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Stavros Sofroniadis
Courses Plus Student 1,503 Pointseasy smtp test desnt work
Have download/installed easy smtp plugin and set up it as mentioned in video instructions. Afterwards tryied to test easy smtp but didnt worked, it mentioned the following message:
CLIENT -> SERVER: EHLO localhost CLIENT -> SERVER: AUTH LOGIN CLIENT -> SERVER: c3NvZnIxQHlhaG9vLmdy CLIENT -> SERVER: JEFjRShSKUAjMTIzNEA0NSVBU0Qm SMTP ERROR: Password command failed: 535 5.7.1 Authentication failed SMTP Error: Could not authenticate.CLIENT -> SERVER: QUIT SMTP Error: Could not authenticate.
Afterwards changed smtp.mail.yahoo.com uesd in smtp.mail.yahoo.gr that and apparead the following error message:
SMTP ERROR: Failed to connect to server: php_network_getaddresses: getaddrinfo failed: ????st?? ?e?t????? ?p?????st??. (0)SMTP connect() failed. https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/wiki/Troubleshooting
The settings for the easy smtp are: From Email Address: ssofr1@yahoo.gr From Name: Stavros Reply-To Email Address : SMTP Host: smtp.mail.yahoo.gr Type of Encryption: SSL/TLS SMTP Port: 465 SMTP Authentication: Yes SMTP Username: ssofr1@yahoo.gr
Please if you could assist,
Thank You
1 Answer

Riki Gleeson
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 1,615 Pointsfor gmail I had a similar error, and had to setup OAuth2 or go to gmail and allow less secure apps
Ryan Thacker
4,201 PointsRyan Thacker
4,201 PointsChange to STARTTLS