Is it possible to send mail through authenticated SMTP?

Posted by John Drako on May 27, 2008, 11:54 am

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Currently, I run postfix on my own server to send message from my site
(password requests, account activation notices and other messages).
I have phpMailer on the server and all the messages (currently about
1000 messages are sent daily) are sent by SMTP through postfix.

I'm contemplating moving this particular site's email to Gmail.

Is it possible to send mail through Gmail's servers with authentication
and everything?

Posted by Leigh Finch on May 27, 2008, 7:12 pm

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John Drako wrote:
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Hi John,
According to
http://lifehacker.com/software/email-apps/how-to-use-gmail-as-your-smtp-server-111166.php
gmail uses smtp over tls, with smtp authentication.

I would use pear mail, an basic guide is available here
http://www.phpmaniac.net/wiki/index.php/Pear_Mail but is does not cover
the authentication, or the use of smtp (as opposed to the mail() function).

iirc if you use smtp auth, the connection is automatically TLS.

You would want to use the smtp factory, with the following params:

$smtp_params["host"] = "smtp.gamil.com";
$smtp_params["port"] = "25";
$smtp_params["auth"] = true;
$smtp_params["username"] = "gmail_user@gmail.com";
$smtp_params["password"] = "gmail_password";

$mail_object =& Mail::factory("smtp", $smtp_params);

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Leigh Finch
www.phpmaniac.net

Posted by AnrDaemon on May 27, 2008, 9:39 pm

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Greetings, John Drako.
In reply to Your message dated Tuesday, May 27, 2008, 19:54:06,

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What is the reason for that? May be there are other solutions?
If you need a particular address in "From"/"Reply-To" fields, you can just set
it and use it with your local postfix.

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Ask phpMailer documentation. I don't know. I'm using mail() all the time and
it works flawlessly.

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Posted by Jerry Stuckle on May 27, 2008, 9:49 pm

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John Drako wrote:
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Either Pear::Mail or phpmailer will do what you want. I happen to
prefer the latter, but that's only personal preference.

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Posted by Leigh Finch on May 27, 2008, 11:57 pm

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Jerry Stuckle wrote:
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I've setup a working example using Pear::Mail sending using gmail
available at
http://www.phpmaniac.net/wiki/index.php/Pear_Mail#Sending_using_SMTP if
you are interested.

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Leigh Finch