does anyone know a php script to send mail using gmails/googles free smtp server

[emopoops]

cause i heard u can do that but i dont know how

[trq]

If you have sufficient permissions on your server you can setup ssmtp as your sendmail alias. Otherwise, you might be able to do this using a third party mail class such as Zend_Mail.

[emopoops]

cant i use gmail?

[trq]

Not directly no. PHP generally sends emails via the systems sendmail program.

[emopoops]

ok well i contacted my host about it not working or sending 30 -60 minutes after the code is run and they stated its because of some filtering it goes through and gave me a link to

http://phpmailer.worxware.com/index.php?pg=projects

it says its some license thing i dont understand licenses i try to stay away from them. does nayone know if its free for liek comercial sites or whatever to use? cause i am going to have a webstore on my site etc in the future and i cant use anything that doesnt allow comercial use for free.

and also... on the forum i read something about the users using google apps for mail but ive done some googling and stuff i cant figure out how to send mail with that it makes no sense does anyone know what that is??

http://www.google.com/apps/intl/en/group/index.html

 

[trq]

PHPMailer is licensed under the LGPL which means it is basically free to use.

 

What is it exactly you want to know about using google apps for mail? if your users want to setup google apps for mail, you will still need a third party class such as PHPMailer (or my before mentioned zend_Mail) to connect to google and send from your sites.

[Deoctor]

Hai

try this to send emails using the gmail as an smtp..

 <?php
    require_once "Mail.php";

    $from = "Chaitu <drvirusindia@gmail.com>";
    $to = "Chaitu <drvirusindia@gmail.com>";
    $subject = "Hi!";
    $body = "Hi,\n\nHow are you?";

    $host = "ssl://mail.example.com";
    $port = "465";
    $username = "smtp_username";
    $password = "smtp_password";

    $headers = array ('From' => $from,
      'To' => $to,
      'Subject' => $subject);
    $smtp = Mail::factory('smtp',
      array ('host' => $host,
        'port' => $port,
        'auth' => true,
        'username' => $username,
        'password' => $password));

    $mail = $smtp->send($to, $headers, $body);

    if (PEAR::isError($mail)) {
      echo("<p>" . $mail->getMessage() . "</p>");
     } else {
      echo("<p>Message successfully sent!</p>");
     }
    ?>

 

but you require a correct user id and password to use it.

u can use the gmail user id and pass ...

[trq]

try this to send emails using the gmail as an smtp..

 

Providing PEAR's Mail class is installed.

[emopoops]

what pears mail class?

sorry how do i figure out if thats installed?

is that script similar to this one i found:

http://blog.dagoosh.com/post/2009/03/17/google-apps-gmail-send-email-asp.aspx

 

well the admin on the support forum says that free hosting account users like me uuse google apps to send but i cant figure out how.. so i guess the host lets the free accounts use it but how?

 

oh and basically free? whats that actually mean? if i have a webstore that sends mails all the time for comerical uses can i still use it or what? i dont get licenses

[Deoctor]

just check ur phpinfo() in it u can find out..

include_path.;C:\xampp\php\PEAR.;C:\xampp\php\PEAR

[emopoops]

i did phpinfo() then i did a find for the word pear and none was found

[Deoctor]

which version of xampp ur using up??

[Deoctor]

just check these artilces which can help u out

http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/rhel-install-php-net-smtp-email-socket.html

http://pear.php.net/manual/en/guide.users.commandline.installing.php

 

also when u open php.ini it should have this line uncommented.

include_path = ".;C:\xampp\php\PEAR"

[emopoops]

i dont know what xampp is and i have free host theres no php ini

[Deoctor]

then ur server might not be supportive to the pear(smtp autentication).so i dont think u can use it out..

[trq]

This isn't going anywhere fast.

 

At minimum you need to install one of these third party classes to be able to use gmail's smtp server easily. You can use either (and this is by no means a definitive list) PHPMailer, PEAR's Mail or Zend_Mail.

 

I suggest you decide which one you want to use, read the installation instructions and get one installed. If you get stuck, let use know exactly where you are stuck.

 

From there, you will need to (again) read the manual for the specific class to find out how to use it.

[Deoctor]

hai thorpe.

he is using an free hosting service so i dont think he could able to do that..

[trq]

hai thorpe.

he is using an free hosting service so i dont think he could able to do that..

 

Why? These scripts are all written in php. You just place then on your server, put them within your include path then include and use them.

[ignace]

Try this class written by Manuel Lemos: http://www.phpclasses.org/blog/package/9/post/1-Sending-email-using-SMTP-servers-of-Gmail-Hotmail-or-Yahoo-with-PHP.html

[ignace]

$transportConfig = array('smtp_host' => 'smtp.gmail.com', 'smtp_port' => '456', 'smtp_ssl' => '1', 'smtp_user' => 'mail@gmail.com', 'smtp_password' => 'mail password');
$transport = new Zend_Mail_Transport_Smtp('smtp.gmail.com', $transportConfig);

$mail = new Zend_Mail();
$mail->setFrom('user@mail.com');
$mail->setReplyTo('user@mail.com');
$mail->setReturnPath('user@mail.com');// in case of failed delivery
$mail->setSubject('Mail Subject');

$mail->addTo('mail@gmail.com');
$mail->setBodyText('Mail Message');// or $mail->setBodyHtml('Html Mail Message');
$mail->send($transport);

[emopoops]

well does anyone know a script to google apps? cause i read something by the admin that the users do that because the hosts email is slow

[trq]

well does anyone know a script to google apps?

 

A script to do what with google apps?

[rajeevbharti]

cause i heard u can do that but i dont know how

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hi friend i have same kind of problem any body could help us to solve the problem.

[emopoops]

ok this zend mail thing that someone left a code for...

is this free for use on commercial websites?

because my site is going to have a webstore etc..

and i wanted a code to use google apps to send mail from my site. because i cant use my hosts email sender it sucks. like on a registration it sends an email that the user has to click on the link in the email to verify its an ok email

[trq]

Yes it is free.

 

Yes, with it you can send mail via google smtp servers (including those used by google app domains).