[RESOLVED] smtp authentication

edo79zg

i have installed phpwebsite on my site that has windows host..but it keeps hitting me with smtp authentication..any ideas how to work this out as i have the same problem with dolphin site app?

thanks in advance

NogDog

SMTP has to do with email. Is your application trying to send email?

edo79zg

yes, i know that smtp is related to mail. and yes, that smtp error is when i try to "register new account" or use "forgot password"..nogdog, would it help if i post in here error lines so you or someone else could eventually teach me how can i work it out in the future?

halojoy

On a W32 machine with php sendmail
there are 2 settings that needs for send mail with [man]mail/man function
In php.ini

[mail function]
; For Win32 only.
SMTP = smtp.yourisp.com
smtp_port = 25

... where smtp.yourisp.com is the smtp server for your internet provider
This is an info you get when register to for internet connection.

bradgrafelman

And if your SMTP host requires SMTP authentication, then you can't use the built-in mail() function - PHP's implementation doesn't support SMTP authentication.

Instead, you'd have to use a 3rd party class, such as PHPMailer, XPertMailer, etc.

edo79zg

ok guys..

so do i got it right, smtp is related to my ISP even though my domain is hosted with host provider and not from my local machine?

bradgrafelman

SMTP = Simple Mail Transfer Protocol.

An SMTP server is a server that PHP connects to in order to deliver emails you generate. Most hosts are running a Unix-type operating system, most likely one configured with an SMTP daemon. This is why "localhost" is a common value for the SMTP server.

If your host instructed you to use a different SMTP server (or if you're testing a PHP application in a development environment, e.g. your own computer at home), then you'd have to point PHP to this server. Most residential ISP's that provide an SMTP server for you to use will also require SMTP authentication - this ensures that only you can connect and send mail through their servers, not some random spamming bot.

edo79zg

$iSendingResult = mail( $sRecipientEmail, $sMailSubject, html2txt($sMailBody), $sMailHeader, $sMailParameters );

Warning: mail() [function.mail]: SMTP server response: 530 SMTP authentication is required. httpdocs\dolphin\inc\utils.inc.php on line 436

above is the line and below it is error message..so, phpmailer could fix it or is there something i can do to change on the code to fix it?

bradgrafelman

edo79zg;10944292 wrote:
so, phpmailer could fix it

PHPMailer has the option of using SMTP authentication (where you supply the SMTP server with a valid username and password, e.g. what you use to login to your e-mail server to retrieve mail), yes.

edo79zg;10944292 wrote:
or is there something i can do to change on the code to fix it?

The only modification you could make (without using a 3rd-party class such as PHPMailer) that would "fix it" would be to use an SMTP server that doesn't require authentication.

edo79zg

thanks for your help i will use phpmailer to try to fix it and see what happens..in the meantime i will close this topic..