Re: Gmail/email & PHP

is the password you are using:

   $mail->Password = 'PASSWRD';

your google/gmail (webmail) login pw or an app password?


[please do not include my address in replies. i'm (obviously) on the
list and will see your responses that way.]



> Date: Saturday, May 31, 2025 11:56:13 +1200
> From: [email protected]
>
> heres my test script :-
> 
> all i want to do is send (& receive - using a different address)
> emails via PHP
> 
> The latest error i'm getting is:- Mailer Error: SMTP Error: Could
> not authenticate.
> 
> <?php
> 
> use PHPMailer\PHPMailer\PHPMailer;
> use PHPMailer\PHPMailer\Exception;
> 
> 
> require
> '/home/users/web/b2978/pow.kwisternet/usr/phpmailer/PHPMailer-maste
> r/src/Exception.php'; require
> '/home/users/web/b2978/pow.kwisternet/usr/phpmailer/PHPMailer-maste
> r/src/PHPMailer.php'; require
> '/home/users/web/b2978/pow.kwisternet/usr/phpmailer/PHPMailer-maste
> r/src/SMTP.php';
> 
> $mail = new PHPMailer(true);
> try {
>     $mail->isSMTP();
>     $mail->Host = 'smtp.kwister.com';
>     $mail->SMTPAuth = true;
>     $mail->Username = '[email protected]';
>     $mail->Password = 'PASSWRD';
>     $mail->SMTPSecure = 'tls';
>     $mail->Port = 587;
> $mail->SMTPOptions = [
>     'ssl' => [
>         'verify_peer'       => false,
>         'verify_peer_name'  => false,
>         'allow_self_signed' => true,
>     ],
> ];
> 
> 
>     $mail->setFrom('[email protected]', 'Kwister Mailer');
>      $mail->addAddress('[email protected]');
>     $mail->Subject = 'PHPMailer Test mailer';
>     $mail->Body = 'This is a PHPMailer test email.';
> 
>     $mail->send();
>     echo 'Message sent';
> } catch (Exception $e) {
>     echo "Mailer Error: {$mail->ErrorInfo}";
> }
> 
> 
> ?>
> 
> 
> 
> On Sat, 31 May 2025 at 11:22, Richard
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>> In order for people to provide much assistance you need to give
>> details of what you are trying to do and how you are doing it as
>> well the results you are getting - including errors and potentially
>> information from your mail logs.
>> 
>> If you are trying to deliver mail to gmail on port 25 you'll need
>> to have the necessary DMARC set up for the FQDN that you're using.
>> For the submission ports - 465/587 - and to retrieve mail you'll
>> either need to support Oauth 2.0 or be using an app password -
>> rather than an account login id/pw for authentication.
>> 
>> These are just a couple of issues. There are a range of other
>> things that can be obstacles, but without knowing details it's not
>> worth trying to do more guessing.
>> 

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