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I am completely new to PHP and I want to send a mail using PHP. I have a Contact Us form whcih will accept email is of the person contacting me and therefore the mail will be sent to me. I am using PHPMailer library from https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/tree/master and following is the code snippet I am using.
<?php
require("class.phpmailer.php");
$mail = new PHPMailer();
$mail->IsSMTP();
$mail->SMTPSecure = 'tls';
$mail->Host = "resolver1.opendns.com"; // this SMTP server of my machine
//$mail->Host = "208.67.222.222";//ip ; which one to use the resolver1.opendns.com or 208.67.222.222 ???
$mail->From = "xyz@gamil.com;//email id of the person
$mail->AddAddress("datta.dhonde@coreathena.com");//my email id
$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.';
}
?>
I am getting the error " Message was not sent.Mailer error: SMTP connect() failed."
I am not getting what is the problem..?
$mail->Host = ""; please comment on what this stands for??
Add $mail->SMTPDebug = 1; and try to debug the problem.
As very well exampled by @joydesigner, To connect via SMTP, you will need to pass hostname, username and password and then it should connect and send email.
$mail->Host = 'smtp1.example.com;smtp2.example.com'; // Specify main and backup server
$mail->SMTPAuth = true; // Enable SMTP authentication
$mail->Username = 'jswan'; // SMTP username
$mail->Password = 'secret'; // SMTP password
$mail->SMTPSecure = 'tls'; // tls or ssl connection as req
Here I see you have passed only, host information, pls add username & password as well and try once.
Also check that TLS/SSL PORT is open for your server:
check with:
telnet resolver1.opendns.com 25
Maybe it is your configuration problem.
example of phpmailer configuration is like this:
<?php
require 'class.phpmailer.php';
$mail = new PHPMailer;
$mail->isSMTP(); // Set mailer to use SMTP
$mail->Host = 'smtp1.example.com;smtp2.example.com'; // Specify main and backup server
$mail->SMTPAuth = true; // Enable SMTP authentication
$mail->Username = 'jswan'; // SMTP username
$mail->Password = 'secret'; // SMTP password
$mail->SMTPSecure = 'tls'; // Enable encryption, 'ssl' also accepted
$mail->From = 'from@example.com';
$mail->FromName = 'Mailer';
$mail->addAddress('josh@example.net', 'Josh Adams'); // Add a recipient
$mail->addAddress('ellen@example.com'); // Name is optional
$mail->addReplyTo('info@example.com', 'Information');
$mail->addCC('cc@example.com');
$mail->addBCC('bcc@example.com');
$mail->WordWrap = 50; // Set word wrap to 50 characters
$mail->addAttachment('/var/tmp/file.tar.gz'); // Add attachments
$mail->addAttachment('/tmp/image.jpg', 'new.jpg'); // Optional name
$mail->isHTML(true); // Set email format to HTML
$mail->Subject = 'Here is the subject';
$mail->Body = 'This is the HTML message body <b>in bold!</b>';
$mail->AltBody = 'This is the body in plain text for non-HTML mail clients';
if(!$mail->send()) {
echo 'Message could not be sent.';
echo 'Mailer Error: ' . $mail->ErrorInfo;
exit;
}
echo 'Message has been sent';
Here the $mail->Host is the smtp mail server. Normally started with smtp.
You should check the tcp port 25 of the resolver1.opendns.com , it seens being block or not starting up the stmpd such as sendmail or some MTA.
try
telnet resolver1.opendns.com 25
and you will find tcp port 25 is not opened.
