Php Mailer error - Godaddy Smtp

Question

I have a project in which I have to send 100-200 mails to users but every mail has different token for each user. I have the email hosted on godaddy.

So I was looking to send email using phpmailer. Below is the script which I am testing but it keeps giving me this error -

SMTP ERROR: Failed to connect to server: Connection refused (111) SMTP connect() failed. https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/wiki/Troubleshooting Mailer Error: SMTP connect() failed. https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/wiki/Troubleshooting

<?php

//SMTP needs accurate times, and the PHP time zone MUST be set
//This should be done in your php.ini, but this is how to do it if you don't have access to that
date_default_timezone_set('Etc/UTC');

require 'mailm/PHPMailerAutoload.php';

//Create a new PHPMailer instance
$mail = new PHPMailer();
//Tell PHPMailer to use SMTP
$mail->isSMTP();
//Enable SMTP debugging
// 0 = off (for production use)
// 1 = client messages
// 2 = client and server messages
$mail->SMTPDebug   = 2;
$mail->DKIM_domain = '127.0.0.1';
//Ask for HTML-friendly debug output
$mail->Debugoutput = 'html';
//Set the hostname of the mail server
$mail->Host        = "smtpout.secureserver.net";
//Set the SMTP port number - likely to be 25, 465 or 587
$mail->Port        = 465;
//Whether to use SMTP authentication
$mail->SMTPAuth    = true;
//Username to use for SMTP authentication
$mail->Username    = "itsupport@mysite.ae";
//Password to use for SMTP authentication
$mail->Password    = "Mypassword";
$mail->SMTPSecure  = 'ssl';
//Set who the message is to be sent from
$mail->setFrom('itsupport@mysite.ae', 'IT Helpdesk');
//Set an alternative reply-to address
//$mail->addReplyTo('replyto@example.com', 'First Last');
//Set who the message is to be sent to
$mail->addAddress('sgajara@gmail.com', 'IT Helpdesk');
//Set the subject line
$mail->Subject = 'PHPMailer SMTP test';
//Read an HTML message body from an external file, convert referenced images to embedded,
//convert HTML into a basic plain-text alternative body
//Replace the plain text body with one created manually
$mail->Body = 'This is a plain-text message body';
//Attach an image file


//send the message, check for errors
if (!$mail->send()) {
    echo "Mailer Error: " . $mail->ErrorInfo;
} else {
    echo "Message sent!";
}
?>

This script I have found on a blog.

Any alternatives to this are also welcomed, My purpose is to send 200 emails from my godaddy email account but every email has a separate token which is fetched from the database and then inserted in the mail body and sent to the user.

Answer 1

You need to modify few configurations mentioned below. let me know if this works or not.

$mail->Host = 'localhost';
$mail->Port = 25;  
$mail->ssl = false;
$mail->authentication = false;

Answer 2

That is so simple:

You must focus on smtp host, port, ssl... Change smtp host to: relay-hosting.secureserver.net And DELETE port and ssl, thats all... Do not use smtp port and smtp ssl true or false...

    var fromAddress = "mailfrom@yourdomain";
    // any address where the email will be sending
    var toAddress = "mailto@yourdomain";
    //Password of your mail address
    const string fromPassword = "******";
    // Passing the values and make a email formate to display
    string subject = TextBox1.Text.ToString();
    string body = "From: " + TextBox2.Text + "\n";
    body += "Email: " + TextBox3.Text + "\n";
    body += "Subject: " + TextBox4.Text + "\n";
    body += "Message: \n" + TextBox5.Text + "\n";
    // smtp settings
    var smtp = new System.Net.Mail.SmtpClient();
    {
        smtp.Host = "relay-hosting.secureserver.net";
**//Warning Delete =>//smtp.Port = 80;**
**//Warning Delete =>//smtp.EnableSsl = false;**
        smtp.DeliveryMethod = System.Net.Mail.SmtpDeliveryMethod.Network;
        smtp.Credentials = new NetworkCredential(fromAddress, fromPassword);
        smtp.Timeout = 20000;
    }
    // Passing values to smtp object
    smtp.Send(fromAddress, toAddress, subject, body);