[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #29069: Proposal: wp-pluggable.php patch to send email through SMTP, not mail()

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#29069: Proposal: wp-pluggable.php patch to send email through SMTP, not mail()
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 Reporter:  JanR         |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  closed
 Priority:  normal       |   Milestone:
Component:  Mail         |     Version:
 Severity:  normal       |  Resolution:  wontfix
 Keywords:  close        |     Focuses:
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Changes (by andraganescu):

 * status:  reopened => closed
 * resolution:   => wontfix


Comment:

 There is nothing to do here, except continue a thread where the idea of
 having SMTP sending as an option clashes with the core philosophy of
 WordPress.

 It is not that there is anything wrong with using SMTP and the occasional
 frustration with using `mail()` is understandable. However, it is not a
 large majority of WordPress use cases that requires such core
 functionality, especially since there are serious and tested plugin
 options.

 @subwebsites adding SMTP support in core is not a solution to PHP's
 `mail()` function not working and it is also not a solution for optimised
 email sending or inbox targeting; these issues are to be addressed by
 hosts or server configuration.

 I will close this again and please before reopening consider providing
 good arguments against
 [https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/29069#comment:10 comment 10]
 above.

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/29069#comment:19>
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