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Asked: 2026-06-12T22:27:20+00:00

I’ve been trying several configuration options to send email using CakePHP (CakeMail) to a

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I’ve been trying several configuration options to send email using CakePHP (CakeMail) to a Microsoft Exchange 2010 Server. This is my current configuration:

    public $default = array(
    'transport' => 'Smtp',
    'from' => array('email@example.com' => 'Me'),
    'host' => 'smtp.ex3.secureserver.net',
    'port' => 587,
    'timeout' => 30,
    'username' => 'verifiedUserName',
    'password' => 'verifiedPassword',
    'client' => null,
    'log' => true,
    'delivery' => 'smtp'
);

And this is my testing function: 

    public function test_email() {
    App::uses('CakeEmail', 'Network/Email');
    $email = new CakeEmail();
    $email->config('default');
    debug($email->config());
    $result = $email->template('checkout')
            ->from('email@example.com')
            ->emailFormat('text')
            ->to('another@example.com')
            ->subject('TEST EMAIL ')
            ->send();
}

I’m getting a 

SMTP Error: 504 5.7.4 Unrecognized authentication type

If i change the host to ‘ssl://smtp.ex3.secureserver.net’ or ‘tls://smtp.ex3.secureserver.net’ i’m getting a 

Unable to connect to SMTP server.

The server is configured to use TLS.

Any ideas ?

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  1. Editorial Team

    (from the book)
    http://book.cakephp.org/2.0/en/core-utility-libraries/email.html#configuration

    As of 2.3.0 you can also enable TLS SMTP using the tls option:

    <?php
class EmailConfig {
    public $gmail = array(
        'host' => 'smtp.gmail.com',
        'port' => 465,
        'username' => 'my@gmail.com',
        'password' => 'secret',
        'transport' => 'Smtp',
        'tls' => true
    );
}

    ref to feature pull request here > https://github.com/cakephp/cakephp/pull/734

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