PHPMailer Complications

[dlite922]

I can't seem to get it working with my smtp server.

I can send the email through the command line like so:

220 localhost.localdomain ESMTP Sendmail 8.13.8/8.13.8; Wed, 6 Aug 2008 18:44:29 -0600 
EHLO www.dmconsultingonline.com 250-localhost.localdomain Hello mail.dmconsultingonline.com [x.x.x.x], pleased to meet you 250-ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES 
250-PIPELINING 
250-8BITMIME 
250-SIZE 
250-DSN 
250-ETRN 
250-AUTH DIGEST-MD5 CRAM-MD5 LOGIN PLAIN 
250-DELIVERBY 
250 HELP MAIL 
FROM: dmurad@dmconsultingonline.com 
250 2.1.0 dmurad@dmconsultingonline.com... Sender ok 
RCPT TO: dmurad@dmconsultingonline.com 
250 2.1.5 dmurad@dmconsultingonline.com... Recipient ok 
DATA 
354 Enter mail, end with "." on a line by itself 
THIS IS A TEST email to dmurad 
. 
250 2.0.0 m770iTb2013039 Message accepted for delivery 
QUIT 
221 2.0.0 localhost.localdomain closing connection

the message shows up fine in my outlook inbox.

Note: in outlook I do have to set "My Outgoing server requires authentication"
and it uses the same login as for POP.

I know this makes a difference, but outlook doesn't tell you "technicall y" what difference that check mark makes.

without this outlook doesn't connect to it.

but, anyway:

PHP Code (this is from example that comes with PHPMailer):

[PHP]

require_once("c onfig.php");

$mail = new PHPMailer();

$mail->IsSMTP(); // set mailer to use SMTP
$mail->Host = "72.16.128. 45"; // specify main and backup server
$mail->SMTPAuth = true; // turn on SMTP authentication
$mail->Username = "dmurad"; // SMTP username
$mail->Password = "connie02"; // SMTP password

$mail->From = "dmurad@dmconsu ltingonline.com ";
$mail->FromName = "Mailer";
$mail->AddAddress("dm urad@dmconsulti ngonline.com");

$mail->WordWrap = 50; // set word wrap to 50 characters
$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 "<b>Message could not be sent. </b><p>";
echo "Mailer Error: " . $mail->ErrorInfo;
exit;
}

echo "Message has been sent";

[/PHP]

here's the output:

SMTP -> FROM SERVER: 
SMTP -> FROM SERVER: 
SMTP -> ERROR: EHLO not accepted from server: 
SMTP -> FROM SERVER: 
SMTP -> ERROR: HELO not accepted from server: 
SMTP -> FROM SERVER: 
SMTP -> ERROR: MAIL not accepted from server: 
SMTP -> FROM SERVER: 
SMTP -> ERROR: RSET failed: Message could not be sent.

Mailer Error: The following From address failed: dmurad@dmconsultingonline.com

I even tried it with SMTPAuth off/false.

any clues?

[Gulzor]

Try this :
[php]
$PHPMailer->SMTPAuth = true;
$PHPMailer->SMTPSecure = "ssl";
[/php]

Also, set $PHPMailer->Port with the correct port value if necessary.

[dlite922]

Try this :
[php]
$PHPMailer->SMTPAuth = true;
$PHPMailer->SMTPSecure = "ssl";
[/php]

Also, set $PHPMailer->Port with the correct port value if necessary.

I've tried that before, here's the output:

SMTP -> FROM SERVER: 
SMTP -> FROM SERVER:  
SMTP -> ERROR: EHLO not accepted from server:  
SMTP -> FROM SERVER:  
SMTP -> ERROR: HELO not accepted from server:  
NULL 
SMTP -> FROM SERVER: 
SMTP -> ERROR: MAIL not accepted from server:  
SMTP -> FROM SERVER: 
SMTP -> ERROR: RSET failed:  <b>Message could not be sent. </b><p>Mailer Error: The following From address failed: dmurad@dmconsultingonline.com

220 localhost.local domain ESMTP Sendmail 8.13.8/8.13.8; Thu, 7 Aug 2008 01:53:26 -0600
EHLO localhost
250-localhost.local domain Hello mydomain.com [x.x.x.x], pleased to meet you
250-ENHANCEDSTATUSC ODES
250-PIPELINING
250-8BITMIME
250-SIZE
250-DSN
250-ETRN
250-AUTH DIGEST-MD5 CRAM-MD5 LOGIN PLAIN
250-DELIVERBY
250 HELP
AUTH LOGIN
334 DijfexggbWU6
ZG11cmFk229 UgFzc3c9dmQ6
Y234TymllMDI=23 5 2.0.0 OK Authenticated
MAIL FROM: myemail@hotmail .com
250 2.1.0 myemail@hotmail .com... Sender ok
RCPT TO: myemail@another host.com
250 2.1.5 myemail@another host.com... Recipient ok
DATA
354 Enter mail, end with "." on a line by itself
TESTING COMMAND LINE
.
250 2.0.0 m777rQNh014545 Message accepted for delivery
QUIT
221 2.0.0 localhost.local domain closing connection


Connection to host lost.

