PHP Mailer will not find Exchange Server

[likelylad]

I am trying to get PHP Mailer up and running.
I am using a Microsoft Exchange Server

I am using the following code.
<?php
require("class.phpmailer.php");
$mail = new PHPMailer();
$mail->IsSMTP(); // telling the class to use SMTP
$mail->Host = "smtp.servername.domain_name.com 25"; // SMTP server
$mail->From = "admin@domain.com";
$mail->AddAddress("pperson@domain.com");

$mail->Subject = "first mailing";
$mail->Body = "hi ! \n\n this is First mailing I made myself with PHPMailer !";
$mail->WordWrap = 50;

if(!$mail->Send())
{
echo "Message was not sent";
echo "Mailer Error: " . $mail->ErrorInfo;
}
else
{
echo "Message has been sent";
}
?>

I am getting the following error:
Message was not sentMailer Error: Language string failed to load: connect_host

Please note that I am having no problems using the PHP mail() function.

 

[herman75]

from the phpmailer documentation

$Host
PHPMailer::$Host in class.phpmailer.php
Sets the SMTP hosts. All hosts must be separated by a semicolon. You can also specify a different port for each host by using this format: [hostnameort] (e.g. "smtp1.example.com:25;smtp2.example.com").

Seems to me you are missing : between the URL and the port

 

[likelylad]

I changed the line to

$mail->Host = "smtp.servername.domain_name.com:25"; // SMTP server

and I am still getting the same error message

 

[likelylad]

The following worked for me

$mail->Host = "servername.domain_name.com:25"; // SMTP server

 

[DRJ478]

Some systems run a named SMTP server rather than having just servername.domain.com:25
This is often used to switch the virtual server to a different physical machine when e.g. maintenance occurs. In your case there is no such setup and your server accepts connections on port 25 directly.
PHPMailer's verdict: not guilty.

 

[herman75]

Is the smtp server responding to external requests? Have you tried to Telnet to the server?

I had some problems connecting to by smtp server and by telnetting to the server and reading the responses and such I figured out what went wrong in my case.