SMTP Mailer Plugin For WordPress

Last updated on October 8, 2017 by admin

SMTP Mailer is a fully featured SMTP plugin for WordPress. It allows you to configure an SMTP server to send email from your website.

SMTP Mailer enhances the default WordPress mail (“wp_mail”) function by letting you connect to a remote SMPT server to send an email instead of doing it from your web server. This reduces heavy load from your server and increases email deliverability.

SMTP Mailer Info

Plugin Name: SMTP Mailer

Version: 1.0.4

File Format: application/zip

Requires: WordPress 4.8

Rating: 4.7 based on 27 votes

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Price: 0 USD

SMTP Mailer Installation

You can install the SMTP plugin like any other WordPress plugin.

Option 1 (Quick & Easy install)

Go to Plugins->Add New from your WordPress admin dashboard
Search for SMTP Mailer
Click Install once you have found it

Option 2 (Manual install)

Download the zip version of the plugin
Go to Plugins->Add New
Click Upload Plugin
Select the zip file on your computer
Install it

Option 3 (FTP install)

Download the zip version of the plugin
Extract it on your computer
Connect to your site via FTP
Browse to “/wp-content/uploads/plugins/” directory
Upload the folder that contains the main plugin files

SMTP Mailer Settings

You will need to configure your SMTP server related information in order to send email from your website. In order to access the settings menu go to “Settings->SMTP Mailer” from your admin dashboard.

The settings menu comes with three separate tabs – General Settings, Test Email & Server Info.

General Settings

screenshot of SMTP Mailer plugin settings

SMTP Host

Your outgoing mail server which will be used for sending email (e.g. smtp.gmail.com).

SMTP Authentication

Enable/Disable SMTP authentication when sending an email (Supported values: True/False).

SMTP Username

The username to connect to your SMTP server. You will need to provide a username if you enable “SMTP Authentication”.

SMTP Password

The password to connect to your SMTP server. You will need to provide a password if you enable “SMTP Authentication”.

Type of Encryption

The encryption which will be used for sending an email (Supported values: TLS/SSL/No Encryption. TLS is recommended).

SMTP Port

The port which will be used when sending an email (587/465/25). If you choose TLS the port should be set to 587. For SSL use port 465 instead.

From Email Address

The email address which is be used as the From Address if it is not supplied to the mail function.

From Name

The name which will be used as the From Name if it is not supplied to the mail function.

Test Email

“Test Email” menu allows you to test the functionality of the plugin after you have configured everything.

screenshot of test email menu in the SMTP Mailer plugin

Server Info

“Server Info” menu displays some technical information regarding your server. This is very useful for troubleshooting.

Outgoing Mail Server Configurations

Here are the settings for all the popular outgoing mail (SMTP) servers.

Gmail

SMTP Host: smtp.gmail.com
SMTP Authentication: True
SMTP Username: Either your Gmail account username or full email address
SMTP Password: Your Gmail account’s password
Type of Encryption: TLS or SSL
SMTP Port: 587 (if TLS) or 465 (if SSL)

Troubleshooting

1.For security reasons, Gmail now blocks any incoming connection to its SMTP server. In order to make a connection to the Gmail SMTP server and send email, you will also need to allow less secure apps in your account.

If you do not wish to turn on this feature, you might want to take a look at my Gmail SMTP plugin.

2.When you are sending an email for the first time via SMTP, you might get this SMTP Error: “Could not authenticate“.

In order to fix this issue login to your Gmail account first. You should see a security warning from Gmail upon login – “Your account has been hacked” or “Somebody stole your password”. As soon as you confirm that it was you who tried to login (Just click on the link that shows up in that message), the plugin should be able to connect to the Gmail SMTP server.

Yahoo

SMTP Host: smtp.mail.yahoo.com
SMTP Authentication: True
SMTP Username: Your full Yahoo email address
SMTP Password: Your Yahoo email account’s password
Type of Encryption: TLS or SSL
SMTP Port: 587 (if TLS) or 465 (if SSL)

Outlook

SMTP Host: smtp-mail.outlook.com
SMTP Authentication: True
SMTP Username: Your email address
SMTP Password: Your password
Type of Encryption: TLS
SMTP Port: 25 or 587 (if port 25 is blocked)

SendGrid

SMTP Host: smtp.sendgrid.net
SMTP Authentication: True
SMTP Username: Your SendGrid username
SMTP Password: Your SendGrid password
Type of Encryption: TLS
SMTP Port: 587 (if TLS) or 465 (if SSL). If you select “No Encryption” use port 25 instead.

