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Asked: June 5, 20262026-06-05T09:20:21+00:00 2026-06-05T09:20:21+00:00

I am trying to create a contact form on my website using PHPMailer. I

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I am trying to create a contact form on my website using PHPMailer. I am having some trouble setting it up. I am trying to use G-mail as my smtp host. I was wondering if anyone can help troubleshoot this?

This is my mailer code:

<?php
require("class.phpmailer.php");
require("class.smtp.php");

$mail = new PHPMailer();

$mail->IsSMTP();   
$mail->SMTPAuth = true;     // turn on SMTP authentication      
$mail->SMTPSecure = 'ssl'; // secure transfer enabled REQUIRED for GMail        
$mail->Host = 'smtp.gmail.com';
$mail->Port = 467;  

$mail->Username = "validmail@gmail.com";  // SMTP username
$mail->Password = "workingpassword"; // SMTP password

$mail->From = "validmail@gmail.com";
$mail->FromName = "Mailer";
$mail->AddAddress("josh@example.net", "Josh Adams");
$mail->AddAddress("ellen@example.com");                  // name is optional
$mail->AddReplyTo("info@example.com", "Information");

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


// $mail->AddAttachment("/var/tmp/file.tar.gz");         // add attachments
   // $mail->AddAttachment("/tmp/image.jpg", "new.jpg");    // optional name
    $mail->IsHTML(true);                                  // set email format to HTML

$mail->Subject = "Here is the subject";
$mail->Body    = "This is the HTML message body <b>in bold!</b>";
$mail->AltBody = "This is the body in plain text for non-HTML mail clients";

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

echo "Message has been sent";
?>

The error message:

Message could not be sent.
Mailer Error: The following From address failed: validmail@gmail.com
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    2026-06-05T09:20:24+00:00Added an answer on June 5, 2026 at 9:20 am

    Have you looked at and tried the info from this Q?

    PHPMailer: SMTP Error: Could not connect to SMTP host

    In particular, does this provide any additional info?

    $mail->SMTPDebug = 1;
    
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