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Faoud Mohammed
Faoud Mohammed
1,348 Points
Posted by Faoud Mohammed
Faoud Mohammed
1,348 Points

Entered Info Correctly but getting debug error

I entered the information correct but I am getting this debug message,

SMTP ERROR: Failed to connect to server: php_network_getaddresses: getaddrinfo failed: No such host is known. (0)SMTP connect() failed. https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/wiki/Troubleshooting

Can someone help

Faoud Mohammed
Faoud Mohammed
1,348 Points
Faoud Mohammed
Faoud Mohammed
1,348 Points

ok guys I figured it out, apparently when you install an update on Wordpress and enter the configuration info and send the test email, you have to go into the security setting in your gmail account and turn on the "Allow less secure apps: ON" in the security settings off your account although the debug info (shown before) will still come up. But the will still get the test email.

CLIENT -> SERVER: EHLO wpdemo.dev CLIENT -> SERVER: AUTH LOGIN CLIENT -> SERVER: ZmFvdWQubW9oZEBnbWFpbC5jb20= CLIENT -> SERVER: UmVwYWlyMSE= CLIENT -> SERVER: MAIL FROM:faoud.mohd@gmail.com CLIENT -> SERVER: RCPT TO:faoud.mohd@gmail.com CLIENT -> SERVER: DATA CLIENT -> SERVER: Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2017 05:09:16 +0000 CLIENT -> SERVER: To: faoud.mohd@gmail.com CLIENT -> SERVER: From: Faoud faoud.mohd@gmail.com CLIENT -> SERVER: Subject: Test Email CLIENT -> SERVER: Message-ID: 02f2403ec3f1890842aac4474ce5153b@wpdemo.dev CLIENT -> SERVER: X-Mailer: PHPMailer 5.2.22 (https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer) CLIENT -> SERVER: MIME-Version: 1.0 CLIENT -> SERVER: Content-Type: multipart/alternative; CLIENT -> SERVER: boundary="b1_02f2403ec3f1890842aac4474ce5153b" CLIENT -> SERVER: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit CLIENT -> SERVER: CLIENT -> SERVER: This is a multi-part message in MIME format. CLIENT -> SERVER: CLIENT -> SERVER: --b1_02f2403ec3f1890842aac4474ce5153b CLIENT -> SERVER: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii CLIENT -> SERVER: CLIENT -> SERVER: Test#1 From my local WordPress Install CLIENT -> SERVER: CLIENT -> SERVER: CLIENT -> SERVER: --b1_02f2403ec3f1890842aac4474ce5153b CLIENT -> SERVER: Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii CLIENT -> SERVER: CLIENT -> SERVER: Test#1 From my local WordPress Install CLIENT -> SERVER: CLIENT -> SERVER: CLIENT -> SERVER: CLIENT -> SERVER: --b1_02f2403ec3f1890842aac4474ce5153b-- CLIENT -> SERVER: CLIENT -> SERVER: . CLIENT -> SERVER: QUIT

So remember to turn off the setting when you are done in your gmail account.