Cannot send mail to yahoo (any address) using PHP code and SMTP server

Question

I have the following code which sets up the SMTP server:

ini_set("send_from", "test@gmail.com");
ini_set("SMTP", "smtp.gmail.com");

and i create a simple mail in this way:

mail("test@yahoo.com", "A subject", "My message for you", "From: TEST");

When I run this code, it fails to send mail to Yahoo e.g. some.email@yahoo.com. But when i use any Gmail mail address as the first argument, it works.

What's wrong ?

have you set the `smtp port` also? and username and password for `test@gmail.com`? — Yogesh Suthar, Jan 12 '13 at 07:13

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 12 '13 at 07:22

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To send mail as an authenticated user you should use email authentication methods like SPF, DKIM etc.

Also you need to make sure your domain should point to your IP address and IP address MUST point to same domain. This is called Reverse DNS

Other good practice that prevents mails from going into spam folder are

Make sure you have a unsubscribe link
Make sure the Reply-To header is added and the email used here is a valid email.
Add a Name in the To field. Like First Last <email@example.com>
Add a postal address of the company you are mailing from which must include a phone number.

There was a form to white list email senders IP for yahoo. Now I dont find it. So try the above things, It should work well.

answered Jan 12 '13 at 07:22

Shiplu Mokaddim

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The mail never arrives to yahoo, it looks that yahoo reject automatically mails...I don't know why ! – Snake Eyes Jan 12 '13 at 14:13
Could you send a mail manually by loging in into your gmail account? If that is not delivered its surely a yahoo problem and you need to report it. – Shiplu Mokaddim Jan 12 '13 at 14:34
Also your IP could be blacklisted! – Shiplu Mokaddim Jan 12 '13 at 14:36
my ip is not blacklisted ... i sent manually from my gmail to yahoo and works fine – Snake Eyes Jan 12 '13 at 16:39
If sending manually works. Then try setup those email authentication method. – Shiplu Mokaddim Jan 12 '13 at 16:47

score 0 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 10:24

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In thi case you dont auth (user name passwort) and dont usw tls. This wont be accepted.

Better use this:

XAMPP Sendmail using Gmail account

or an framework to send emails via smtp like

Zend Mail Gmail SMTP

http://framework.zend.com/manual/1.12/en/zend.mail.sending.html

Here a code example

http://framework.zend.com/downloads/latest#ZF1

require('Zend/Mail.php');

$config = array(
    'ssl' => 'tls',
    'port' => 587,
    'auth' => 'login',
    'username' => 'your_gmail_address@gmail.com',
    'password' => 'password'
);
$smtpConnection = new Zend_Mail_Transport_Smtp('smtp.gmail.com', $config);

Zend_Mail::setDefaultTransport($smtpConnection);

Zend_Mail::setDefaultFrom('your_gmail_address@gmail.com', 'Your real name');

$mail = new Zend_Mail();
$mail->addTo('any_address@yahoo.com', 'Test');

$mail->setSubject(
        'Demonstration - Sending Mails per SMTP Connection'
    );

$mail->setBodyText('...Your message here...');

$mail->send($smtpConnection);

edited May 23 '17 at 10:24

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answered Jan 12 '13 at 07:18

GreenRover

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how to setup on server ? I have no access to these details, to php.ini – Snake Eyes Jan 12 '13 at 07:19
Use the second example! What kind of server is it? Linux or Windows? – GreenRover Jan 12 '13 at 07:22
Then this makes no sense "ini_set("SMTP", "smtp.gmail.com");" and if ther normal mail wont work, your providers mailserver configuration is wrong and you have to use something like zend framework to send mails via smtp. – GreenRover Jan 12 '13 at 07:30
that is the problem, i have no error, everything seems ok but the mail is not arrived to yahoo server – Snake Eyes Jan 12 '13 at 16:37
But in gmail is your Mail within the out Box? What happens when you send the mail via gmail webmail? – GreenRover Jan 12 '13 at 19:56
Well, the mails come today ! After 4 days ... strange behaviour – Snake Eyes Jan 14 '13 at 06:37

Cannot send mail to yahoo (any address) using PHP code and SMTP server

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