Sending a mail using PHPMailer with Gmail Account

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I am trying to send an email from my website using the PHPMailer library. All I did so for was:

  1. I downloaded PHPMailer 5.2-stable from this link.

  2. I uploaded the following files on my hosting: class.phpmailer.php, class.smtp.php and PHPMailerAutoload.php

  3. Then I created a file name contact.php and wrote the following code in it:

    require 'phpmailer/PHPMailerAutoload.php';
$mail = new PHPMailer();
$mail->SMTPDebug = 1;  

$mail->SMTPAuth = true; 
$mail->IsSMTP();
$mail->Host = "smtp.gmail.com";
$mail->Username = "*****************"; //My Email Address
$mail->Password = "*****************"; //My Email's Address
$mail->SMTPSecure = "tls";   
$mail->Port = 578; 

$mail->AddAddress('*****************');
$mail->From = "*****************";
$mail->FromName = "Website Contact Form - " . "Website Name";
$mail->Subject = "New Message from Contact Form";

$mail->Body    = 'This is the HTML message body <b>in bold!</b>';    
$mail->AltBody = "To view the message, please use an HTML compatible email viewer!"; // optional, comment out and test
$mail ->isHTML(true);
$message = NULL;
if(!$mail->Send()) {
   $message = "Mailer Error: " . $mail->ErrorInfo;
}else{
   $message = "Message sent!";
}

But after running this file, I get the following error:

2021-06-25 11:44:54 SMTP ERROR: Failed to connect to server: Network is unreachable (101) SMTP connect() failed.

I tried several emails including and email address directly made from my hosting service, a Gmail account and a Google Workspace email (Formerly called, G suit). All of the failed producing the mentioned error.

Finally, I think it is worth to mention that my hosting service does not support PHP's mail() function and that's why I needed to use SMTP.

Update: After contacting the host and trying a lot, while I am sure that I enter the correct username and password, I get the following error:

2021-06-27 12:45:19 SERVER -> CLIENT: 220 smtp.gmail.com ESMTP u21sm391388lfu.60 - gsmtp
2021-06-27 12:45:19 CLIENT -> SERVER: EHLO empiya.com.tr
2021-06-27 12:45:19 SERVER -> CLIENT: 250-smtp.gmail.com at your service, [77.245.159.9]250-SIZE 35882577250-8BITMIME250-STARTTLS250-ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES250-PIPELINING250-CHUNKING250 SMTPUTF8
2021-06-27 12:45:19 CLIENT -> SERVER: STARTTLS
2021-06-27 12:45:19 SERVER -> CLIENT: 220 2.0.0 Ready to start TLS
2021-06-27 12:45:19 CLIENT -> SERVER: EHLO empiya.com.tr
2021-06-27 12:45:19 SERVER -> CLIENT: 250-smtp.gmail.com at your service, [77.245.159.9]250-SIZE 35882577250-8BITMIME250-AUTH LOGIN PLAIN XOAUTH2 PLAIN-CLIENTTOKEN OAUTHBEARER XOAUTH250-ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES250-PIPELINING250-CHUNKING250 SMTPUTF8
2021-06-27 12:45:19 CLIENT -> SERVER: AUTH LOGIN
2021-06-27 12:45:19 SERVER -> CLIENT: 334 VXNlcm5hbWU6
2021-06-27 12:45:19 CLIENT -> SERVER: [credentials hidden]
2021-06-27 12:45:19 SERVER -> CLIENT: 334 UGFzc3dvcmQ6
2021-06-27 12:45:19 CLIENT -> SERVER: [credentials hidden]
2021-06-27 12:45:20 SERVER -> CLIENT: 534-5.7.14 <https://accounts.google.com/signin/continue?sarp=1&scc=1&plt=AKgnsbu534-5.7.14 vrVLkxbm7_GwFssilR38zKpR_BuczuSM3RIslh77zk6d-DzAo1btUW7FKO8f69tyzO7Fn534-5.7.14 6jydZV9BH6qfEQfpcOfh1z-_V5nn7beFbI0Ekuto0gyBede5j-6dniX9mG6jLWRp>534-5.7.14 Please log in via your web browser and then try again.534-5.7.14 Learn more at534 5.7.14 https://support.google.com/mail/answer/78754 u21sm391388lfu.60 - gsmtp
2021-06-27 12:45:20 SMTP ERROR: Password command failed: 534-5.7.14 <https://accounts.google.com/signin/continue?sarp=1&scc=1&plt=AKgnsbu534-5.7.14 vrVLkxbm7_GwFssilR38zKpR_BuczuSM3RIslh77zk6d-DzAo1btUW7FKO8f69tyzO7Fn534-5.7.14 6jydZV9BH6qfEQfpcOfh1z-_V5nn7beFbI0Ekuto0gyBede5j-6dniX9mG6jLWRp>534-5.7.14 Please log in via your web browser and then try again.534-5.7.14 Learn more at534 5.7.14 https://support.google.com/mail/answer/78754 u21sm391388lfu.60 - gsmtp
SMTP Error: Could not authenticate.
2021-06-27 12:45:20 CLIENT -> SERVER: QUIT
2021-06-27 12:45:20 SERVER -> CLIENT: 221 2.0.0 closing connection u21sm391388lfu.60 - gsmtp
SMTP Error: Could not authenticate.
Message could not be sent. Mailer Error: SMTP Error: Could not authenticate.
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2 Answers
user_15282680

this error commonly shown when SMTP Mail Server Credentials were correct but Application Specific Password was not provided. and when i had a look to your code i saw that you wrote the port in wrong way which in your code :

$mail->Port = 578;

while it should be for tls :

$mail->Port = 587;

i hope you found this answer helpful and do not forget to fill

$mail->AddAddress('*****************');
$mail->From = "*****************";

sections be cause you may have errors if you did not

user_163433670
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