Godaddy PHP SMTP using other mail service like google..

Question

Dear All,

I hosted my website on Godaddy shared linux environment and using PHP simple mail function to send emails to the registered users .But in some cases the email is not going and also I am crossing daily limit 1000 emails some times . I send maximum 1500 emails . Is there any way I can use google smtp server in PHP code there in Godaddy to send emails? I mean connecting to google smtp server using gmail credentials in PHP at Godaddy end and sending emails through google instead using Godaddy simple PHP mail function

Thanks a lot for your help

Regards Bujji

Answer 1

Take a look at the Advanced Example using Gmail in PHPMailer although you will need to check what the rate limit is with gmail (also bare in mind emails will come from your gmail address, it will ignore any other email address you try and spoof it from).

Answer 2

I tried this configuration and was never successful because of GoDaddy's blocking of ports. Check out this question for more information: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1225103/sending-email-through-gmail-smtp-on-godaddy