hi there,

i downloaded the phpmailer class script but i can't get it to work

i always get the error: cannot connect with the smtp host

any ideas ?

specify the SMTP server correctly

well it seems to work with localhost as smtp server

not with gmail

That's because Gmail uses a secure SMTP port NOT port 25

port 465

there is an example script included

or port 587

Have you tried both of them?

AND can you specify authentication and SSL/TLS in the script?

Hi,

If you have installed PHPMailer correctly then use this code and have a check:

<?php

require_once("class.phpmailer.php");

$mail = new PHPMailer();

$mail->IsSMTP(); // send via SMTP
$mail->Host = "mail.yourdomainname"; // SMTP servers
$mail->SMTPAuth = true; // turn on SMTP authentication
$mail->Username = "SMTP Email Username"; // SMTP username
$mail->Password = "SMTP Email password"; // SMTP password

$mail->From = "From Email address";
$mail->FromName = "Name to Display";
$mail->AddAddress("Recipient Email address ","Recipient Name");
$mail->AddCC(“CC Email Address”);
$mail->AddBCC(“BCC Email address”);
$mail->AddReplyTo("Reply to email address");

$mail->WordWrap = 50; // set word wrap

$mail->IsHTML(true); // send as HTML

$mail->Subject = "Subject";
$mail->Body = "body";

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

echo "Message has been sent";

?>

If this does not work then provide exact error message so that you can get proper assistance.