phpmailer is working fine and able to use it in various ways, but.... I'm trying to find a way to determine if a valid looking email address actually made it to some destination. I am NOT talking about validating addresses such as...
if (!$mail->validateAddress($email)) {echo 'Not a valid squiloople email pattern';}
This is my setup is using SMTP through gmail...
$mail->isSMTP();
$mail->SMTPAuth = true;
$mail->SMTPDebug = 0;
$mail->isHTML(true);
$mail->Host = 'smtp.gmail.com';
$mail->Username = "XXXl@gmail.com";
$mail->Password = "XXX";
$mail->SMTPSecure = 'ssl';
$mail->Port = 465;
If the email address looks like a duck and quacks like a duck then...
$result = $mail->send();
Will Always return true!
var_dump($mail->send()); // Also returns Boolean
Is there a way to test if the email was actually received somewhere? Or is this strictly a one-way shout-out through google's SMTP gmail servers???
Any tips, tricks, or pointers would be appreciated.