php email mode no longer available

[mbiebl]

I'm running nextcloud on a hosted server.
After the upgrade from 13 to 14, emails were no longer working.
It seems php support has been removed. In my case only SMTP support is available as the hosted environment does not have a /usr/sbin/sendmail binary.

Configuring SMTP mode is very inconvenient, as I now need to create a special email account.

Please consider adding back support for php mode.

[nextcloud-bot]

GitMate.io thinks possibly related issues are #5180 (e-mail template change not available any longer?), #6784 (Php error?), #6304 ("none" option no available on email configuration), #11107 ("Use of the the built in php mailer is no longer supported" but SMTP is used), and #11281 (email mode "sendmail" not working).

[kesselb]

I'm afraid there's very little chance of that happening 😞 Support has been removed upstream from swiftmailer (here is an explanation why swiftmailer/swiftmailer#866 (comment)).

[j-ed]

@mbiebl I could recommend to install e.g. sSMTP as an easy alternative to PHP mail function.

[mbiebl]

This is a hosted environment where I can't install any additional software

[MorrisJobke]

Unfortunately we dropped support for it and as @danielkesselberg there is very little chance to add it back.

There is only SMTP as alternative for you to send emails if installing something is not possible.

For further questions have a look at the forums: https://help.nextcloud.com