Mandrill

SMTP Host: smtp.mandrillapp.com
SMTP Authentication: True
SMTP Username: Your Mandrill username
SMTP Password: Your Mandrill password
Type of Encryption: TLS
SMTP Port: 587, 25 or 2525 (if TLS or No Encryption). For SSL use port 465.

GoDaddy

SMTP Host: relay-hosting.secureserver.net
SMTP Authentication: False
Type of Encryption: No Encryption
SMTP Port: 25

Office 365

SMTP Host: smtp.office365.com
SMTP Authentication: True
SMTP Username: Your office365 username
SMTP Password: Your office365 password
Type of Encryption: TLS
SMTP Port: 587

If you have any questions feel free to share it in the comment section.

If you like SMTP Mailer please leave it a rating. A huge thanks in advance!

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59 thoughts on “SMTP Mailer Plugin For WordPress”

Robert says:

January 10, 2016 at 8:10 am

Hi, Does this plugin support Mandrill?

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1. admin says:
  
  January 11, 2016 at 12:13 pm
  
  @Robert, SMTP Mailer does support Mandrill. I have just added instructions for integrating with Mandrill SMTP.
  
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Robb Elineil Paa says:

February 3, 2016 at 3:36 am

Hi I am using the Gmail SMTP plugin and i am receiving an error on Missing Extension openssl.

Can you help me fix it please.

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1. admin says:
  
  February 3, 2016 at 11:03 am
  
  @Robb, You can’t use encryption without openssl. Which plugin are you using now (Gmail SMTP or SMTP Mailer)?
  
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Robb Elineil Paa says:

February 3, 2016 at 12:13 pm

I am using Gmail SMTP. Can you help me fix the openssl? I am using a free hosting.

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1. admin says:
  
  February 3, 2016 at 12:25 pm
  
  @Robb, I can’t really help you with it. This is an extension that needs to be installed on the server.
  
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pepesoto says:

March 29, 2016 at 1:39 pm

Hi admin.
Using smtp-mailer, have an issue:

Fatal error: Cannot redeclare class phpmailerException in /home/ppsotoas/public_html/wp-includes/class-phpmailer.php on line 3828

Any idea?

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1. admin says:
  
  March 29, 2016 at 3:04 pm
  
  @pepesoto, This plugin requires PHP 5.4 or later in order to send email (PHP version on your server is 5.3.29).
  
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Chris VanderReyden says:

April 10, 2016 at 12:15 am

I’ve tried using both Gmail plugin and SMTP-Mailer that you’ve created, and I have also tried several different accounts. I am using Google Apps accounts, and have had it work previously, even fixed security settings on account to “allow” the smtp access…. what am I missing?
Connection: opening to ssl://smtp.gmail.com:465, timeout=300, options=array () SMTP ERROR: Failed to connect to server: Connection refused (111) SMTP connect() failed. https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/wiki/Troubleshooting
OS: Linux a2plcpnl0595.prod.iad2.secureserver.net 2.6.32-604.30.3.lve1.3.63.el6.x86_64 #1 SMP Sun Sep 27 06:34:10 EDT 2015 x86_64 PHP version: 5.4.45 WordPress version: 4.4.2 WordPress multisite: Yes openssl: Available allow_url_fopen: Enabled stream_socket_client: Available fsockopen: Available

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1. admin says:
  
  April 10, 2016 at 9:49 am
  
  @Chris, Which hosting are you using? Have you followed the tutorial on wpbeginner (please see the link above)?
  
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  1. Jessica Miranda says:
    
    June 17, 2017 at 4:52 pm
    
    Connection: opening to smtp-mail.outlook.com:587, timeout=300, options=array ()
    Connection: Failed to connect to server. Error number 2. “Error notice: stream_socket_client(): unable to connect to smtp-mail.outlook.com:587 (Connection refused)
    SMTP ERROR: Failed to connect to server: Connection refused (111)
    SMTP connect() failed. github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/wiki/Troubleshooting
    
    any ideas why this is happening???
    
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    1. admin says:
      
      June 17, 2017 at 5:24 pm
      
      @Jessica, Please check the troubleshooting section.
      
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Chris VanderReyden says:

April 10, 2016 at 9:51 am

Yeah. I went thru tutorial for both plugins… it’s GoDaddy who hosts my sites, and Google Apps for my email system.

