SMTP server response: 530 5.7.0 Must issue a STARTTLS command first

Question

SMTP server response: 530 5.7.0 Must issue a STARTTLS command first

I get this error message when i use mail() function in php script file...

I m using gmail

Answer 1

First, make sure you PHP installation has SSL support (look for an "openssl" section in the output from phpinfo()).

You can set the following settings in your PHP.ini:

ini_set("SMTP","ssl://smtp.gmail.com");
ini_set("smtp_port","465");

Answer 2

Problem Solved,

I edited the file /etc/postfix/master.cf

and commented

-o smtpd_relay_restrictions=permit_sasl_authenticated,reject

and changed the line from

-o smtpd_tls_security_level=encrypt 

to

-o smtpd_tls_security_level=may

And worked on fine

Answer 3

I am going to share my way and it worked for me after implementing following:

Open Php.ini file and fill the all the values in the respective fields by taking ref from Gmail SMTP Settings

Remove comments from the [mail function] Statements which are instructions to the smtp Server and Match their values.

Also the sendmail SMTP server is a Fake server. Its nothing beside a text terminal (Try writing anything on it. :P). It will use gmail s,tp to send Mails. So configure it correctly by matching Gmail SMTP settings:

smtp.gmail.com
Port: 587

Answer 4

Blockquote

I then modified the php.ini file to use it (commented out the other lines):

[mail function]
; For Win32 only.
; SMTP = smtp.gmail.com
; smtp_port = 25

; For Win32 only.
; sendmail_from = <e-mail username>@gmail.com

; For Unix only. You may supply arguments as well (default: "sendmail -t -i").
sendmail_path = "C:\xampp\sendmail\sendmail.exe -t"

Ignore the "For Unix only" comment, as this version of sendmail works for Windows.

You then have to configure the "sendmail.ini" file in the directory where sendmail was installed:

[sendmail]

smtp_server=smtp.gmail.com
smtp_port=25
error_logfile=error.log
debug_logfile=debug.log
auth_username=<username>
auth_password=<password>
force_sender=<e-mail username>@gmail.com

http://byitcurious.blogspot.com.br/2009/04/solving-must-issue-starttls-command.html

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Answer 5

I had a false response for the following:

fputs($connection, 'STARTTLS'.$newLine);

turns out I use the wrong connection variable, so I just had to change it to:

fputs($smtpConnect, 'STARTTLS'.$newLine);

If using TLS remember to put HELO before and after:

fputs($smtpConnect, 'HELO '.$localhost . $newLine);
$response = fgets($smtpConnect, 515);
if($secure == 'tls')
{
    fputs($smtpConnect, 'STARTTLS'.$newLine);
    $response = fgets($smtpConnect, 515);
stream_socket_enable_crypto($smtpConnect, true, STREAM_CRYPTO_METHOD_TLS_CLIENT);

// Say hello again!
    fputs($smtpConnect, 'HELO '.$localhost . $newLine);
    $response = fgets($smtpConnect, 515);
}

Answer 6

Out of the box Swift Mailer can't do STARTTLS, however some nice guys have written a patch for it.

I found patching it was a bit of a chore (probably went about it the wrong way), so have zipped it up ready for download here: Swift Mailer with STARTTLS