<p>The fix for the specific error was to switch the port number within email settings to 2525 - that took a lot of finding out, but crucially avoids hacking PHPMailer.</p>

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2017-05-04T09:56:24.157Z
2017-05-04T09:56:24.157Z
Clive Portman
<p>I'm using a third-party email service called SendGrid to send email but am coming up with what I think is a server issue with the SSL. A temporary fix is to edit a line similar to this in a PHPMailer example:</p>

<pre><code>$mail-&gt;SMTPOptions = array(
    'ssl' =&gt; array(
        'verify_peer' =&gt; false,
        'verify_peer_name' =&gt; false,
        'allow_self_signed' =&gt; true
    )
);
</code></pre>

<p>But Craft doesn't use anything that resembles that to me.I want to try hacking the core to see if I can get a temporary fix up but can't find where to put it, despite scouring <code>EmailService.php</code>. Can anyone point me to the function where I'd add these details? </p>

<p>Here's the error,  by the way:</p>

<pre><code>stream_socket_enable_crypto(): Peer certificate CN=`#################' did not match expected CN=`smtp.sendgrid.net' (/home/################/craft/app/vendor/phpmailer/phpmailer/class.smtp.php:367
</code></pre>

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2017-04-27T07:37:56.983Z
The file your looking for is './craft/app/vendor/phpmailer/phpmailer/class.phpmailer.php' look for the line with `public $SMTPOptions = array();`
Regan Lawton
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2017-04-27T08:36:48.287Z
Thank you - I'd spent some time in that file but will return to that line. I can't see Craft passing anything to that array, can you?
Clive Portman
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2017-04-28T00:41:49.370Z
The file is setting defaults that public array is used elsewhere. By setting that array with the info in your question you will prevent the Peer Certificate error your getting.
Regan Lawton
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stream_socket_enable_crypto() error when sending email via SMTP
# stream_socket_enable_crypto() error when sending email via SMTP

(Asked by: username_0 on 2017-04-26)

I'm using a third-party email service called SendGrid to send email but am coming up with what I think is a server issue with the SSL. A temporary fix is to edit a line similar to this in a PHPMailer example:
$mail->SMTPOptions = array(
    'ssl' => array(
        'verify_peer' => false,
        'verify_peer_name' => false,
        'allow_self_signed' => true
    )
);

But Craft doesn't use anything that resembles that to me.I want to try hacking the core to see if I can get a temporary fix up but can't find where to put it, despite scouring EmailService.php. Can anyone point me to the function where I'd add these details? 
Here's the error,  by the way:
stream_socket_enable_crypto(): Peer certificate CN=`#################' did not match expected CN=`smtp.sendgrid.net' (/home/################/craft/app/vendor/phpmailer/phpmailer/class.smtp.php:367

**Tags:** emails

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: The file your looking for is './craft/app/vendor/phpmailer/phpmailer/class.phpmailer.php' look for the line with `public $SMTPOptions = array();`  
> **username_0**: Thank you - I'd spent some time in that file but will return to that line. I can't see Craft passing anything to that array, can you?  
> **username_1**: The file is setting defaults that public array is used elsewhere. By setting that array with the info in your question you will prevent the Peer Certificate error your getting.  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_0 on 2017-05-04. Score: 3 | Accepted answer

The fix for the specific error was to switch the port number within email settings to 2525 - that took a lot of finding out, but crucially avoids hacking PHPMailer.


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