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1. admin says:
  
  April 10, 2016 at 10:28 am
  
  @Chris, GoDaddy might be the issue here. Can you please contact them to see if they allow external SMTP configuration?
  
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  1. james says:
    
    March 4, 2017 at 2:26 am
    
    Chris I get the same problem with godaddy. Did you manage to solve it? I’m stuck.
    
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    1. admin says:
      
      March 4, 2017 at 11:53 am
      
      @james, GoDaddy only allows their own SMTP. You can contact them to get their SMTP info.
      
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Richard Soesman says:

April 15, 2016 at 7:17 am

I keep getting a whole bunch of error code lines but the last 7 are:
SMTP Error: Could not authenticate. CLIENT -> SERVER: QUIT SMTP -> get_lines(): $data is "" SMTP -> get_lines(): $str is "221 2.0.0 closing connection e20sm14124497oic.19 - gsmtp" SERVER -> CLIENT: 221 2.0.0 closing connection e20sm14124497oic.19 - gsmtp Connection: closed SMTP Error: Could not authenticate.

I’ve tried changing the option to allow for less secure apps but this didn’t make a difference. Can not receive any test emails

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1. admin says:
  
  April 15, 2016 at 1:03 pm
  
  @Richard, Have you logged into your Gmail account after this? You might see a security warning in your account upon login. As soon as you confirm that it was you who tried to login, the plugin should be able to connect to the Gmail SMTP server.
  
  What port combination did you use? Please copy and paste the content from the “Server Info” tab so I can take a look.
  
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  1. Richard Soesman says:
    
    April 15, 2016 at 3:32 pm
    
    I did get that message. I will email them and let them know – thanks.
    
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    1. admin says:
      
      April 15, 2016 at 5:23 pm
      
      @Richard, No, You just click on the link (shown in the message) to unblock it.
      
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Rui Carvalho says:

April 17, 2016 at 3:27 am

I am having the same issue on Weblayer host, cannot log in to Gmail account, we had the same issue on our rudby on rails application (could not connect at the same time as Wpress) and we resolved just including including the line :domain => ‘»your domain«’, … follows the coding for Rugby-on-rails and it works! can somebody try it for Wpress and give a fedback? I am not programmer just somebody that is f&ck up

config.action_mailer.smtp_settings = { :address => "smtp.gmail.com", :port => 587, :domain => ' xxxx.com', :user_name => "xyz@gmail.com", :password => "password", :authentication => :plain, :enable_starttls_auto => true }

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yudi says:

April 18, 2016 at 2:56 pm

Hello,,team
Appear warning like these,,all ssl port and option has tested…still…wordpress 4.5

SMTP Error: Could not authenticate. CLIENT -> SERVER: QUIT SMTP -> get_lines(): $data is "" SMTP -> get_lines(): $str is "221 2.0.0 closing connection tn5sm80142858pac.32 - gsmtp" SERVER -> CLIENT: 221 2.0.0 closing connection tn5sm80142858pac.32 - gsmtp Connection: closed
SMTP Error: Could not authenticate

Would you like explain me how?

regard,,

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1. admin says:
  
  April 18, 2016 at 3:33 pm
  
  @yudi, I have added some troubleshooting steps in the “Gmail” section. Please give it a try and let me know how it goes.
  
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Tony says:

April 23, 2016 at 3:58 am

I am trying to run the tests from the “Test Email” tab and I am only getting this message:
Connection: opening to smtp.myurl.com:25, timeout=300, options=array (), where myurl is the same domain the wordpress site sits on.

How can I determine what the problem is from this message? There is no response information being presented.

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1. admin says:
  
  April 23, 2016 at 11:37 am
  
  @Tony, Who is your hosting provider? Did you get this SMTP info from your web host?
  
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Kevin Taylor says:

April 24, 2016 at 2:22 am

@Admin
We are using RackSpace to host our exchange server.

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Tony says:

April 24, 2016 at 11:36 am

One World Hosting is the hosting provider.

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1. admin says:
  
  April 24, 2016 at 1:28 pm
  
  @Tony, I’m not really familiar with this host. Do you have instructions as to how you can configure SMTP on their server?
  
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Vicky Fardogianni says:

April 27, 2016 at 7:03 am

I’m trying with Yahoo. I’m getting this message “There was an error trying to send your message. Please try again later.”. Could you please help with this?

