如何使用phpmailer跟踪通过smtp发送的电子邮件？

Question

I'm using PHPMailer class correctly to send emails to multiple email addresses retrieved from the database.

But should I store the emails sent and not sent with their reason in a database table?

I would like to store sent emails in a DB table. Because every sent email can be confirmed by clicking the link on the email with a confirmation code. This response I would like to record.

The response via the link is sent to the server with a unique confirmation code . So the sent record in the table will be updated with a bool/tinyint attribute to record if details in email are confirmed.

Could I allow the emails (sent via smtp with phpmailer) to be stored in sent folder within email account by following this: Sent mails with phpmailer don't go to "Sent" IMAP folder ? That way the email content is atleast accessible as I don't want to store those details in DB

Is it better to record sent email sent in database?

For tracking bounced emails there are solutions: Track emails sent by SMTP with PHP

But what about the event where email is not sent due to an error? Example when this happens:

if(!$mail->Send())
{
   echo "Mailer Error: " . $mail->ErrorInfo;
}

Where should I store the error info for each email not sent? Should this be recorded in DB table or put in log file? DB seems more powerful for search and viewing....

Answer 1

如果您使用的PHPMailer通过SMTP服务中继邮件像http://www.ultrasmtp.com ， http://sendgrid.com ，或http://jangosmtp.com -这些服务将跟踪成功/失败的交付和打开消息，并将此数据记录在他们自己的数据库中，您可以从中查看报告或搜索，还可以通过API或导出将这些信息提供给您。

Answer 2

1. You want to log the email outgoing and verify your users email by verification mail make following tables in your DB

1. Now generate a random code in PHP and store it in users->verification_code

2. Send the same code into your user while inserting the email details in email_log .

3. When the users click's your verification link in his inbox cross check it with the one stored against his data in users table if its correct give him the access by changing verified to true.

Hope this helps.