Gmail SMTP will no longer be supported. What’s next?

I was using gmail smtp with PHP application for a long time and now they stopped the smtp .

After looking for a solution for a some time, I found this easy way. ( not sure whether its the easiest way, ping me if not )

I used raspberry pi 4 with LAMP for testing.

1. How to install LAMP on raspberry pi
2. Install sSMTP
   • Remove any previous mail palcakge
     1. service sendmail stop
     2. service postfix stop
     3. sudo apt-get remove sendmail
     4. sudo apt-get remove postfix
3. Install sSMTP
   • sudo apt-get install ssmtp
   • nano /etc/ssmtp/ssmtp.conf

For me the free quota from elasticemail is more than enough.

It’s now ready for testing

<?php
$message = "Hi, how are you doing?";
mail('youremail@domain.com', 'Email Subject', $message);
?>

Check the log for any errors

tail -f /var/log/mail.log

Following sites were updated with LAMP+sSMTP message sending functionality ( http://buminda.com & http://buminda.com.au )

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