PHP Mailer SMTP Issue

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ayesha789 7 Posting Pro in Training

13 Years Ago

Hi, I am in a company where SMTP is currently not available and port 25 is also blocked, Therefore I have choosen to send email via PHP Mailer Class but whrn I setup everything its giving me error...

Second I did not understand this line

$mail->IsSMTP(); // telling the class to use SMTP
$mail->Host       = "gmail.com"; // SMTP server

SMTP -> ERROR: Failed to connect to server: Unable to find the socket transport "ssl" - did you forget to enable it when you configured PHP? (112107656) 
SMTP Error: Could not connect to SMTP host. Mailer Error: SMTP Error: Could not connect to SMTP host.

Here is the code I am using

<html>
<head>
<title>PHPMailer - SMTP (Gmail) basic test</title>
</head>
<body>

<?php

//error_reporting(E_ALL);
error_reporting(E_STRICT);

date_default_timezone_set('America/Toronto');

require_once('../class.phpmailer.php');

//include("class.smtp.php"); // optional, gets called from within class.phpmailer.php if not already loaded

$mail             = new PHPMailer();

$body             = file_get_contents('contents.html');
$body             = eregi_replace("[\]",'',$body);

$mail->IsSMTP(); // telling the class to use SMTP
$mail->Host       = "gmail.com"; // SMTP server
$mail->SMTPDebug  = 2;                     // enables SMTP debug information (for testing)
                                           // 1 = errors and messages
                                           // 2 = messages only
$mail->SMTPAuth   = true;                  // enable SMTP authentication
$mail->SMTPSecure = "ssl";                 // sets the prefix to the servier
$mail->Host       = "smtp.gmail.com";      // sets GMAIL as the SMTP server
$mail->Port       = 465;                   // set the SMTP port for the GMAIL server
$mail->Username   = "*****@gmail.com";  // GMAIL username
$mail->Password   = "******";            // GMAIL password

$mail->SetFrom('****@zong.com.pk', 'First Last');

$mail->AddReplyTo("****@zong.com.pk","First Last");

$mail->Subject    = "PHPMailer Test Subject via smtp (Gmail), basic";

$mail->AltBody    = "To view the message, please use an HTML compatible email viewer!"; // optional, comment out and test

$mail->MsgHTML($body);

$address = "*****@zong.com.pk";
$mail->AddAddress($address, "John Doe");

$mail->AddAttachment("images/phpmailer.gif");      // attachment
$mail->AddAttachment("images/phpmailer_mini.gif"); // attachment

if(!$mail->Send()) {
  echo "Mailer Error: " . $mail->ErrorInfo;
} else {
  echo "Message sent!";
}

?>

</body>
</html>

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Edited 13 Years Ago by Nick Evan because: Removed mail adresses and YOUR PASSWORD. Posting your mail password on a public forum is not a very good idea at all..

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Latest Post 13 Years Ago Latest Post by ayesha789

pritaeas 2,194 ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

13 Years Ago

10060 means a connection time-out. This can be caused by a lot of things. As far as I can tell, you gmail settings are correct. Perhaps the domain has been blocked, or port 465, hard to tell.

pritaeas 2,194 ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

13 Years Ago

Of course that is possible, check with your network admin.

pritaeas 2,194 ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

13 Years Ago

That error normally indicates that sendmail is not installed.

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ayesha789 7 Posting Pro in Training · Answer 1 · 2011-02-11T13:53:55+00:00

I opened SSL and ebnable it
Now its giving this error

SMTP -> ERROR: Failed to connect to server: A connection attempt failed because the connected party did not properly respond after a period of time, or established connection failed because connected host has failed to respond. (10060) 
SMTP Error: Could not connect to SMTP host. Mailer Error: SMTP Error: Could not connect to SMTP host.

ayesha789 7 Posting Pro in Training · Answer 2 · 2011-02-11T14:50:01+00:00

Now this error

SMTP -> ERROR: Failed to connect to server: php_network_getaddresses: getaddrinfo failed: No such host is known. (0)
SMTP Error: Could not connect to SMTP host. Mailer Error: SMTP Error: Could not connect to SMTP host.

