JMail usage for cutsom component programming - joomla

Question

My code works when the format is html.
<pre>
public function partOrder()
{
$input=JFactory::getApplication()->input;
$mailer =JFactory::getMailer();
$config =JFactory::getConfig();
$mailer->setSender(array("email#email.com","name"));
$mailer->addRecipient("somerecipient#somerecipent.com");
$body="Some html message";
$mailer->isHTML(true);
$mailer->Encoding = 'base64';
$mailer->setBody($body);
$send =$mailer->Send();
$respond="";
if ( $send !== true ) {
$respond= 'Error sending email: ' . $send->message;
} else {
$respond= 'Mail sent';
}
echo $respond;
}
</pre>
When I use same function on controller for json format I get the "Mail Sent" message. But Mail doesn't reach to recipient;

Answer 1

I don't think there's anything wrong with your function.
However, I noticed that Gmail is quite picky when it comes which emails come trough to inbox:
All Global Configuration > Server > Mail Settings must be filled in and valid.
These settings have to be used for JMail configuration
// Initialize some variables
$app = JFactory::getApplication();
$mailer = JFactory::getMailer();
// Get mailer configuration
$mailfrom = $app->getCfg('mailfrom');
$fromname = $app->getCfg('fromname');
$sitename = $app->getCfg('sitename');
// Clean the email data
$contact_to = JMailHelper::cleanAddress( $data['contact_to'] );
$subject = JMailHelper::cleanSubject( $data['contact_subject'] );
$body = JMailHelper::cleanBody( $data['contact_message'] );
$reply_to_email = JMailHelper::cleanAddress( $data['contact_reply_to'] );
$reply_to_name = JMailHelper::cleanLine( $data['contact_reply_to_name'] );
// Construct mailer
$mailer
->addRecipient($contact_to)
->addReplyTo(array($reply_to_email, $reply_to_name))
->setSender(array($mailfrom, $fromname))
->setSubject($sitename . ': ' . $subject)
->setBody($body)
;
// Send email
$sent = $mailer->Send();