History of PHPMailer Pro:

  • Original author: Andy Prevost (2022-)
    Released on March 20 2022.

History of PHPMailer:

  • Original author: Brent R. Matzelle (2001-2007)
    Brent Matzelle was the founder of the project up to version 1.73
    Version 1.7.3 was released on June 10 2005.
  • Author: Andy Prevost (Nov 2007 to Dec 2012)
    Andy Prevost released a few small patches up to the first full release of Version 2.0.0rc1 in Nov 2007.
    Marcus Bointon became an contributor (unnamed) on the project starting with version 5.0.0 leading to that version release in Apr 2009.
  • Project Lead: Jim Jaglieski (2010-2012)
    project split to Apache incubator project
  • Author: Marcus Bointon (July 2012 to date)
    Marcus Bointon was instrumental in the release of version 5.2.8 in July 2011
    Marcus Bointon is current project administrator with PHPMailer hosted on Github and with Jim Jaglieski on the team.
The Wikipedia page on PHPMailer is often wrong on the history, the info. above is accurate

PHPMailer (for PHP 4), versions, release dates, and authors:

  • PHPMailer v0.90 (phpmailer.inc.php), author: Brent R. Matzelle
    SMTP for PHPMailer (smtp.inc.php used with permission), author Chris Ryan
    released 16 April 2001
  • PHPMailer v0.92 (class.phpmailer.php), author: Brent R. Matzelle
    SMTP for PHPMailer (class.smtp.php used with permission), author Chris Ryan
    released 15 May 2001
  • PHPMailer v1.03 (class.phpmailer.php), author: Brent R. Matzelle
    SMTP for PHPMailer (class.smtp.php used with permission), author Chris Ryan
    released 25 May 2001
  • PHPMailer v1.10 (class.phpmailer.php), author: Brent R. Matzelle
    SMTP for PHPMailer (class.smtp.php used with permission), author Chris Ryan
    released 12 June 2001
  • PHPMailer v1.25 (class.phpmailer.php), author: Brent R. Matzelle
    SMTP for PHPMailer (class.smtp.php used with permission), author Chris Ryan
    released 08 July 2001
  • PHPMailer v1.40 (class.phpmailer.php), author: Brent R. Matzelle
    SMTP for PHPMailer (class.smtp.php used with permission), author Chris Ryan
    released 20 August 2001
  • PHPMailer v1.41 (class.phpmailer.php), author: Brent R. Matzelle
    SMTP for PHPMailer (class.smtp.php used with permission), author Chris Ryan
    released 23 August 2001
  • PHPMailer v1.50 (class.phpmailer.php), author: Brent R. Matzelle
    SMTP for PHPMailer (class.smtp.php used with permission), author Chris Ryan
    released 13 November 2001
  • PHPMailer v1.60 (class.phpmailer.php), author: Brent R. Matzelle
    SMTP for PHPMailer (class.smtp.php used with permission), author Chris Ryan
    released 10 April 2002
  • PHPMailer v1.62 (class.phpmailer.php), author: Brent R. Matzelle
    SMTP for PHPMailer (class.smtp.php used with permission), author Chris Ryan
    released 06 June 2002
  • PHPMailer v1.65 (class.phpmailer.php), author: Brent R. Matzelle
    SMTP for PHPMailer v1.02 (class.smtp.php used with permission), author Chris Ryan
    released 22 January 2003
  • PHPMailer v1.70 (class.phpmailer.php), author: Brent R. Matzelle
    SMTP for PHPMailer v1.02 (class.smtp.php used with permission), author Chris Ryan
    released 23 June 2003
  • PHPMailer v1.71 (class.phpmailer.php), author: Brent R. Matzelle
    SMTP for PHPMailer v1.02 (class.smtp.php used with permission), author Chris Ryan
    released 05 August 2003
  • PHPMailer v1.72 (class.phpmailer.php), author: Brent R. Matzelle
    SMTP for PHPMailer v1.02 (class.smtp.php used with permission), author Chris Ryan
    released 25 May 2004
  • PHPMailer v1.73 (class.phpmailer.php), author: Brent R. Matzelle
    SMTP for PHPMailer v1.02 (class.smtp.php used with permission), author Chris Ryan
    released 28 June 2004
  • PHPMailer v2.0.0rc1 (class.phpmailer.php), author: Andy Prevost
    SMTP for PHPMailer v2.0.0 (class.smtp.php used with permission), author Chris Ryan/Andy Prevost
    released 07 November 2007
  • PHPMailer v2.0.0rc2 (class.phpmailer.php), author: Andy Prevost
    SMTP for PHPMailer v2.0.0 (class.smtp.php used with permission), author Chris Ryan/Andy Prevost
    POP before SMTP authentication for PHPMailer v2.0.0 (class.pop3.php used with permission), author Richard Davey
    released 17 November 2007
  • PHPMailer v2.0.0 (class.phpmailer.php), author: Andy Prevost
    SMTP for PHPMailer v2.0.0 (class.smtp.php used with permission), author Chris Ryan/Andy Prevost
    POP before SMTP authentication for PHPMailer v2.0.0 (class.pop3.php used with permission), author Richard Davey
    released 02 December 2007
  • PHPMailer v2.0.2 (class.phpmailer.php), author: Andy Prevost
    SMTP for PHPMailer v2.0.2 (class.smtp.php used with permission), author Chris Ryan/Andy Prevost
    POP before SMTP authentication for PHPMailer v2.0.2 (class.pop3.php used with permission), author Richard Davey
    released 04 June 2008
  • PHPMailer v2.0.3 (class.phpmailer.php), author: Andy Prevost
    SMTP for PHPMailer v2.0.3 (class.smtp.php used with permission), author Chris Ryan/Andy Prevost
    POP before SMTP authentication for PHPMailer v2.0.3 (class.pop3.php used with permission), author Richard Davey
    released 11 November 2008
  • PHPMailer v2.0.4 (class.phpmailer.php), author: Andy Prevost
    SMTP for PHPMailer v2.0.4 (class.smtp.php used with permission), author Chris Ryan/Andy Prevost
    POP before SMTP authentication for PHPMailer v2.0.4 (class.pop3.php used with permission), author Richard Davey
    released 02 April 2009