[/CODE]

I got the email in my inbox just fine.

Because of these complications, I decided to skip PHPMailer go directly to the source: class.smtp.php file it uses and see if I can get that to work.

I'll post my code (i'm stuck there too) shortly...

[dlite922]

here you go:

require_once("smtp.php");


echo "<pre>Start...";
$smtp = new SMTP();
$smtp->do_debug = 5;

echo "\n\nConnecting...";
var_dump($smtp->Connect("72.16.128.45","25")); 


echo "\n\nEhlo...";
$smtp->Hello(); 

die();

output is similar, So i guess if I solve this, i'll get to the root of the problem.

<pre>
Start...  

Connecting...
SMTP -> FROM SERVER: bool(true)   

Ehlo...
SMTP -> FROM SERVER:  
SMTP -> ERROR: EHLO not accepted from server:  
SMTP -> FROM SERVER:  
SMTP -> ERROR: HELO not accepted from server:  
NULL

Googling that thing is just a mess! Any help from mail server experts?

[dlite922]

here you go:

require_once("smtp.php");


echo "<pre>Start...";
$smtp = new SMTP();
$smtp->do_debug = 5;

echo "\n\nConnecting...";
var_dump($smtp->Connect("72.16.128.45","25")); 


echo "\n\nEhlo...";
$smtp->Hello(); 

die();

// rest of my code if the above works, should work ...

output is similar, So i guess if I solve this, i'll get to the root of the problem.


OUTPUT:

<pre>
Start...  

Connecting...
SMTP -> FROM SERVER: bool(true)   

Ehlo...
SMTP -> FROM SERVER:  
SMTP -> ERROR: EHLO not accepted from server:  
SMTP -> FROM SERVER:  
SMTP -> ERROR: HELO not accepted from server:  
NULL

Googling that thing is just a mess! Any help from mail server experts?

I even tried saying EHLO/HELO before connecting, same result.

I'm just about ready to commit suicide guys, i'm at your mercy.


Dan

[dlite922]

here you go:

require_once("smtp.php");


echo "<pre>Start...";
$smtp = new SMTP();
$smtp->do_debug = 5;

echo "\n\nConnecting...";
var_dump($smtp->Connect("72.16.128.45","25")); 


echo "\n\nEhlo...";
$smtp->Hello(); 

die();

// rest of my code if the above works, should work ...

output is similar, So i guess if I solve this, i'll get to the root of the problem.


OUTPUT:

<pre>
Start...  

Connecting...
SMTP -> FROM SERVER: bool(true)   

Ehlo...
SMTP -> FROM SERVER:  
SMTP -> ERROR: EHLO not accepted from server:  
SMTP -> FROM SERVER:  
SMTP -> ERROR: HELO not accepted from server:  
NULL

Googling that thing is just a mess! Any help from mail server experts?

I even tried saying EHLO/HELO before connecting, same result.

I'm just about ready to commit suicide guys, i'm at your mercy.


Dan

Update:

So that you're not blind, here's how the smtp class performs the helo commands:

[PHP]

/**
* Sends a HELO/EHLO command.
* @access private
* @return bool
*/
private function SendHello($hell o, $host) {
fputs($this->smtp_conn, $hello . " " . $host . $this->CRLF);

$rply = $this->get_lines();

$code = substr($rply,0, 3);

if($this->do_debug >= 2) {
echo "SMTP -> FROM SERVER: " . $this->CRLF . $rply;
}

if($code != 250) {
$this->error =
array("error" => $hello . " not accepted from server",
"smtp_code" => $code,
"smtp_msg" => substr($rply,4) );
if($this->do_debug >= 1) {
echo "SMTP -> ERROR: " . $this->error["error"] .
": " . $rply . $this->CRLF;
}
return false;
}

$this->helo_rply = $rply;

return true;
}


[/PHP]

it almost looks like $rply is blank, but fputs() writes about 16 bytes.

I'll try to debug get_lines().

[Gulzor]

We use PHPMailer in several projects and we never have that kind of issues. But we like to keep things simple.

Do you use the last version of PHPMailer ? Are you sure that your SMTP server is configured correctly ?

That is weird.

[dlite922]

We use PHPMailer in several projects and we never have that kind of issues. But we like to keep things simple.

Do you use the last version of PHPMailer ? Are you sure that your SMTP server is configured correctly ?

That is weird.

Hey thanks for the quick reply.

The issue wasn't related to PHPMailer or any PHP issue.

I noticed a couple of times the page would just stall and consume 100% CPU.

So I rebooted it all apache processes and voila! fixed itself.

Everything started working, my script and the PHP Mailer script.

And yes I did grab the latest version.

Don't you hate it when that happens. freakin Windows!!

ugh!!! I'm a day and a half behind in a project.

but damn at least I can sleep tonight.

thanks by the way,



Dan