PHPMailer - still the go to?

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Shindig

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#315814 19-Aug-2024 09:07

Hello.

Looking at a basic HTML contact us form, and need server-side functionality to send the email to me.

Is PHPMailer still the go to in 2024, or has new secure functionality via JS or something been created?

Thoughts please, cheers

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SirHumphreyAppleby

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#3273366 19-Aug-2024 09:18

These days, people tend to use API-based e-mail sending services such as SMTP2Go.

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#3273376 19-Aug-2024 09:42

Contact-us forms are also very likely to get spammed. Ensure it has Captcha on it too.

Cloudflare + Cloudflare Turnstile (free) along with just using Wordpress + something like Contact Form 7 as well as the Simple Turnstile plugin isn't a bad mix.

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#3273379 19-Aug-2024 09:48

michaelmurfy:

Contact-us forms are also very likely to get spammed. Ensure it has Captcha on it too.

Seconded. The very first e-mail I received via my contact page on my obscure little Website was presumably from a bot trying to post links on the site. I threw together a quick maths-based challenge and haven't had any since (a proper captcha should be better).

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#3273405 19-Aug-2024 11:33

Thank you. I have implemented a CF turnstile. I will check out SMTP2GO.

Thanks for the suggestions.

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