How to configure XAMPP to send mail from localhost

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I am trying to send mail from localhost  but i am unable to send the mail from localhost so can anybody tell me that how to reconfigure my xampp to send mail from localhost

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In XAMPP v3 2 1 for testing purposes you can see the emails that the XAMPP sends in XAMPP mailoutput  In my case on Windows 8 this did not require any additional configuration and was a simple solution to testing email

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As in my personal experience I found that very similar thing to Vikas Dwivedi answer will work just fine   Step 1  php ini file   In php ini file located in xampp php php ini  Change settings to the following    extension php openssl dll   mail function   sendmail path     xampp7 sendmail sendmail exe -t   mail add x header On   Turn off other variables under mail funciton by putting   before them  e g  smtp port 25  Step 2  sendmail ini file   In sendmail ini located in xampp sendmail semdmail ini change to the  following    smtp server smtp gmail com  smtp port 465  smtp ssl auto  auth username address gmail com  auth password YourPassword   Step 3  code   Create a php file and use the following     lt  php     mail  to   subject    body    From     from      gt    Notice   You need to restart apache in order for php ini to reload  you need to activate Google Less secure app access in https   myaccount google com u 1 security It might help to run Xampp with Admin permission

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just spent over an hour trying to make this work  for everybody having the same trouble with all the suggestions posted not working  you have to restart Apache in your XAMPP inrerface  just restarting XAMPP wont work

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You can test send mail in Your PC without Internet you should use Papercut this simple application to test send mail  and you don t need to configure anything  Just run it and try test send mail  test sendmail php  lt  php  to    quot somebody example com quot    subject    quot My subject quot    txt    quot Hello world  quot    headers    quot From  webmaster example com quot     quot  r n quot     quot CC  somebodyelse example com quot    mail  to  subject  txt  headers     gt   and you will see this   I hope you will have a good day  you can find me on Youtube for more tutorial Piseth Sok Cheer

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I tried many ways to send a mail from XAMPP Localhost  but since XAMPP hasn t SSL Certificate  my email request blocked by Gmail or similar SMTP Service providers   Then I used MailHog for local smtp server  what you need to do is just run it  localhost 1025 is for smtp server   localhost 8025 is for mail server  where you can check the emails you sent   here is my code       require once  src PHPMailer php       require once  src SMTP php       require once  src Exception php         mail   new PHPMailer PHPMailer PHPMailer             Server settings      mail- gt SMTPDebug   3                          Enable verbose debug output      mail- gt isSMTP                                                  Send using SMTP      mail- gt Host          localhost                         Set the SMTP server to send through      mail- gt Port         1025                                        TCP port to connect to         mail- gt Username                                SMTP username         mail- gt Password                                          SMTP password         mail- gt SMTPAuth     true                                       Enable SMTP authentication         mail- gt SMTPSecure    tls              Enable TLS encryption   PHPMailer  ENCRYPTION SMTPS  also accepted        Recipients      mail- gt setFrom  testtoo testto com    Mailer         mail- gt addAddress  testtoo webbamail com    Joe User           Add a recipient         Content      mail- gt isHTML true                                       Set email format to HTML      mail- gt Subject    Here is the subject        mail- gt Body       This is the HTML message body  lt b gt in bold  lt  b gt         mail- gt AltBody    This is the body in plain text for non-HTML mail clients        if   mail- gt Send              echo  Mailer Error       mail- gt ErrorInfo        else           echo  Message sent            MailHog Github Repository link

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You can send mail from localhost with sendmail package   sendmail package is inbuild in XAMPP  So if you are using XAMPP then you can easily send mail from localhost   for example you can configure C  xampp php php ini and c  xampp sendmail sendmail ini for gmail to send mail   in C  xampp php php ini find extension php openssl dll and remove the semicolon from the beginning of that line to make SSL working for gmail for localhost   in php ini file find  mail function  and change  SMTP smtp gmail com smtp port 587 sendmail from   my-gmail-id gmail com sendmail path      C  xampp sendmail sendmail exe   -t    Now Open C  xampp sendmail sendmail ini  Replace all the existing code in sendmail ini with following code   sendmail   smtp server smtp gmail com smtp port 587 error logfile error log debug logfile debug log auth username my-gmail-id gmail com auth password my-gmail-password force sender my-gmail-id gmail com   Now you have done   create php file with mail function and send mail from localhost   PS  don t forgot to replace my-gmail-id and  my-gmail-password in above code  Also  don t forget to remove duplicate keys if you copied settings from above  For example comment following line if there is another sendmail path   sendmail path  C  xampp mailtodisk mailtodisk exe  in the php ini file  Also remember to restart the server using the XAMMP control panel so the changes take effect   For gmail please check https   support google com accounts answer 6010255 to allow access from less secure apps      To send email on Linux  with sendmail package  through Gmail from   localhost please check PHP Ubuntu Send email using gmail form   localhost

