[SOLVED] cakephp 2.7 email sending issue. SMTP authentication method not allowed, check if SMTP server requires TLS

cakephp 2.7 email sending issue. SMTP authentication method not allowed, check if SMTP server requires TLS

I wanted to send email using iPage smtp it is sending email but when I try to send it using mail.mydomain.com it shows the following error

SMTP authentication method not allowed, check if SMTP server requires TLS.

I also trues tls= true/false, with 'tls' => true it gives this error

SMTP server did not accept the connection or trying to connect to non TLS SMTP server using TLS.

I tried many things but no luck, how can I trace the issue in cakephp 2.7

error logged at tmp/error.log is

    2018-08-05 15:02:05 Error: [SocketException] SMTP authentication method not allowed, check if SMTP server requires TLS.
    Request URL: /survey/clearance_forms/check
    Stack Trace:
    #0 C:\wamp64\www\survey\lib\Cake\Network\Email\SmtpTransport.php(87): SmtpTransport->_auth()
    #1 C:\wamp64\www\survey\lib\Cake\Network\Email\CakeEmail.php(1173): SmtpTransport->send(Object(CakeEmail))
    #2 C:\wamp64\www\survey\app\Controller\Component\SendComponent.php(60): CakeEmail->send('<html><body sty...')
    #3 C:\wamp64\www\survey\app\Controller\ClearanceFormsController.php(424): SendComponent->email(Array)
    #4 C:\wamp64\www\survey\app\Controller\ClearanceFormsController.php(406): ClearanceFormsController->studentEmail('admin@mydomain.com', 'testing')
    #5 [internal function]: ClearanceFormsController->check()
    #6 C:\wamp64\www\survey\lib\Cake\Controller\Controller.php(491): ReflectionMethod->invokeArgs(Object(ClearanceFormsController), Array)
    #7 C:\wamp64\www\survey\lib\Cake\Routing\Dispatcher.php(193): Controller->invokeAction(Object(CakeRequest))
    #8 C:\wamp64\www\survey\lib\Cake\Routing\Dispatcher.php(167): Dispatcher->_invoke(Object(ClearanceFormsController), Object(CakeRequest))
    #9 C:\wamp64\www\survey\app\webroot\index.php(111): Dispatcher->dispatch(Object(CakeRequest), Object(CakeResponse))
    #10 {main}

EDITED: to add the following code

class EmailConfig {
    public $smtp = array(
        'transport' => 'Smtp',
        'from' => array('admin@mydomain.com' => 'admin'),
        'host' => 'mail.mydomain.com',
        'port' => 25,
        'timeout' => 30,
        'username' => 'admin@mydomain.com',
        'password' => '********',
        'client' => null,
        'log' => false,
        //'tls' => true, /*tried true false both*/
        //'auth' => true, /*tried true false both*/     
        'charset' => 'utf-8',
        'headerCharset' => 'utf-8',
    );
}

Solution

i hope this will work for you, let us know about result

class EmailConfig {
 public $smtp = array(
    'transport' => 'Smtp',
    'from' => array('admin@mydomain.com' => 'admin'),
    'host' => 'mail.mydomain.com',
    'port' => 25,
    'timeout' => 30,
    'username' => 'admin@mydomain.com',
    'password' => '********',
    'client' => null,
    'log' => false,
    /*********************** changes starts here ************/
    'SMTPSecure' => 'starttls',
    'tls' => true,
    'context'=>array('ssl' => array(
        'verify_peer' => false,
        'verify_peer_name' => false,
        'allow_self_signed' => true
    )), 
    /*********************** changes ends here ************/   
    'charset' => 'utf-8',
    'headerCharset' => 'utf-8',
 );
}

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