I have used Google SMTP server for several years to send mail from my webpage but it does not work anymore. Nothing in my PHPMailer script is changed.
$mail->Host = "ssl://smtp.gmail.com";
$mail->Port = 465;
$mail->SMTPAuth = true;
I get the following error.
SMTP Error: Could not authenticate.
Is this something Google have changed?
Google has a long history of breaking SMTP authentication. Set $mail->SMTPDebug = 2 and read the SMTP transcript, which will give you some clues. then read the PHPMailer troubleshooting guide which has lots to say on this subject.
I allowed less secure apps in google secure settings and now it's working again.
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I'm setting up the SMTP server on my keycloak instance.
I tried with my Gmail account, just to see if it works. I generated applications credentials following Google documentation. It worked nicely.
Now, I want to use the SMTP relay mode on my Google Workspace account, which has a specific domain. Google recommends. It works on other apps I have, but I could not make it work with Keycloak. There is no place to put the Domain so I don't even know if it's possible.
I searched the internet. This guy encountered my issue, but I think he solved it by doing it with applications credentials as I did in the beginning.
The thing is, I'd prefer not use application credentials because that would link my app to a Google User. I could create a dedicated one, but it would be a monthly cost. The SMTP relay solution seemed the perfect way, until I could not make it work.
Is there something I miss ? Maybe another way to use Google's SMTP server ?
Thank you for reading
Antoine
Please excuse newbie language because i am exactly that.
I am hosting myDomain.com on GoDaddy (registered in Asia)
I have deployed a phpScript for which i originally had a frustrating time validating credentials but finally succeeded thanks to the help of the forums here. (NB my SMTP Host was smtpout.asia.secureserver.net and SMTP Port =80 - none of the other ports would work)
I have now setup a subdomain on GoDaddy mailgun.myDomain.com and have verified this on Mailgun. creating a simple info#mailgun.myDomain.com i also succeeded in applying the necessary MailGun SMTP credentials to a Gmail account such that i can be managed from there - sending and receiving not a problem.
However, i am now unable to apply those same SMTP credentials via PHPMailer. THis has been discussed many times i know - and i've read through as best i can but have had little success finding a solution. I came across a recent reply from Synchro
https://stackoverflow.com/a/42291223/7802270
"Build your message as you would normally in PHPMailer, then call preSend() and getSentMIMEMessage() instead of send()."
Can i assume this is with reference to the class.phpmailer.php file?
And if so - i'm not sure i'm reading his comment correctly but do i then replace all instances of send() with getSentMIMEMessage()? or preSend()? It can't be both...
Thank you in advance for any clarifications
I have a problem configuring Outgoing Mail Servers.
When I click "Test Connection", I see "Connection test succeeded! Everything seems properly set up!", but when I try to create user, and I click "Send reset password instructions by email", I've got a message "Cannot send email: no outgoing email server configured. You can configure it under Settings/General Settings."
I tried with various smtp servers and I got a clue when trying gmail smtp.
Google asked me:
You can switch to an app made by Google such as Gmail to access your
account (recommended) or change your settings at
https://www.google.com/settings/security/lesssecureapps so that your
account is no longer protected by modern security standards.
When I switched off the "modern security standards" I managed to send reset password instructions, however I can't use gmail for OpenERP.
I run OpenERP on my Synology NAS and there is something that smtp servers don't like. They allow to connect, but wouldn't allow to send emails.
IP is not and issue, as I tried smtp settings from account I actually have set up in my Outlook.
I will welcome any idea to solve it.
Thanks!
I found the reason.
It makes no sense to me and I can't find the logic behind it, but this is causing the problem described.
The Company email has to be the same as ERP email servers.
this actually happens when there is not email provided for the admin user. please provide the admin user the same email address used in outgoing mail server
I had the same problem, but I solved it.
Please follow the below steps.
Go to 'My Account'
Please select the 'Connected apps & sites'
Then you will see the 'Allow less secure apps: ON' Please 'ON' that button.
Please try again to Press 'Test Connection' button.
Hope this will help you.
Gmail blocks any suspicious activity, and kudos to them for that. An example of this is when you're configuring your SMTP module to use your gmail account for sending mail from your drupal 7 + SMTP module-enabled site. How do I enable gmail to accept mail from my Drupal site?
Here are the steps I use to allow Drupal + SMTP access to my gmail's SMTP server:
Note: disabling the "overlay" module may help with reading the output generated in step #6; so consider disabling it.
Install and configure the SMTP module for drupal. Configure for your gmail account. Instructions here
Prepare gmail to "watch" for new application access to your account.
Ensure that you've logged in to gmail using the same account with which you wish to associate your Drupal site
Visit https://accounts.google.com/DisplayUnlockCaptcha
You will be see instructions about how to enable another application to send on your behalf. You have 10 minutes after clicking [ continue ] to complete the next step.
The last field at admin/config/system/smtp is "SEND TEST E-MAIL" which doubles as an excellent SMTP debugger, btw. Enter your email address here and check enable debuging just below the field.
Click [ Save Configuration ] this will trigger the sending of the test email.
Watch the debugging output produced by SMTP, which the SMTP module places visually towards the top of the SMTP configuration page.
If you see send errors, review the output for corrective actions.
Hope this helps.
I have a server with Plesk installed.
On that I've created a domain, my-domain.com, and added and e-mail account noreply#my-domain.com with access to SMTP for sending e-mails.
With PHPMailer or Swift Mailer I am able to send via the SMTP account noreply#my-domain.com whenever the from address is outside the my-domain.com, for example info#my-second-domain.com.
Whenever I'm using an e-mail address that ends on #my-domain.com it fails.
I've tried to look in the /usr/local/psa/var/log/maillog file, but it only stores the mails that doesn't fail.
Can someone help me figure out where the problems is?
You can try this:
Delete the related domain in the qmail file /var/qmail/control/virtualdomains
Then reload/restart qmail. Now it should work.
More technical background at http://forum.parallels.com/pda/index.php/t-93222.html
Benjamin answer didn't work on my installation (Plesk 11.5), but I found another solution:
just turn off the mail service itself. It might not be the solution for everyone but it was for me (my domain's mx records pointing to another server, with some scripts sending emails here and there).
You can turn off the mail service fairly easily using Plesk GUI.
Then uncheck
However, this won't turn it off for subdomains and secondary domains you might have. No problem, just log in with ssh and run this command:
/usr/local/psa/bin/domain -u mydomain.example.com -mail_service false
And if one day you decide you want to turn it back on just replace false by true.