appstore VS PHPMailer

I have good news for you: https://apps.nextcloud.com

Nextcloud is nothing more than a collection of small apps. You can disable even core things like sharing.

Anyway, I'm sure you would have found this by using your favourite search engine. Nextcloud is pretty popular. And you'll find much more integrations on the Nextcloud app page or on /r/nextcloud.

Nextcloud allows us to keep our personal files in sync across devices. I use it to sync files between my desktop, laptop, and phone. This means I can work on the same file from anywhere. I leverage a separate file server to store backups, installation kits, legacy documents, iso files, roms, and other things that I want to keep, but do not need direct and immediate access to on the regular. Nextcloud is purpose built. You can access your files through an installed client or through its web interface. Nextcloud has a lot of add-on apps as well which can really extend its functionality. Nextcloud also has an "instant upload" feature which uploads your photos from your phone to your Nextcloud instance. This can be very helpful as it is easier for me to view/edit photos from my desktop. You can also share files between users on the same Nextcloud instance. it's very similar to Dropbox or Google Drive, except you can host it yourself and keep your data, your data.

It is overkill for this only, but if you want to host many more small services like this easily, you may be interested in Nextcloud. Once you have it, you can add any app available on https://apps.nextcloud.com/ with one button, in particular the bookmark app. Bookmarks can then be synced to your browser with the open-source addon https://floccus.org/

Can you reach https://apps.nextcloud.com/ from your network?

By default it does the usual expected things like file and photo syncing, notes, calendar, contacts, to-do lists, etc. Because it's open source, it can be extended by other people who make "apps" for it that you can install, of which you can see an exhaustive list here. Notable entries include office software, password managers, RSS readers, chat services, and plenty more.

Like KDE, Gnome, and Nextcloud?

Nextcloud has support for far more features than just file serving if you look at all these apps.

I agree with you. It seems like the self-hosting community is getting a decent amount of attention right now, and the ability to deploy browser-based applications is the way to go for many FOSS projects.

I think NextCloud [0] has a few apps that do G Suite-type stuff, but I don't have experience using them. Etherpad [1] also seems really good, I've used it in a few Zoom calls and the experience was smooth.

[0] https://apps.nextcloud.com/

Then make a form and use PHPMailer.

PHPMailer, as the name suggests, is an email-sending tool for PHP. It offers a straightforward and reliable approach to sending email messages from PHP applications. Security remains a top priority for the PHPMailer creators. It is equipped with built-in support for SSL/TLS encryption, ensuring the protection of email messages against interception and tampering. Moreover, it implements safeguards against common email injection attacks, effectively countering header injection and body injection vulnerabilities.

Have you tried using PHPMailer? mail() really isn't great and ends up being a lot more difficult to use. Phpmailer uses (or can use) SMTP (like Outlook or whichever email app) and is better at HTML and attachments and all that.

I found I have good experiences with a real email address provided by my domain/web host, and then I use the PHPMailer Class to send the message with the appropriate headers and what not.

The easiest way to send e-mails (from a beginner POV) is PHPMailer connected to an existing and configured SMTP server. Does your school has one? If yes, you're all set.

Welcome to this tutorial on how to send emails using PHP! Communication is key, and emails are an essential part of keeping in touch with your users. In this article, we will walk through the process of sending emails using PHP and PHPMailer - a powerful library for sending emails in PHP. We'll also cover how to configure PHPMailer to use SMTP, which is the most common way of sending emails on the web.

Alternatively try using XOAUTH: https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/blob/master/examples/gmail_xoauth.phps

In any case, I don't recommend using mail() anyway. It's a low level function, a PITA to work with and you need to understand some infrastructure stuff to make it reliable. A simple alternative is https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer.

2023-01-23 19:17:31 SERVER -> CLIENT: 334 UGFzc3dvcmQ6 2023-01-23 19:17:31 CLIENT -> SERVER: N1g5dTRfbVV4JEQsKz5BKw== 2023-01-23 19:17:31 SMTP -> get_lines(): $data is "" 2023-01-23 19:17:31 SMTP -> get_lines(): $str is "421 4.7.66 TLS 1.0 and 1.1 are not supported. Please upgrade/update your client to support TLS 1.2. Visit https://aka.ms/smtp_auth_tls. [BL1PR13CA0283.namprd13.prod.outlook.com 2023-01-23T19:17:31.200Z 08DAFCDB1FFF6313] " 2023-01-23 19:17:31 SERVER -> CLIENT: 421 4.7.66 TLS 1.0 and 1.1 are not supported. Please upgrade/update your client to support TLS 1.2. Visit https://aka.ms/smtp_auth_tls. [BL1PR13CA0283.namprd13.prod.outlook.com 2023-01-23T19:17:31.200Z 08DAFCDB1FFF6313] 2023-01-23 19:17:31 SMTP ERROR: Password command failed: 421 4.7.66 TLS 1.0 and 1.1 are not supported. Please upgrade/update your client to support TLS 1.2. Visit https://aka.ms/smtp_auth_tls. [BL1PR13CA0283.namprd13.prod.outlook.com 2023-01-23T19:17:31.200Z 08DAFCDB1FFF6313] 2023-01-23 19:17:31 SMTP Error: Could not authenticate. 2023-01-23 19:17:31 CLIENT -> SERVER: QUIT 2023-01-23 19:17:31 SERVER -> CLIENT: 2023-01-23 19:17:31 SMTP ERROR: QUIT command failed: 2023-01-23 19:17:31 Connection: closed 2023-01-23 19:17:31 SMTP connect() failed. https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/wiki/Troubleshooting