Send emails using SSL encryption over port 465

Limits

The enhanced edition of the Windows operating system for Cloud Web Hosting does not support sending emails.

Prerequisites

Confirm that the fsockopen parameter for PHP is set to Enabled.

Procedure

1. Contact your email service provider to obtain the configuration information for sending emails using SSL encryption.

   The main configuration items are as follows:

   Configuration item	Description
   Sending mail server address	Enter the server's mailbox address. For example, a***.example.com.
   Sending mail server port number	The encryption port is typically port 465.
   Mailbox username	This can be the email address or the prefix of the email address. For details, consult your email service provider.
   Mailbox client password	For some email service providers, the logon password for the web browser interface is different from the client password. You may need to set it separately. For details, consult your email service provider.

2. On your local host, use an email client, such as Outlook or Foxmail, to configure the client with the obtained configuration information and send a test email.

   Note

   If the email fails to send, the configuration information is incorrect. Contact your email service provider to resolve the issue.

3. Select the program example that matches your development language and download it to your local host.

   The program examples are as follows:

   • .NET source code example

     The following is a snippet of the source code:

     MailMessage mmsg = new MailMessage();
     
     mmsg.Subject = "Subject";                // Email subject
     mmsg.BodyFormat = MailFormat.Html;
     mmsg.Body = "Body";                   // Email body
     mmsg.BodyEncoding = Encoding.UTF8;    // Body encoding
     mmsg.Priority = MailPriority.High;    // Priority
     mmsg.From = "a***@example.com";       // Sender's email address
     mmsg.To = "b***@example.com";         // Recipient's email address
     mmsg.Fields.Add("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/smtpauthenticate", "1");
     mmsg.Fields.Add("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/sendusername", "test01");  // Username
     mmsg.Fields.Add("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/sendpassword", "123****"); // Password
     mmsg.Fields.Add("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/smtpserverport", 465);     // Port 
     mmsg.Fields.Add("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/smtpusessl", "true");      // Use SSL
     System.Web.Mail.SmtpMail.SmtpServer = "smtp.****.com";                                     // SMTP server
     
     SmtpMail.Send(mmsg);

   • PHP source code example

     The following is a snippet of the source code:

     <?php
     require 'PHPMailerAutoload.php';
     require_once('class.phpmailer.php');
     require_once("class.smtp.php");
     $mail = new PHPMailer();
     
     $mail->CharSet="UTF-8";           // Set the email encoding. The default is ISO-8859-1. If you send Chinese characters, you must set this to UTF-8.
     $mail->IsSMTP();                  // Set to use the SMTP service.
     $mail->SMTPAuth = true;           // Enable the SMTP authentication feature.
     $mail->SMTPSecure = "ssl";        // Enable SSL.
     $mail->SMTPDebug = 2;
     $mail->Host = "smtp.****.com";    // SMTP server.
     $mail->Port = 465;                // Port number of the SMTP server.
     $mail->Username = "test01";                                      // SMTP server username.
     $mail->Password = "123****";                                     // SMTP server password.
     $mail->SetFrom('a***@example.com', 'a***');                      // Set the sender's address and name.
     $mail->AddReplyTo("b***@example.com","b***");                    // Set the reply-to address and name.
     $mail->Subject = 'Email subject';                                      // Set the email subject.
     $mail->AltBody = "To view this email, please switch to an HTML-compatible email client."; // Optional, for backward compatibility.
     $mail->MsgHTML('<html>helo</html>');                             // Set the email body.
     $mail->AddAddress('c***@example.com', "c***");
     $mail->AddAttachment("images/phpmailer.gif");                    // Attachment.
     if(!$mail->Send()) {
         echo "Send failed: " . $mail->ErrorInfo;
     } else {
         echo "Congratulations, email sent successfully!";
     }
     
     ?>

   • ASP source code example

     The following is a snippet of the source code:

     <%
     Set Mail = CreateObject("CDO.Message")
     
     Mail.Configuration.Fields.Item ("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/sendusing") = 2
     Mail.Configuration.Fields.Item ("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/smtpserver") ="smtp.****.com"
     Mail.Configuration.Fields.Item ("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/smtpserverport") = 465
     Mail.Configuration.Fields.Item ("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/smtpusessl") = 1
     Mail.Configuration.Fields.Item ("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/smtpconnectiontimeout") = 60
     Mail.Configuration.Fields.Item ("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/smtpauthenticate") = 1
     Mail.Configuration.Fields.Item ("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/sendusername") ="test01"
     Mail.Configuration.Fields.Item ("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/sendpassword") ="123****"
     Mail.Configuration.Fields.Update
     Mail.Subject="Email subject"
     Mail.From="a***@example.com"
     Mail.To="b***@example.com"
     Mail.TextBody="This is an email message."
     
     Mail.Send
     Set Mail = Nothing
     %>
     <%="Sent successfully!!!"%>

4. Use the verified configuration information to fill in the mailbox server configuration items in the program example.

5. Upload the completed program to your Cloud Web Hosting instance using a tool such as FileZilla, and then send a test email.

   For more information about how to upload the program to your Cloud Web Hosting instance, see Manage website program files with FileZilla.