[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #41344: Secure Email Integration

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#41344: Secure Email Integration
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 Reporter:  ina2n                      |      Owner:
     Type:  enhancement                |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                     |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Administration             |    Version:  4.8
 Severity:  normal                     |   Keywords:
  Focuses:  administration, multisite  |
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 By the time an entrepreneur decides to use WP multisite, the need for
 extensive email integration is a requirement. Whether the new startup
 company is on shared or dedicated hosting, the need for proper secure
 email integration into their WP sites is a must. The necessary code to
 deliver secure email with PHPMailer is minimal, and the need to do so in
 today's email environment is critical.

 As you may know, Gmail (possibly others) has placed more strict
 requirements on using their SMTP email servers for outside accounts, and
 this has created a greater need for private email servers.

 Please integrate secure email into WP multisite core with proper admin
 menus. I've been using the following code as a personal plugin for more
 than a year:

 <?php
 defined( 'ABSPATH' ) OR exit;
 /**
  * Plugin Name: WP Simple SMTP Settings
  * Description: Simple SMTP server settings with SSL/TLS for PHPMailer,
 expressly designed to enable Wordpress to send emails with s self-signed
 certificate on their private email server.
  * Author: ina2n
  * Author URL: https://ina2n.com
  * License: GPLv2 or later
  * License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html
  */
 add_action( 'phpmailer_init', 'phpmailerSMTP' );
 function phpmailerSMTP( $phpmailer ) {
 $phpmailer->IsSMTP();
 $phpmailer->Host        = 'mail.youremailserver.com';  // SMTP Host
 $phpmailer->SMTPAuth    = true;  // Authentication, other option is false,
 but reckless and ill advised
 $phpmailer->Username    = 'yourusername at youremailserver.com';
 $phpmailer->Password    = 'yourpassword';
 $phpmailer->SMTPSecure  = 'ssl'; // enable if required, 'tls' is another
 possible value
 $phpmailer->Port        = 587;    // SMTP Port
 $phpmailer->SMTPOptions = array (
 'ssl' => array('verify_peer'  => false,'verify_peer_name' =>
 false,'allow_self_signed' => true));  //Enable SMTP on email servers with
 self-signed certificates
 // The following settings are optional and can be set for static emails,
 however, if you're using a dynamic email newsletter plugin such as
 Woocommerce or SendPress, then you want to comment out these lines by
 leaving the // at the front of each line. Any variables placed here will
 override all other email sending plugins. You can change any one of these
 settings to override all email sending plugins. For example, you might
 want your email 'FromName' to read as your company name, regardless of
 what you have setup in Woocommerce, SendPress or other email sending
 plugins.
 //      $phpmailer->From        = 'yourusername at youremailserver.com';
 //      $phpmailer->FromName    = 'Your Company Name';  //This can be your
 company, website, or your your name
 //      $phpmailer->Subject     = 'Your Company Title';  // Leave this
 blank '' if you don't want the subject line automatically populated
 //      $phpmailer->SMTPDebug   = 2;
 //      1: show client -> server messages only. Don't use this - it's very
 unlikely to tell you anything useful.
 //      2: show client -> server and server -> client messages - this is
 usually the setting you want
 //      3: As 2, but also show details about the initial connection; only
 use this if you're having trouble connecting (e.g. connection timing out)
 //      4: As 3, but also shows detailed low-level traffic. Only really
 useful for analysing protocol-level bugs, very verbose, probably not what
 you need.
 }

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