SetFrom PHPMailer not working

Question

I am using gmail SMTP to send the mail with the help of phpmailer library. It is sending mails fine but it is not sending from the mail address that I am setting in SetFrom address. Here is my code:

<?php
require 'phpmailer/class.phpmailer.php';
$mail = new PHPMailer;

$mail->IsSMTP();
$mail->SMTPAuth = true;
$mail->Host = "smtp.gmail.com";
$mail->Port = 587;
$mail->Username = "myusername@gmail.com";
$mail->Password = "gmail_password";

$mail->From         = 'donotreply@mydomain.com';
$mail->FromName     = 'Admin';
$mail->AddAddress('Toreceiver@test.com', 'Receiver');  // Add a recipient
$mail->IsHTML(true);

$mail->Subject = 'Here is the Subject';
$mail->WordWrap = 50;  
$mail->Body = "This is in <b>Blod Text</b>";
$mail->AltBody = 'This is the body in plain text for non-HTML mail clients';

if(!$mail->Send()) {
   echo 'Message could not be sent.';
   echo 'Mailer Error: ' . $mail->ErrorInfo;
   exit;
}

echo 'Message has been sent';
?>

It is sending mail from myusername@gmail.com but I want it to send with 'donotreply@mydomain.com' as set in $mail->From. Any help will be highly appreciated.

Answer 1

Yes, this is a Google Mail restriction. The "From" email address must match or is automatically set that way by Google SMTP.

My solution was to add

$mail->AddReplyTo($FromEmail, $FromName);

This way at least if you reply to the message it will be delivered as described

Answer 2

There is another way to set from address in phpmailer and it is better supported. I found that server where i used phpmailer didn't pass email to another server from the same host. But then i change the way how i set the from address and it solve the problem.

Use:

$mail->SetFrom('donotreply@mydomain.com', 'Admin');

Instead of $mail->From and $mail->FromName.

Answer 3

if you want to use different email address as sentFrom, then you can set your email from gmail settings:

settings > Accounts and import > Send mail as: set another email which you want to use as from:

if you are using zoho then you can follow: settings > Mail tab > Send mail as > add from address then verify that email.

Answer 4

Upgrade to the latest version of PHPMailler. You should also make sure that you turn on debuging in oder to view erro messages.

$mail->SMTPDebug  = 2;

You will the identify the error. Also make sure your SMTP Server credentials are correct. Like host, username and password. Mine worked correctly