER:530-5.5.1 Authentication Required", does this not work with Google Apps addresses? – woutr_be Jan 11 '13 at 02:05

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