Don’t mean to resurrect an old post, but just in case others are looking for the answer, and because this post came up during my search for a solution despite the age. When using PHP SwiftMailer to connect to Gmail or Google Apps email accounts you need to use the following $transporter = Swift_SmtpTransport::newInstance(‘smtp.gmail.com’, 465, … Read more
This is what worked for me Hopefully no one else will burn oil to figure this out like i did. Here is my sendmail.ini [sendmail] smtp_server=smtp.gmail.com smtp_port=25 error_logfile=error.log debug_logfile=debug.log [email protected] auth_password=yourgmailpassword [email protected] php/php.ini —-basically comment everything out except sendmail_path & mail.add_x_header [mail function] ; For Win32 only. ; http://php.net/smtp ;SMTP = localhost ; http://php.net/smtp-port ;smtp_port … Read more
I had the same problem: emails were sent from development, but not from production (where I was getting Net::SMTPAuthenticationError). This drove me to conclusion that the problem was not with my app’s configuration, but with Google. Reason: Google was blocking access from unknown location (app in production) Solution: Go to http://www.google.com/accounts/DisplayUnlockCaptcha and click continue (this … Read more
A relatively recent change in Google’s authentication system means you’re going to have to “allow less secure app access” to your Google account, in order for this to work. In your error, you are recommended to visit this link: https://support.google.com/mail/answer/78754 On that page: Step #2 asks you to try Displaying an Unlock Captcha Step #3 … Read more
Here’s the link that gives me the answer: [Install] the “fake sendmail for windows“. If you are not using XAMPP you can download it here: http://glob.com.au/sendmail/sendmail.zip [Modify] the php.ini file to use it (commented out the other lines): [mail function] ; For Win32 only. ; SMTP = smtp.gmail.com ; smtp_port = 25 ; For Win32 … Read more
$mail = new PHPMailer(); // create a new object $mail->IsSMTP(); // enable SMTP $mail->SMTPDebug = 1; // 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; // or 587 $mail->IsHTML(true); $mail->Username = “[email protected]”; $mail->Password … Read more
first login to your gmail account and under My account > Sign In And Security > Sign In to google, enable two step verification, then you can generate app password, and you can use that app password in .env file. Your .env file will then look something like this MAIL_DRIVER=smtp MAIL_HOST=smtp.gmail.com MAIL_PORT=587 [email protected] MAIL_PASSWORD=apppassword MAIL_ENCRYPTION=tls … Read more
The short answer – you can’t. Google rewrites the From and Reply-To headers in messages you send via it’s SMTP service to values which relate to your gmail account. The SMTP feature of gmail isn’t intended to be an open or relay service. If it allowed any values for the From header, it would significantly … Read more
First download the JavaMail API and make sure the relevant jar files are in your classpath. Here’s a full working example using GMail. import java.util.*; import javax.mail.*; import javax.mail.internet.*; public class Main { private static String USER_NAME = “*****”; // GMail user name (just the part before “@gmail.com”) private static String PASSWORD = “********”; // … Read more
def send_email(user, pwd, recipient, subject, body): import smtplib FROM = user TO = recipient if isinstance(recipient, list) else [recipient] SUBJECT = subject TEXT = body # Prepare actual message message = “””From: %s\nTo: %s\nSubject: %s\n\n%s “”” % (FROM, “, “.join(TO), SUBJECT, TEXT) try: server = smtplib.SMTP(“smtp.gmail.com”, 587) server.ehlo() server.starttls() server.login(user, pwd) server.sendmail(FROM, TO, message) server.close() … Read more