PHP Mailer Authentification problem

Hello,

I have followed this tutorial: http://www.web-development-blog.com/archives/send-e-mail-messages-via-smtp-with-phpmailer-and-gmail/ and I stumbled across a problem.
My code:

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

define('GUSER', 'armamortala3@gmail.com'); // Gmail username
define('GPWD', 'magareata'); // Gmail password

function smtpmailer($to, $from, $from_name, $subject, $body) {
	global $error;
	$mail = new PHPMailer();  // create a new object
	$mail->IsSMTP(); // enable SMTP
	$mail->SMTPDebug = 0;  // debugging: 1 = errors and messages, 2 = messages only
	$mail->SMTPAuth = true;  // authentication enabled
	$mail->SMTPSecure = 'ssl'; // secure transfer enabled REQUIRED for Gmail
	$mail->Host = 'smtp.gmail.com';
	$mail->Port = 465;
	$mail->Username = GUSER;
	$mail->Password = GPWD;
	$mail->SetFrom($from, $from_name);
	$mail->Subject = $subject;
	$mail->Body = $body;
	$mail->AddAddress($to);
	if(!$mail->Send()) {
		$error = 'Mail error: '.$mail->ErrorInfo;
		return false;
	} else {
		$error = 'Message sent!';
		return true;
	}
}
smtpmailer('armamortala3@gmail.com', '', 'armamortala3@gmail.com', 'yourName', 'test mail message', 'Hello World!');

I have tried time and time again to implement the PHP Mailer on my PC. I don`t understand why it does not work because I have tested the script at school and it worked fine in Wamp.

My problem: " SMTP Error: Could not authenticate. SMTP Error: Could not authenticate. Mail error: SMTP Error: Could not authenticate. "

In the code I have provided the actual password and account name in good faith.
I`m in desperate need of an solution. Help is much apreciated

Hi,

maybe the port is not allowed or Google has blocked the server's IP?

What kind of information do you get if you use this debugging feature?

$mail->SMTPDebug = 0;

(use option 1)

Hello,

First of all I would like to thank you for your reply.

I used the debugging feature and it sais:
"
Invalid address: SMTP -> ERROR: Failed to connect to server: Unable to find the socket transport "ssl" - did you forget to enable it when you configured PHP? (61291936)
SMTP Error: Could not connect to SMTP host.
" on option 1 and the same on option 2

What should I do ?

According this message SSL is not installed on that server or at least SSL doesn't work with php.

Maybe you can use some other smtp / mail account for that script?

Well, I tried three different Google mail adresses, despite that I still did not manage to connect to the server.

Considering the fact that you wrote the How-to-use tutorial, I wondered if you changed one of the settings in Gmail before running the script.

I`m puzzeled for not being able to solve this, how should I proceed from this point on ?

Hi,

you didn't understood my previous answer ;) (or maybe my answer wasn't clear enough, lol)

It's not because of your gmail account(s), it's your web server configuration.

My suggestion was to use a "regular" SMTP account on port 25 without using SSL

Hello,

I think I understand what you are saying. Do you mean I should connect to Google using SMRPAuth on port 25, like this:
"
$mail->SMTPAuth = true; // enable SMTP authentication
$mail->Host = "mail.google.com"; // sets the SMTP server
$mail->Port = 25; // set the SMTP port for the GMAIL server
$mail->Username = "filelist.server@gmail.com"; // SMTP account username
$mail->Password = "XXXXXXXXX"; // SMTP account password
"

it says: "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. "

I`m sorry, I seem to be a slow learner regarding these procedures. :(

An uptate:

I also tried to use Swift with:
"
<?php

require_once 'Swift/lib/swift_required.php';

$transport = Swift_SmtpTransport::newInstance('smtp.gmail.com', 25)
->setUsername('filelist.server@gmail.com')
->setPassword('XXXXXX');

$mailer = Swift_Mailer::newInstance($transport);
$message = Swift_Message::newInstance('Wonderful Subject')
->setFrom(array('filelist.server@gmail.com' => 'Your Name'))
->setTo(array('filelist.server@gmail.com' => 'Your friend'))
->setBody('This is the text of the mail send by Swift using SMTP transport.');
//$attachment = Swift_Attachment::newInstance(file_get_contents('path/logo.png'), 'logo.png');
//$message->attach($attachment);
$numSent = $mailer->send($message);
printf("Sent %d messages\n", $numSent);
?>
"

And I got the error:
"
Fatal error: Uncaught exception 'Swift_TransportException' with message ' in F:\SJ\wamp\www\Swift-4.0.6\Swift\lib\classes\Swift\Transport\AbstractSmtpTransport.php on line 406
( ! ) Swift_TransportException: Expected response code 250 but got code "530", with message "530 5.7.0 Must issue a STARTTLS command first. ed10sm3783766wbb.66 " in F:\SJ\wamp\www\Swift-4.0.6\Swift\lib\classes\Swift\Transport\AbstractSmtpTransport.php on line 406
Call Stack
# Time Memory Function Location
1 0.0009 676136 {main}( ) ..\run.php:0
2 0.0765 3520512 Swift_Mailer->send( ) ..\run.php:16
3 0.2520 3572600 Swift_Transport_AbstractSmtpTransport->send( ) ..\Mailer.php:77
"
In localhost and

"

Warning: fsockopen() [function.fsockopen]: unable to connect to smtp.gmail.com:25 (Connection timed out) in /home/a1781434/public_html/Swift/Swift/lib/classes/Swift/Transport/StreamBuffer.php on line 233

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PHP Error Message

Fatal error: Uncaught exception 'Swift_TransportException' with message 'Connection could not be established with host smtp.gmail.com [Connection timed out #110]' in /home/a1781434/public_html/Swift/Swift/lib/classes/Swift/Transport/StreamBuffer.php:235 Stack trace: #0 /home/a1781434/public_html/Swift/Swift/lib/classes/Swift/Transport/StreamBuffer.php(70): Swift_Transport_StreamBuffer->_establishSocketConnection() #1 /home/a1781434/public_html/Swift/Swift/lib/classes/Swift/Transport/AbstractSmtpTransport.php(101): Swift_Transport_StreamBuffer->initialize(Array) #2 /home/a1781434/public_html/Swift/Swift/lib/classes/Swift/Mailer.php(74): Swift_Transport_AbstractSmtpTransport->start() #3 /home/a1781434/public_html/Swift/run.php(16): Swift_Mailer->send(Object(Swift_Message)) #4 {main} thrown in /home/a1781434/public_html/Swift/Swift/lib/classes/Swift/Transport/StreamBuffer.php on line 235
"
On the server

Forget Google, because your server doesn't provide SSL.

You need some other e-mail provider, try the SMTP accpunt from your hosting provider.

I managed to resolve the problem, it seems I needed to change a line in my php.ini file in order to work in localhost and as for the server. 000Webhost was kind enought to explain that for free hosting accounts I should upgrade for the SSL support.
In order to make it work on the server I used the simple mail() function because I didn't required to upload an attachement, however I will use localhost in order to send more complex HTML messages in the future.

Once again thanks for the support.

Hi,

great that I works for you, if you need to send attachments you can use phpmailer as well, just use the isMail operator (you can find examples in the phpmailer documentation)