using below chage in host $mail->Host = "ssl://smtp.gmail.com"; // SMTP server

$mail->IsSMTP(); // telling the class to use SMTP
$mail->Host       = "ssl://smtp.gmail.com"; // SMTP server
$mail->SMTPDebug  = 2;                     // enables SMTP debug information (for testing)
                                           // 1 = errors and messages
                                           // 2 = messages only
$mail->SMTPAuth   = true;                  // enable SMTP authentication
$mail->SMTPSecure = "ssl";                 // sets the prefix to the servier
$mail->Host       = "ssl://smtp.gmail.com";      // sets GMAIL as the SMTP server
$mail->Port       = 465;                   // set the SMTP port for the GMAIL server
$mail->Username   = "*****219@gmail.com";  // GMAIL username
$mail->Password   = "*****";            // GMAIL password

ayesha789 7 Posting Pro in Training · Answer 3 · 2011-02-11T15:39:07+00:00

Can Someone check and guide in this regard; Sockets blocked or port blocked?

ayesha789 7 Posting Pro in Training · Answer 4 · 2011-02-11T16:08:22+00:00

my emailgmail.php file is showing this error SMTP Error: Could not connect to SMTP host. Message was not sent.Mailer error: SMTP Error: Could not connect to SMTP host. my file is like this

<html>
<head>
<title>PHPMailer - SMTP (Gmail) basic test</title>
</head>
<body>

<?php

//error_reporting(E_ALL);
error_reporting(E_STRICT);

date_default_timezone_set('America/Toronto');

require_once('../class.phpmailer.php');

//include("class.smtp.php"); // optional, gets called from within class.phpmailer.php if not already loaded

$mail             = new PHPMailer();

$body             = file_get_contents('contents.html');
$body             = eregi_replace("[\]",'',$body);

$mail->IsSMTP(); // telling the class to use SMTP
$mail->SMTPSecure = "ssl";					// sets the prefix to the servier
$mail->Host       = "smtp.gmail.com";      // sets GMAIL as the SMTP server
$mail->SMTPAuth   = true;                  // enable SMTP authentication
                 

$mail->Port       = 465;                   // set the SMTP port for the GMAIL server 587
$mail->Username   = "********@gmail.com";  // GMAIL username
$mail->Password   = "my_password";            // GMAIL password

$mail->From     = "f@abcd.com";
$mail->AddAddress("h@abcd.com");

$mail->Subject  = "First PHPMailer Message";
$mail->Body     = "Hi! \n\n This is my first e-mail sent through PHPMailer.";
$mail->WordWrap = 50;

if(!$mail->Send()) {
  echo 'Message was not sent.';
  echo 'Mailer error: ' . $mail->ErrorInfo;
} else {
  echo 'Message has been sent.';
}
?>

</body>
</html>

ayesha789 7 Posting Pro in Training · Answer 5 · 2011-02-11T18:08:03+00:00

10060 means a connection time-out. This can be caused by a lot of things. As far as I can tell, you gmail settings are correct. Perhaps the domain has been blocked, or port 465, hard to tell.

I think my organization have blocked Gmail outgoing Via SMTP on Port 465 and 587..
Is it Possible?

ayesha789 7 Posting Pro in Training · Answer 6 · 2011-02-14T12:25:58+00:00

Now I used sendmail(PHP Mailer) but it gives error Could not execute: /var/qmail/bin/sendmail Mailer Error: Could not execute: /var/qmail/bin/sendmail

<html>
<head>
<title>PHPMailer - Sendmail basic test</title>
</head>
<body>

<?php

require_once('../class.phpmailer.php');

$mail             = new PHPMailer(); // defaults to using php "mail()"

$mail->IsSendmail(); // telling the class to use SendMail transport

$body             = "hello";


$mail->AddReplyTo("name@yourdomain.com","First Last");

$mail->SetFrom('name@yourdomain.com', 'First Last');

$mail->AddReplyTo("name@yourdomain.com","First Last");

$address = "whoto@otherdomain.com";
$mail->AddAddress($address, "John Doe");

$mail->Subject    = "PHPMailer Test Subject via Sendmail, basic";

$mail->AltBody    = "To view the message, please use an HTML compatible email viewer!"; // optional, comment out and test

$mail->MsgHTML($body);

$mail->AddAttachment("images/phpmailer.gif");      // attachment
$mail->AddAttachment("images/phpmailer_mini.gif"); // attachment

if(!$mail->Send()) {
  echo "Mailer Error: " . $mail->ErrorInfo;
} else {
  echo "Message sent!";
}

?>

</body>
</html>

ayesha789 7 Posting Pro in Training · Answer 7 · 2011-02-14T18:59:14+00:00

That error normally indicates that sendmail is not installed.

Which program I have to Installed for it as I do not have much knowledge about it.

Also I got access for port 25 on local network but due to some issues it cant send 2 emails on one day. there is some issues that will be solved by Network Administrator.