[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #28909: Update PHPMailer to 5.2.10

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#28909: Update PHPMailer to 5.2.10
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 Reporter:  MattyRob                |       Owner:
     Type:  enhancement             |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                  |   Milestone:  4.3
Component:  External Libraries      |     Version:  4.0
 Severity:  normal                  |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  dev-feedback has-patch  |     Focuses:
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Comment (by MattyRob):

 @helen

 Thank you for taking this up. I'm pleased that you share my feeling that
 this can be done better. The ticket you link to demonstrates my point
 also. It does seem that some external libraries (PHPMailer in particular)
 are almost abandoned and I have no idea why.

 There are lots of tickets for fixes and enhancements to wp_mail() and the
 libraries it uses that are left untouched by those who can commit.

 I accept totally that you guys are busy but a little ownership or
 attention here would be very welcome. Unit test would make patch testing
 easier for those who can commit the patches (I'd help if I knew what I was
 doing with patch tests but it's a mystery to me). Beyond that I'm not sure
 what else to suggest.

 I've been running a slightlyodofied PHPMailer at version 5.2.9 for a
 couple of months on a blog that sends about 5,000 emails per month without
 issues if that's any reassurance.

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