Mail doesnot come in inbox of recipient mail when sending mail through gmail with codeigniter

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I am trying to send mail through gmail smtp relay. I used a gmail mail id and created app password after enabling 2-step verification. The function I used to send mail is as below:

function sendemail($name,$emailid,$token,$pwd, $type)
    {
        $config = array();
        $config['protocol']  = 'mail';
        $config['mailpath']  = '/usr/sbin/sendmail';
        $config['smtp_host'] = 'ssl://smtp.gmail.com';
        $config['smtp_user'] = 'eticketing.info.cdit@gmail.com';
        $config['smtp_pass'] = 'MYGMAILAPPPASSWORD';
        $config['smtp_port'] = 587;
       
        $config['smtp_crypto']  = 'ssl';
        $config['smtp_timeout'] = 600;
        $config['mailtype']     = "html";
        $config['charset']      = "utf-8";
        $config['newline']      = "\r\n";
        $config['wordwrap']     = TRUE;
        $config['validate']     = FALSE;
        
        $email = \Config\Services::email();
        
        $email->initialize($config);
        $email->setFrom('eticketing.info.cdit@gmail.com', 'e-Ticketing: Complaints & Feedback Management System CDIT');
        $email->setTo($emailid);

        if ($type == 'verify') {
            $email->setSubject('Password for E-Ticketing Login');
            $email->setMessage('Dear '.$name.',Your credentials for e-ticketing Login is<br/> Username: '.
                $emailid.'<br/>Password: '.$pwd.'<br/>
            Application URL: <a href="'.base_url().'">'.base_url().'</a>');

        } 
        elseif(($type == 'forgot')||($type == 'reset')){
          $email->setSubject('Password Reset for E-Ticketing Login');
          $email->setMessage('Dear '.$name.',Your new credentials for e-ticketing Login is<br/> Username: '.$emailid.'<br/>Password: '.$pwd.'<br/>
          Application URL: <a href="'.base_url().'">'.base_url().'</a>');
        }

        if ($email->send()) {
            return true;
        } else {
            /*echo "<p>Email NOT Send</p>";
            echo $this->email->print_debugger();
            die;*/
            return false;
        }
    }

The function returns true but the email is not found in the recipient inbox. No error is found in the gmail inbox or codeigniter side. What more settings should I do in the GMail to get the email send correctly

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 03 '23 at 09:17

you should decide what protocol use to send the email to:

mail - using PHP to send email
sendmail - using server application to send email(if installed in your server (mailpath:/usr/sbin/sendmail))
smtp - use an smtp server to send email (local or remote smtp servers)

you need to use smtp protocol Sending email with gmail smtp with codeigniter email library

Mail doesnot come in inbox of recipient mail when sending mail through gmail with codeigniter

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