HELO/EHLO argument is invalid

  • Hi,

    I have configured the oauth correctly, but when I send a test e-mail I get the following error:

    CLIENT -> SERVER: EHLO ~^(.*)$
SMTP -> get_lines(): $data is ""
SMTP -> get_lines(): $str is "501-5.5.4 HELO/EHLO argument "~^(.*)$" invalid, closing connection."
SMTP -> get_lines(): $data is "501-5.5.4 HELO/EHLO argument "~^(.*)$" invalid, closing connection."
SMTP -> get_lines(): $str is "501 5.5.4 https://support.google.com/mail/?p=helo ia7sm104254691wjb.23 - gsmtp"
SERVER -> CLIENT: 501-5.5.4 HELO/EHLO argument "~^(.*)$" invalid, closing connection.501 5.5.4 https://support.google.com/mail/?p=helo ia7sm104254691wjb.23 - gsmtp
SMTP ERROR: EHLO command failed: 501-5.5.4 HELO/EHLO argument "~^(.*)$" invalid, closing connection.501 5.5.4 https://support.google.com/mail/?p=helo ia7sm104254691wjb.23 - gsmtp
CLIENT -> SERVER: HELO ~^(.*)$
SERVER -> CLIENT: 
SMTP ERROR: HELO command failed: 
SMTP NOTICE: EOF caught while checking if connected
Connection: closed
SMTP Error: Could not connect to SMTP host.
SMTP connect() failed. https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/wiki/Troubleshooting

    Any suggestion?

    Thanks,
    Stefano

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  • Plugin Author Noor Alam

    (@naa986)

    Hi, Is this all you get in the email log? What port and connection type are using? Please provide the content of the “Server Info” tab so I can take a look.

    Thread Starter dedotombo

    (@dedotombo)

    Here you are the complete email log.

    
Connection: opening to smtp.gmail.com:587, timeout=300, options=array ()
Connection: opened
SMTP -> get_lines(): $data is ""
SMTP -> get_lines(): $str is "220 smtp.gmail.com ESMTP gj6sm7386594wjb.29 - gsmtp"
SERVER -> CLIENT: 220 smtp.gmail.com ESMTP gj6sm7386594wjb.29 - gsmtp
CLIENT -> SERVER: EHLO ~^(.*)$
SMTP -> get_lines(): $data is ""
SMTP -> get_lines(): $str is "501-5.5.4 HELO/EHLO argument "~^(.*)$" invalid, closing connection."
SMTP -> get_lines(): $data is "501-5.5.4 HELO/EHLO argument "~^(.*)$" invalid, closing connection."
SMTP -> get_lines(): $str is "501 5.5.4 https://support.google.com/mail/?p=helo gj6sm7386594wjb.29 - gsmtp"
SERVER -> CLIENT: 501-5.5.4 HELO/EHLO argument "~^(.*)$" invalid, closing connection.501 5.5.4 https://support.google.com/mail/?p=helo gj6sm7386594wjb.29 - gsmtp
SMTP ERROR: EHLO command failed: 501-5.5.4 HELO/EHLO argument "~^(.*)$" invalid, closing connection.501 5.5.4 https://support.google.com/mail/?p=helo gj6sm7386594wjb.29 - gsmtp
CLIENT -> SERVER: HELO ~^(.*)$
SERVER -> CLIENT: 
SMTP ERROR: HELO command failed: 
SMTP NOTICE: EOF caught while checking if connected
Connection: closed
SMTP Error: Could not connect to SMTP host.
SMTP connect() failed. https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/wiki/Troubleshooting

    The server info is below.

    
OS: Linux server 4.2.0-30-generic #35~14.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Fri Feb 19 14:48:13 UTC 2016 x86_64
PHP version: 5.5.9-1ubuntu4.14
WordPress version: 4.6.1
WordPress multisite: Yes
openssl: Available
allow_url_fopen: Enabled
stream_socket_client: Available
fsockopen: Available
cURL: Available
cURL Version: 7.35.0, OpenSSL/1.0.1f

    Thanks for the help.

    • This reply was modified 7 years, 10 months ago by dedotombo.
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