Setting SMTP details for php mail function

Question

I have been looking for an answer and tried many things to this problem   My script works fine on my webhost but when moving it to an other dedicated server the mail never gets delivered  Now i need to set the SMTP server but don t get it right   Using Gmail apps btw  This is how the code looks like    lt  php  if    POST  exit    email     POST  email         error     preg match    b A-Z0-9   -    A-Z0-9 -     A-Z  2 4  b i     POST  email            INVALID EMAIL ADDRESS   if  eregi      email          error   Invalid email address entered        errors 1    if  errors  1  echo  error  else       values   array   name   email   telephone   message         required   array  name   email   telephone   message          your email    xxx example com        email subject    New Messag      POST  subject         email content    New message  n        foreach  values as  key   gt   value         if in array  value  required            if   key     subject   amp  amp   key     telephone               if  empty   POST  value       echo  PLEASE FILL IN REQUIRED FIELDS   exit                       email content     value        POST  value    n                      if  mail  your email  email subject  email content             echo  Message sent           else           echo  ERROR              mail- gt Mailer    smtp      mail- gt Host    ssl   smtp gmail com      mail- gt Port   465     mail- gt SMTPAuth   true     turn on SMTP authentication    mail- gt Username    user gmail com      SMTP username    mail- gt Password    password      SMTP password     gt    So how do i set the SMTP settings right

User · Answer

Try from your dedicated server to telnet to smtp gmail com on port 465  It might be blocked by your internet provider

User · Answer

Check out your php ini  you can set these values there   Here s the description in the php manual  http   php net manual en mail configuration php  If you want to use several different SMTP servers in your application  I recommend using a  bigger  mailing framework  p e  Swiftmailer

User · Answer

Under Windows only  You may try to use ini set   functionDocs for the SMTPDocs and smtp portDocs settings   ini set  SMTP    mysmtphost     ini set  smtp port   25

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