Gmail as mail server ...

[suntzu]

Hi to All,

I am trying to use gmail as mail server using SMTP = smtp.gmail.com and
smtp_port = 465 in the php.ini

I am trying to check this with the following very simple php code but nothing happens.

[code]
<?php
$to = "[email protected]";
$subject = "Hi!";
$body = "Hi,\n\nHow are you?";
$header = "From:[email protected]";
if (mail($to, $subject, $body, $header)) {
  echo("<p>Message successfully sent!</p>");
} else {
  echo("<p>Message delivery failed...</p>");
}
?>
[/code]

What am i doing wrong?

thnx in advance

[ikmyer]

gmail uses secure connections.  that might have something to do with it... I found a class awhile back that would send emails using a gmail account.  I will look for it and post when i find it

[ikmyer]

check out http://www.vulgarisoip.com/?p=17

[suntzu]

thank you ikmyer ... let me check it out    :)

[suntzu]

[quote author=ikmyer link=topic=121168.msg497719#msg497719 date=1168032292]
check out http://www.vulgarisoip.com/?p=17
[/quote]

Have you tried it by yourself ? I receive an error like this :
Message was not sentMailer Error: Language string failed to load: [email protected]

Do i need to change php.ini in this case or not ?

[ikmyer]

no, its all done in that class.  you have to have a gmail account.
Make sure you include the class file in your page.

Put the following in your script where you want to send the mail...
[code]
require_once('/phpgmailer/class.phpgmailer.php');  // path to class.phpgmailer.php on your server
$mail = new PHPGMailer();
$mail->Username = '[email protected]';              // your gmail account
$mail->Password = 'password';                          // your gmail password
$mail->From = '[email protected]';                    //gmail email address
$mail->FromName = 'User Name';                      // a from name
$mail->Subject = 'Subject';                              // subject
$mail->AddAddress('[email protected]');        //email address to send to
$mail->Body = 'Hey buddy, here's an email!';          // message
$mail->Send();                             
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