How To Send Emails Using Google SMTP Server Using XAMPP?

Question

In php.ini I set:

SMTP = smtp.gmail.com
smtp_port = 465

; For Win32 only.
; http://php.net/sendmail-from
sendmail_from = mygmail@gmail.com

In

Answer 1

Most local boxes with Windows don't come with a SMTP server. You could use an external SMTP server and configure it in your php.ini file, but SMTP authentication is not possible.

I recommend you to use PHPMailer, is a simple and flexible PHP Class, that can use a SMTP server with authentication. It is also more secure than using bundled PHP mail() function.

http://phpmailer.worxware.com/