PHP Mailer by CodeWorxTech - SMTP server setup.

Important Points

PHPMailer is an advanced email PHP framework for use on PHP enabled web servers. These instructions will guide you through setting up PHPMailer from CodeWorxTech to use AuthSMTP as an authenticated SMTP server.

IMPORTANT: These instructions are a basic guide to explain the changes needed to the PHPMailer configuration files to use AuthSMTP as an authenticated SMTP server. They are not a guide to a complete or secure setup of PHPMailer, for further instructions on using and securing PHPMailer please see their website - PHPMailer.

These instructions are only for PHPMailer - for other email programs or scripting languages please see How To Setup AuthSMTP or contact us.

Step 1

Download the latest version of PHPMailer from CodeWorxTech and extract the files to the desired location.
Copy the following files from the extracted ZIP fie to the desired directory on your web server / space:

class.phpmailer.php
class.smtp.php

Step 2

Create a file called authsmtp-test.php containing only the following code:

<?php
require("scripts/class.phpmailer.php");

$mail = new PHPMailer();

$mail->IsSMTP();    // set mailer to use SMTP
$mail->Host = "mail.authsmtp.com";    // specify main and backup server
$mail->SMTPAuth = true;    // turn on SMTP authentication
$mail->Username = "USERNAME";    // SMTP username -- CHANGE --
$mail->Password = "PASSWORD";    // SMTP password -- CHANGE --
$mail->Port = "25";    // SMTP Port

$mail->From = "you@yourdomain.com";    //From Address -- CHANGE --
$mail->FromName = "Your Company Name";    //From Name -- CHANGE --
$mail->AddAddress("to@example.com", "Example");    //To Address -- CHANGE --
$mail->AddReplyTo("you@yourdomain.com", "Your Company Name"); //Reply-To Address -- CHANGE --

$mail->WordWrap = 50;    // set word wrap to 50 characters
$mail->IsHTML(false);    // set email format to HTML

$mail->Subject = "AuthSMTP Test";
$mail->Body    = "AuthSMTP Test Message!";

if(!$mail->Send())
{
   echo "Message could not be sent. <p>";
   echo "Mailer Error: " . $mail->ErrorInfo;
   exit;
}

echo "Message has been sent";
?>

Change the following lines:

- 'USERNAME' to your AuthSMTP username

- 'PASSWORD' to your AuthSMTP password

- 'From Address' to your email address

- 'From Name' to your name or company name

- 'To Address' to the email address you wish to send a test email to

- 'Reply-To Address' to the same as your From Address
Save and upload your authsmtp-test.php file to the same directory as the two PHPMailer files.
Open a web browser and view the uploaded authsmtp-test.php file on the Internet.
You should see a message saying "Message has been sent".
This means that AuthSMTP can be used from your web server and you can continue to integrate this into your form / application.
We recommend that when you do, you store the username and password variable definitions in a separate PHP file outside your public web directory and reference back to it. Storing them in a public PHP file is a potential security risk.

Troubleshooting

Try one of the alternative ports - 23, 26, 2525.
Check the username and password that you have entered are correct.
Check with your Network Administrator or Hosting company that external access on one of the ports is possible.
Check the permissions on the files you have uploaded.
Check that you have validated the 'From Address' with AuthSMTP, you can check or start the validation process by logging into the Control Panel.

Support

If you believe there is a problem with your AuthSMTP account please login to the Control Panel and check the following:

- You are using the correct username and password, it is possible to set separate passwords for logging into the control panel and for sending email.

- That your account hasn't expired.

- See if there is any errors being logged against your account such as unauthorised emails addresses etc.

For further support please contact either your web hosting company or check the support resources for PHPMailer.

AuthSMTP - PHPMailer 2.0.x

Important Points

Step 1

Step 2

Troubleshooting

Support