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phpmailer

Mail using PHPmailer from github. 
Using Composer to create env: composer require phpmailer/phpmailer

<?php
//Import PHPMailer classes into the global namespace
//These must be at the top of your script, not inside a function
use PHPMailer\PHPMailer\PHPMailer;
use PHPMailer\PHPMailer\SMTP;
use PHPMailer\PHPMailer\Exception;

//Create Composer env in project dir: composer require phpmailer/phpmailer
//Load Composer's autoloader
require 'vendor/autoload.php';

//Create an instance; passing `true` enables exceptions
$mail = new PHPMailer(true);

try {
    //Server settings
    $mail->SMTPDebug  = 0; // set to 1 for debug 
    $mail->isSMTP(); 
    $mail->SMTPAuth   = TRUE;
    $mail->SMTPSecure = "tls";
    $mail->Port       = 587;
    $mail->Host       = "smtp.gmail.com";
    $mail->Username   = 'peteolson3150';                     //SMTP username
    $mail->Password   = ''; //Google app php-phpmailer (located in lastpass)

//Recipients
    $mail->setFrom('peteolson3150@gmail.com', 'Pete Olson');
    $mail->addAddress('pete@peteolson.me', 'Pete');     //Add a recipient
    //$mail->addAddress('ellen@example.com');               //Name is optional
    //$mail->addReplyTo('info@example.com', 'Information');
    //$mail->addCC('cc@example.com');
    //$mail->addBCC('bcc@example.com');

//Attachments
    //$mail->addAttachment('/var/tmp/file.tar.gz');         //Add attachments
    //$mail->addAttachment('/tmp/image.jpg', 'new.jpg');    //Optional name

//Content
    $mail->isHTML(true);                                  //Set email format to HTML
    $mail->Subject = 'Here is the subject';
    $mail->Body    = 'This is the HTML message body <b>in bold!</b>';
    //$mail->AltBody = 'This is the body in plain text for non-HTML mail clients';

$mail->send();
    echo 'Message has been sent';
} catch (Exception $e) {
    echo "Message could not be sent. Mailer Error: {$mail->ErrorInfo}";
}