Sending mails with SMTP (SMTP Error: Could not authenticate)

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I'm using PHPMailer to send email, but I always get the error above.

include("PHPMAILER/class.phpmailer.php");
$mail = new PHPMailer();
$mail->IsSMTP();
$mail->SMTPAuth   = true;
$mail->SMTPSecure = "ssl";
$mail->Host = "smtp.gmail.com";
$mail->Port  = 465;
$mail->Mailer= "smtp";
$mail->Username   = "tx@gmail.com";
$mail->Password   >= "password";
$mail->AddReplyTo ("txtmachado03@gmail.com", "Recipient Name");
$mail->From = "txtmachado03@gmail.com";
$mail->FromName = "Sender Name";
$mail->Subject = "Email Subject";
$mail->Body = "Email Content…";
$mail->WordWrap = 50;
$mail->AddAddress ("txtmachado03@gmail.com", "Receiver Name");
$mail->IsHTML (true);
$mail->Send ();

Many tutorials I read it says that we have to enable the php extension (openssl), but I don't find it on ubuntu. I also do not know if it's installed by default because when I do this:

apt-cache search php|egrep ^php5-

does not appear any extension related to ssl (however openssl package is installed)

Can you please help me ?

Posted 21-Jun-11 15:33pm

Maxdd 7

Updated 2-Mar-17 19:55pm

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Peter_in_2780 · Answer 1 · 2011-06-21T15:45:00

Solution 1

Write a simple page with

PHP

<?php phpinfo(); ??>

That will tell you all sorts of stuff about your server and what extensions are included. Then you should be able to work out why you can't authenticate. If you try changing username, password, etc, you should be able to figure out how far your auth attempt are getting.

Cheers,
Peter

Posted 21-Jun-11 15:45pm

Peter_in_2780

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Maxdd 7 21-Jun-11 21:48pm

I have openssl enabled. So what now ?

Peter_in_2780 21-Jun-11 22:17pm

Have you tried the PHPmailer project at http://phpmailer.sourceforge.net/ ? They are probably your best source. Also, you might take a look at Drupal, which uses PHPmailer. They have some instructions on installation and setup (in their context, of course).

Maxdd 7 22-Jun-11 8:49am

I'm using PHP Mailer with that code ;) Also, the code works with another configuration (another smtp server), only for Gmail does not seem to work.

Peter_in_2780 22-Jun-11 17:25pm

I haven't looked at it in detail, but Drupal has a discussion specifically about getting PHPMailer to work with gmail.

sudeep.a · Answer 2 · 2017-03-02T19:55:00

Solution 2

Goto Account of Gmail , then select Connected apps & sites Allow less secure apps: ON(if this is off you cannot send mails through apps,or your websites )

Posted 2-Mar-17 19:55pm

sudeep.a

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Graeme_Grant 3-Mar-17 2:06am

Please stop answering very old questions. This can get you banned.