[sllug-members]: Google Applications SMTP and PHP

[Jon Fullmer]

Have you tried making sure that you can even CONNECT to google using  
SMTP?  Try a telnet test:

telnet smtp.gmail.com 25

If you don't get a connection, it could be that your ISP is preventing  
any outbound SMTP traffic to any address other than its own SMTP  
servers. This is a fairly common practice of ISPs to prevent the  
spread of e-mail worms and spammers (this is VERY common on public  
Internet access, say, at libraries, hotels, etc.).  In these  
situations, you, as the customer, are typically allowed to relay  
anywhere you need to (i.e., connect to "ispmailserver.com", but are  
sending from "mydomain.com" to "myfriendsdomain.com", etc.).

Anyway, check that.  Your script may be okay, but you just may not be  
able to connect via SMTP, due to ISP restrictions.

  - Jon

On Nov 12, 2007, at 11:56 PM, James Noble wrote:

> Here is a working file.  Hope it is useful.
>
> <?php
> require_once "lib/Swift.php";
> require_once "lib/Swift/Connection/SMTP.php";
> require_once "lib/Swift/Authenticator/LOGIN.php";
>
> $conn =& new Swift_Connection_SMTP("smtp.gmail.com",465,  
> SWIFT_SMTP_ENC_TLS);
> $conn->setUsername("my_email at google.com");
> $conn->setPassword("my_password");
> $conn->attachAuthenticator(new Swift_Authenticator_LOGIN());
>
> $swift =& new Swift($conn);
> $message =& new Swift_Message("My Sub using delte comments", "My  
> body");
>
> $to =& new Swift_Address("to_someone at somewhere.com", "Jane");
> $from =&  new Swift_Address("from_someone at somewhereelse.com","John  
> Doe");
>
> //Now check if Swift actually sends it
> if ($swift->send($message, $to, $from)) echo "Sent";
> else echo "Failed";
>
> ?>
>
>
> On Nov 12, 2007 6:48 PM, Michael Heath <mike.thomas.heath at gmail.com>  
> wrote:
>> The first thing I notice is that, while I'm not familiar with Swift,
>> it doesn't seem like you've taken into account that Google SMTP  
>> access
>> requires STARTTLS/SSL access for SMTP. Thats a start - though, it
>> doesn't really explain why the connection would be dropping dead with
>> nothing sent, as STARTTLS comes after EHLO.
>>
>> I'd be really curious on how you get this to work. I hope my random
>> comments might help some.
>>
>> Mike Heath
>>
>>
>> On Nov 12, 2007 6:08 PM, James Noble <noblejames at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> I was wondering if anyone has connected a php page to the google
>>> applications smtp.  I have tried to do this for a while but have  
>>> been
>>> unable to send the email.  The error I get is
>>>
>>> Uncaught Error of type [swift_connectionexception] with message  
>>> [There
>>> was a problem reading line 1 of an SMTP response. The response so  
>>> far
>>> was:
>>> []. It appears the connection has died without saying goodbye to us!
>>> Too many emails in one go perhaps? (fsockopen: #0) ]
>>>
>>> $smtp =& new Swift_Connection_SMTP("smtp.gmail.com", 465);
>>> $smtp->setUsername("my_username at gmail.com");
>>> $smtp->setpassword("my_password");
>>>
>>> $swift =& new Swift($smtp);
>>> $message = "test";
>>> if ($swift->send($message, "someone at gmail.com",
>>> "someoneelse at gmail.com")) echo "Sent";
>>> else echo "Failed";
>>>
>>> Any help would be appreciated.
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