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I have tried EVERY single script/code/method posted on StackOverflow and other sites for this, but with no luck. I am hosting on GoDaddy. I have setup a Google App account, set up everything needed for MX Records (using the GoDaddy tool for that), and even tried sending some emails from the GMAIL interface for my site, as well as through SMTP in terminal on one of my unix machines. It all worked.
HOWEVER, when I try using PHP, it doesn't! Is it like GoDaddy blocking it somehow?
I always receive:
SMTP -> ERROR: Failed to connect to server: Connection refused (111) SMTP Error: Could not connect to SMTP host. Mailer Error: SMTP Error: Could not connect to SMTP host.
Here's the code I am using for PHPMailer:
<html>
<head>
<title>PHPMailer - SMTP (Gmail) advanced test</title>
</head>
<body>
<?php
require_once('../class.phpmailer.php');
//include("class.smtp.php"); // optional, gets called from within class.phpmailer.php if not already loaded
$mail = new PHPMailer(true); // the true param means it will throw exceptions on errors, which we need to catch
$mail->IsSMTP(); // telling the class to use SMTP
try {
$mail->Host = "smtp.gmail.com"; // SMTP server
$mail->SMTPDebug = 2; // enables SMTP debug information (for testing)
$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 = "MYFROMADDRESSHERE"; // GMAIL username
$mail->Password = "MYFROMPASSWORDHERE"; // GMAIL password
$mail->AddReplyTo('MYFROMADDRESSHERE', 'Sender Name');
$mail->AddAddress('TESTTOADDRESSHERE', 'Recipient Name');
$mail->SetFrom('MYFROMADDRESSHERE', 'Sender Name');
$mail->AddReplyTo('MYFROMADDRESSHERE', 'Sender Name');
$mail->Subject = 'PHPMailer Test Subject via mail(), advanced';
$mail->AltBody = 'To view the message, please use an HTML compatible email viewer!'; // optional - MsgHTML will create an alternate automatically
$mail->MsgHTML(file_get_contents('contents.html'));
$mail->AddAttachment('images/phpmailer.gif'); // attachment
$mail->AddAttachment('images/phpmailer_mini.gif'); // attachment
$mail->Send();
echo "Message Sent OK</p>\n";
} catch (phpmailerException $e) {
echo $e->errorMessage(); //Pretty error messages from PHPMailer
} catch (Exception $e) {
echo $e->getMessage(); //Boring error messages from anything else!
}
?>
</html>
Thanks!
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Like many hosting providers, GoDaddy blocks SMTP connections on some of its hosting plans. Sending email from WordPress can be tricky, even if you install the WP Mail SMTP plugin.
As discussed previously, GoDaddy has been known to block outgoing SSL SMTP connections in favor of forcing you to use their own outgoing mail server.
This is pretty much the tip of the iceberg, with regard to the immense suckitude of GoDaddy as a company, registrar and web host. Ditch'em.
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I finally fixed this putting a comment on the //$mail->isSMTP(); line. After that my Gmail account started working fine in Godaddy.
require 'PHPMailer/class.phpmailer.php';
require 'PHPMailer/PHPMailerAutoload.php';
$mail = new PHPMailer;
$name = $_POST['name'];
$email = $_POST['email'];
$message = $_POST['message'];
$subject = 'Your subject';
$body = "From: $name\n E-Mail: $email\n Comments:\n $message";
//$mail->isSMTP();
$mail->Host = 'smtp.gmail.com';
$mail->SMTPAuth = true;
$mail->Username = '[email protected]';
$mail->Password = 'xxxxxxxxx';
$mail->SMTPSecure = 'tls';
$mail->Port =587;
I had the same problem, and after going through different sites, I found this one and it actually worked!
GoDaddy does allow to send emails using Gmail as your SMTP, just need to get rid of the smtp.gmail.com and use their Host instead. This is my setup:
$mail = new PHPMailer();
$mail->isSMTP();
$mail->Host = "relay-hosting.secureserver.net";
$mail->Username = "[email protected]";
$mail->Password = "yourpassword";
// ...
// send from, send to, body, etc...
Reference (see first two posts) http://support.godaddy.com/groups/web-hosting/forum/topic/phpmailer-with-godaddy-smtp-email-server-script-working/
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