PHPMailer (for PHP 5 and up), versions, release dates, and authors:

  • PHPMailer v2.1.0b1 (class.phpmailer.php), author: Andy Prevost
    SMTP for PHPMailer (class.smtp.php used with permission), author Chris Ryan/Andy Prevost
    POP before SMTP authentication for PHPMailer (class.pop3.php used with permission), author Richard Davey
    released 11 November 2007
  • PHPMailer v2.1.0b2 (class.phpmailer.php), author: Andy Prevost
    SMTP for PHPMailer (class.smtp.php used with permission), author Chris Ryan/Andy Prevost
    POP before SMTP authentication for PHPMailer (class.pop3.php used with permission), author Richard Davey
    released 02 December 2007
  • PHPMailer v2.1.0 (class.phpmailer.php), author: Andy Prevost
    SMTP for PHPMailer (class.smtp.php used with permission), author Chris Ryan/Andy Prevost
    POP before SMTP authentication for PHPMailer (class.pop3.php used with permission), author Richard Davey
    released 04 May 2008
  • PHPMailer v2.2.1 (class.phpmailer.php), author: Andy Prevost
    SMTP for PHPMailer (class.smtp.php used with permission), author Chris Ryan/Andy Prevost
    POP before SMTP authentication for PHPMailer (class.pop3.php used with permission), author Richard Davey
    released 19 July 2008
  • PHPMailer v2.3 (class.phpmailer.php), author: Andy Prevost
    SMTP for PHPMailer (class.smtp.php used with permission), author Chris Ryan/Andy Prevost
    POP before SMTP authentication for PHPMailer (class.pop3.php used with permission), author Richard Davey
    released 10 November 2008
  • PHPMailer v5.0.2 (class.phpmailer.php), author: Andy Prevost with some contribution Marcus Bointon
    SMTP for PHPMailer (class.smtp.php used with permission), author Chris Ryan/Andy Prevost
    POP before SMTP authentication for PHPMailer (class.pop3.php used with permission), author Richard Davey
    released 26 May 2009
  • PHPMailer v5.0.2 (class.phpmailer.php), author: Andy Prevost
    SMTP for PHPMailer (class.smtp.php used with permission), author Chris Ryan/Andy Prevost
    POP before SMTP authentication for PHPMailer (class.pop3.php used with permission), author Richard Davey
    released 26 May 2009 (note: some contributions to PHPMailer from Marcus Bointon)
  • PHPMailer v5.0.2 (class.phpmailer.php), author: Andy Prevost
    SMTP for PHPMailer (class.smtp.php used with permission), author Chris Ryan/Andy Prevost
    POP before SMTP authentication for PHPMailer (class.pop3.php used with permission), author Richard Davey
    released 26 May 2009 (note: some contributions to PHPMailer from Marcus Bointon)
  • PHPMailer v5.1 (class.phpmailer.php), author: Andy Prevost
    SMTP for PHPMailer (class.smtp.php used with permission), author Chris Ryan/Andy Prevost
    POP before SMTP authentication for PHPMailer (class.pop3.php used with permission), author Richard Davey
    released 10 November 2009
  • PHPMailer v5.1 (class.phpmailer.php), author: Andy Prevost
    SMTP for PHPMailer (class.smtp.php used with permission), author Chris Ryan/Andy Prevost
    POP before SMTP authentication for PHPMailer (class.pop3.php used with permission), author Richard Davey
    released 10 November 2009

PHPMailer (post=), versions, release dates, and authors:

  • PHPMailer v5.2.0 (class.phpmailer.php), author: Andy Prevost
    with contributions from Marcus Bointon & Jim Jagielski
    SMTP for PHPMailer (class.smtp.php used with permission), author Chris Ryan/Andy Prevost (with trivial changes)
    POP before SMTP authentication for PHPMailer (class.pop3.php used with permission), author Richard Davey (with trivial changes)
    released 29 July 2011
  • PHPMailer v5.2.8 (class.phpmailer.php), author: Marcus Bointon/Jim Jagielski
    SMTP for PHPMailer (class.smtp.php used with permission), author Chris Ryan/Andy Prevost (with trivial changes)
    POP before SMTP authentication for PHPMailer (class.pop3.php used with permission), author Richard Davey (with trivial changes)
    released 14 May 2014
Not tracked past this point