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This code is used for the mail from your localhost XAMPP and your Gmail account  This code is very easy and working for me try your self   Below Change In php ini File  SMTP smtp gmail com  smtp port 587  sendmail from   your gmail com  sendmail path      C  xampp sendmail sendmail exe   -t   extension php openssl dll    Below Change In sendmail ini File  smtp server smtp gmail com smtp port 587 error logfile error log debug logfile debug log  auth username yourmail gmail com  auth password your-gmail-password  force sender yourmail gmail com     Please write the belove code in your PHP file to send email   lt  php       to    tomail gmail com        subject    Test Mail        headers    From  from mail gmail com r n        headers     Reply-To  replytomail gmail com r n        headers     CC  theassassin edu gmail com r n        headers     MIME-Version  1 0 r n        headers     Content-Type  text html  charset ISO-8859-1 r n        message     lt html gt  lt body gt         message      lt img src    css-tricks com examples WebsiteChangeRequestForm images wcrf-header png  alt  Website Change Request    gt         message      lt table rules  all  style  border-color   666   cellpadding  10  gt         message      lt tr style  background   eee   gt  lt td gt  lt strong gt Name  lt  strong gt   lt  td gt  lt td gt Details lt  td gt  lt  tr gt         message      lt tr gt  lt td gt  lt strong gt Email  lt  strong gt   lt  td gt  lt td gt Details lt  td gt  lt  tr gt         message      lt tr gt  lt td gt  lt strong gt Type of Change  lt  strong gt   lt  td gt  lt td gt Details lt  td gt  lt  tr gt         message      lt tr gt  lt td gt  lt strong gt Urgency  lt  strong gt   lt  td gt  lt td gt Details lt  td gt  lt  tr gt         message      lt tr gt  lt td gt  lt strong gt URL To Change  main   lt  strong gt   lt  td gt  lt td gt Details lt  td gt  lt  tr gt         addURLS    google com       if    addURLS                    message      lt tr gt  lt td gt  lt strong gt URL To Change  additional   lt  strong gt   lt  td gt  lt td gt      addURLS     lt  td gt  lt  tr gt               curText    dummy text                  if    curText                    message      lt tr gt  lt td gt  lt strong gt CURRENT Content  lt  strong gt   lt  td gt  lt td gt      curText     lt  td gt  lt  tr gt               message      lt tr gt  lt td gt  lt strong gt NEW Content  lt  strong gt   lt  td gt  lt td gt New Text lt  td gt  lt  tr gt         message      lt  table gt         message      lt  body gt  lt  html gt         if mail  to  subject  message  headers                 echo  Mail Send Sucuceed             else          echo  Mail Send Failed               gt

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You have to define an SMTP server and a port for this  All except like sending mails from live hosts   This is a useful link regarding this      NB  The port should be unused  Please take care that  Some   applications like Skype uses the default ports and there by prevents   sending mail

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Its very simple to send emails on localhost or local server  Note  I am using the test mail server software on Windows 7 64bit with Xampp installed  Just download test mail server tool and install according to the instruction given on its website Test Mail Server Tool  Now you need to change only two lines under php ini file   Find  mail function  and remove semi colon which is before  smtp   localhost Put the semi colon before sendmail path    C  xampp mailtodisk mailtodisk exe    You don t need to change anything else  but if you still not getting emails than check for the SMTP port  the port number must be same   The above method is for default settings provided by the Xampp software

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You have to configure SMTP on your server  You can use G Suite SMTP by Google for free    lt  php   mail   new PHPMailer true       Send mail using Gmail if  send using gmail        mail- gt IsSMTP       telling the class to use SMTP      mail- gt SMTPAuth   true     enable SMTP authentication      mail- gt SMTPSecure    ssl      sets the prefix to the servier      mail- gt Host    smtp gmail com      sets GMAIL as the SMTP server      mail- gt Port   465     set the SMTP port for the GMAIL server      mail- gt Username    your-gmail-account gmail com      GMAIL username      mail- gt Password    your-gmail-password      GMAIL password       Typical mail data  mail- gt AddAddress  email   name    mail- gt SetFrom  email from   name from    mail- gt Subject    My Subject    mail- gt Body    Mail contents    try       mail- gt Send        echo  Success      catch Exception  e          Something went bad     echo  Fail           gt    Read more about PHPMailer here

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in addition to all answers please note that in sendmail ini file      auth password this-is-Not-your-Gmail-password   due to new google security concern  you should follow these steps to make an application password for this purpose    go to https   accounts google com  in security tab turn two-step-verification on go back to the security tab and make an App-password  in select-app drop-down menu you can choose  other

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