PHP

GMail SMTP port 587 with "less secure" Password Authentication

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Send email using GMail's SMTP server on port 587 (SSL via STARTTLS). Chilkat2 PHP

<?php

use Chilkat2\Email;
use Chilkat2\MailMan;

// This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
// See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

$mailman = new MailMan();

// Use the GMail SMTP server
// This example assumes your GMail account allows for "less secure apps" to use
// SMTP username/password authentication.
// For OAuth2 authentication, see GMail SMTP with OAuth2 Authentication
$mailman->SmtpHost = 'smtp.gmail.com';
$mailman->SmtpPort = 587;
$mailman->StartTLS = true;

// Set the SMTP login/password.
$mailman->SmtpUsername = 'chilkat.support';
$mailman->SmtpPassword = 'myPassword';

// Create a new email object
$email = new Email();

$email->Subject = 'This is a test';
$email->Body = 'This is a test';
$email->From = 'Chilkat Support <chilkat.support@gmail.com>';
$email->AddTo('Chilkat', 'support@chilkatsoft.com');

try {
    $mailman->SendEmail($email);
} catch (\Chilkat2\Exception $e) {
    echo $e->getMessage(), "\n";
    exit;
}

echo "Email sent.\n";