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1. admin says:
  
  April 27, 2016 at 1:35 pm
  
  @Vicky, What port combinations did you try? Please provide the content from the “Server Info” tab so I can take a look.
  
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Alex says:

May 17, 2016 at 6:00 pm

Great plugin and looks exactly like what I am looking for.
After configuring the plugin I can send the test E-mail successfully (I’m using mailgun.org as SMTP server). However, I get neither new comments nor user registration notifications (or any other E-mails) although the notifications are enabled in the settings of my wordpress. It seems like the wordpress simply doesn’t use this plugin when attempts to send E-mails. Do you have an idea what I am doing wrong?
Here is my server info:
OS: Linux 846098f38250 3.13.0-74-generic #118-Ubuntu SMP Thu Dec 17 22:52:10 UTC 2015 x86_64
PHP version: 5.6.21
WordPress version: 4.5.2
WordPress multisite: No
openssl: Available
allow_url_fopen: Enabled
stream_socket_client: Available
fsockopen: Available

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1. admin says:
  
  May 17, 2016 at 6:57 pm
  
  @Alex, Have you tried the test email functionality? WordPress uses the wp_mail function to send email. As long as that functon is getting called the plugin should be able to override the default configurations with SMTP.
  
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  1. Alex says:
    
    May 17, 2016 at 7:37 pm
    
    If you mean the test E-mail functionality provided by the plugin – then yes, I’ve tried it and it works, I also receive the test E-mail. I’ve tested several other plugins and couldn’t get them to work, even the test E-mail functionality wouldn’t work.
    The only plugin that works for me is Easy WP SMTP, but I am getting HTTP timeouts on POST requests with it (e.g., comments) because the plugin is taking too long to send an E-mail and the HTTP handler wouldn’t return until that operation is finished, so I had to deactivate it.
    I was trying to find a way to debug wordpress to see why the smtp-mailer-plugin can’t deliver E-mails (while test E-mail works!), but couldn’t find a simple way to do that (I’m not very familiar with php). I’m using nginx with fastcgi and have php-fpm log set to ‘warning’ – no errors from smtp-mailer-plugin in there when I’m e.g. posting a comment.
    Could you maybe give me a hint on a way to debug the wordpress/plugin?
    
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    1. admin says:
      
      May 17, 2016 at 8:32 pm
      
      @Alex, If the test email works that means there is nothing wrong with your setup. Test email also uses the wp_mail function to send email. Are you using any CDN like cloudflare? Is your website hosted on a cloud server? Some users were having a similar issue with my Gmail SMTP plugin.
      
      https://wordpress.org/support/topic/test-email-timeout
      
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      1. Alex says:
        
        May 17, 2016 at 9:06 pm
        
        My wordpress is running in a Docker container on Amazon AWS. I don’t think I have the timeout issue, the Test E-mail is sent very fast, within 1 second. I still suspect there is something wrong with my WP configuration like it tries to use system mail instead of wp_mail, although from you say I understand it’s not possible.
        If it even makes sense, is there a way to make wordpress send me an E-mail other than creating a comment or adding a new user (other than the Test Mail of the plugin)? I have several other plugins, but I don’t see where there could be a collision with smtp-mailer.
      2. admin says:
        
        May 18, 2016 at 12:21 pm
        
        @Alex, I don’t think there is an email functionality in the WordPress admin. Do you want to contact Amazon AWS to see if they have any restrictions on outgoing email? It seems to only happen on the front end.
      3. Alex says:
        
        May 18, 2016 at 5:02 pm
        
        I’ve just discovered that the E-mail notification on user profile update (change of password) works. However, the E-mail notification on a new comment still doesn’t. I believe this rules out the hosting or smtp-mailer configuration problem. What else could it be then?
        Double checked the Settings -> Discussion -> Email me whenever … Anyone posts a comment: it’s enabled. Any idea?
Sabbir Rahman says:

May 20, 2016 at 5:49 am

OS: Linux a2plcpnl0035.prod.iad2.secureserver.net 2.6.32-604.30.3.lve1.3.63.el6.x86_64 #1 SMP Sun Sep 27 06:34:10 EDT 2015 x86_64
PHP version: 5.4.43
WordPress version: 4.5.2
WordPress multisite: No
openssl: Available
allow_url_fopen: Enabled
stream_socket_client: Available
fsockopen: Available

I use ARfroms WordPress pro From plugin. When i submitted the form , submit successfully but i can’t get any email from the site.

