maxtee-tesst

private static function getSettings($mail) {
        $mail->isSMTP(); // tell to use smtp
        $mail->SMTPDebug = 3;
        $mail->CharSet = "utf-8"; // set charset to utf8
        $mail->SMTPAuth = true;  // use smpt auth
        $mail->SMTPSecure = 'ssl';//env('EMAILHELPER_SMTP', 'tls'); // or ssl
        $mail->SMTPAutoTLS = false;
        $mail->Host = 'server163.web-hosting.com';//env('EMAILHELPER_HOST');
        $mail->Port = 465; // most likely something different for you. This is the mailtrap.io port i use for testing.
        $mail->Username = 'admin@kickandfollow.com';//env('EMAILHELPER_USERNAME');
        $mail->Password = 'RaphSegun@***';//env('EMAILHELPER_PASSWORD');
        return $mail;
    }
public function send() {
        $mail = $this->initializeMail();
        $mail->subject = $this->subject;
        $mail->MsgHTML($this->body);
        if($this->is_admin) {exit;
            //send email to the admin
            // $mail->setFrom($this->sender->email, $this->sender->name);
            // $mail->addAddress(env('EMAILHELPER_USERNAME'), env('EMAILHELPER_ADMIN_NAME'));
        }else{
            // $mail->addAddress($this->recipient->email, $this->recipient->name);
            $mail->setFrom(env('EMAILHELPER_USERNAME'), env('EMAILHELPER_ADMIN_NAME'));
            $mail->addAddress('maxteetechnologies@gmail.com', 'Taiso');
            // $mail->setFrom('support@africhoicesolutions.com', 'Taiso');
        }
        $mail->send();dd($mail);
        return $mail;
    }
 private function initializeMail() {
        $mail = new \PHPMailer;
        $mail->SMTPOptions = array(
                'ssl' => array(
                'verify_peer' => false,
                'verify_peer_name' => false,
                'allow_self_signed' => true
            )
        );
        $mail = self::getSettings($mail);
        return $mail;
    }