Using gmail smtp to send mails - server disconnects

[Tarzan]

Hi!

I've looked all over for an answer to this one but can't seem to find any:

I'm trying to use gmails smtp server to send mails, but once I've sent "STARTTLS" it seems like the smtp.gmail.com disconnects. I'm trying to use port 587 with both telnet and fsockopen (php function).

Does anyone have an idea on how to solve this?

 

[descalzo]

I use ssl and port 465 through PHPMailer ( http://sourceforge.net/projects/phpmailer/ ) which works.

P.S. : How's Jane?

 

[Tarzan]

Thanks for the tip!
I just prefer trying it out old school
And I finally got it to work (after some intensive googling) by executing
stream_socket_enable_crypto($server_handle, true, STREAM_CRYPTO_METHOD_TLS_CLIENT)
after the "STARTTLS" call. That's probably why telnet didn't work - it didn't support the TLS encryption.

Thanks again!

P.S. Jane good, me Tarzan.

 

[reginaalcaraz62]

I've just crossed here reading this topic. Can someone teach me how to se gmail smtp to send mails? Hehe. Any reply would be nice. : )

 

[sjpatel]

Hi,

I am trying to figure out how to use PHPMailer with X10hosting. Do i need to request for installation of the PHPMailer or it's just stright forward use the function in my PHP script.

Thanks

I use ssl and port 465 through PHPMailer ( http://sourceforge.net/projects/phpmailer/ ) which works.

 

[vv.bbcc19]

Can someone please help how can we send smtp email from google when Joomla or wordpress is installed as my site.
Thank you.
Regards,
VVBB