The test email gets through with a message saying PHPMailer is configured correctly even if the "Use PHPMailer..." checkbox is not selected. In this case, the PHPMailer was not even used (which you can tell from the email headers), which suggests that this email isn't really testing whether PHPMailer works. I'm not sure if this is intended behaviour, but perhaps the test email should use PHPMailer even if the checkbox isn't selected.

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eloygil1’s picture

eloygil1 commented
Title: test email successful even if "send using PHPMailer" is not checked » PHPMailer module requires the PHPMailer library to properly send mail. Please download the PHPMailer package for PHP5/6, extract
Component: Code » Documentation
Assigned: Unassigned » eloygil1
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sun
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Title: PHPMailer module requires the PHPMailer library to properly send mail. Please download the PHPMailer package for PHP5/6, extract » Make test mail only tell that it works when PHPMailer is actually enabled
Version: 6.x-2.2 » 7.x-3.x-dev
Assigned: eloygil1 » Unassigned
Category: bug » task

That's a known issue. You need to look at the actual mail headers to confirm that the mail was sent via SMTP resp. PHPMailer.

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astonvictor commented
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Status: Active » Closed (outdated)

I'm closing it because the issue was created a long time ago without any further steps.

if you still need it then raise a new one.
thanks