I use SMTP plugin for phpmail …it work’s for me. but when i’ll try to use your plugin i got this message :

Connection: opening to ssl://smtp.gmail.com:465, timeout=300, options=array ()
SMTP ERROR: Failed to connect to server: Connection refused (111)
SMTP connect() failed. https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/wiki/Troubleshooting

Can you please give me solution.. thanks

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1. admin says:
  
  May 20, 2016 at 10:03 am
  
  @Sabbir, Please check the troubleshooting section. Make sure to keep only one SMTP plugin active.
  
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Kristofer says:

February 7, 2017 at 8:47 pm

I just try to send this here again, to see the error message. I already got a reply via e-mail!

Seems like a great plugin. I just need to make sure I’m setting it up correctly: Is everything I need to do to install it and enter my SMTP details? Or do I also need to tell WordPress in some way to use this plugin instead of the built in way? (It’s a little confusing with the info “Configure the wp_mail() function to use SMTP instead of the PHP mail() function.” because it can be understood as that I as a user need to configure something in WordPress.

And how do I know that the plugin is used rather than the built in way? When I check the source of two e-mails, they look similar to me. They both refer to PHPMailer as the X-Mailer (even in the test e-mail).

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mark says:

February 14, 2017 at 7:01 am

im also having difficulty setting up my email that comes in through a contact form. i can only see my messages if i access them through messages in the dashboard. I downloaded this plugin set up the host server information but i still dont get the messages sent over to my phone/computer email,
any advice would be grateful.

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1. admin says:
  
  February 14, 2017 at 11:17 am
  
  @mark, Did you send a test email to check if the plugin works on your site? How did you configure the plugin settings? Please copy and paste content from the “Server Info” tab so I can take a look.
  
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2. Mark says:
  
  February 14, 2017 at 9:55 pm
  
  Thank you for coming back to me.
  I have it sorted. Turns out there was a bug in the developers theme, they have rectified it now.
  
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Musepuckl says:

February 23, 2017 at 6:59 am

I am trying to get contact forms to work on a client site and am scratching my head, because the emails do not arrive. Site hosted at A2, email at GSuite.
Applying your recommended settings for gmail, I alsways get a “could not authenticate” and “535 Incorrect authentication data” message, no matter which encryption method/port combination I use. Username/password checked x times…

Connection: opening to ssl://smtp.gmail.com:465, timeout=300, options=array ()
Connection: opened
SMTP -> get_lines(): $data is “”
SMTP -> get_lines(): $str is “220-ssr7.supercp.com ESMTP Exim 4.87 #1 Wed, 22 Feb 2017 14:55:10 -0500 ”
SMTP -> get_lines(): $data is “220-ssr7.supercp.com ESMTP Exim 4.87 #1 Wed, 22 Feb 2017 14:55:10 -0500 ”
SMTP -> get_lines(): $str is “220-We do not authorize the use of this system to transport unsolicited, ”
SMTP -> get_lines(): $data is “220-ssr7.supercp.com ESMTP Exim 4.87 #1 Wed, 22 Feb 2017 14:55:10 -0500 220-We do not authorize the use of this system to transport unsolicited, ”
SMTP -> get_lines(): $str is “220 and/or bulk e-mail.”
SERVER -> CLIENT: 220-ssr7.supercp.com ESMTP Exim 4.87 #1 Wed, 22 Feb 2017 14:55:10 -0500 220-We do not authorize the use of this system to transport unsolicited, 220 and/or bulk e-mail.
CLIENT -> SERVER: EHLO familytherapysedona.com
SMTP -> get_lines(): $data is “”
SMTP -> get_lines(): $str is “250-ssr7.supercp.com Hello ssr7.supercp.com [75.98.175.93]”
SMTP -> get_lines(): $data is “250-ssr7.supercp.com Hello ssr7.supercp.com [75.98.175.93]”
SMTP -> get_lines(): $str is “250-SIZE 52428800”
SMTP -> get_lines(): $data is “250-ssr7.supercp.com Hello ssr7.supercp.com [75.98.175.93]250-SIZE 52428800”
SMTP -> get_lines(): $str is “250-8BITMIME”
SMTP -> get_lines(): $data is “250-ssr7.supercp.com Hello ssr7.supercp.com [75.98.175.93]250-SIZE 52428800250-8BITMIME”
SMTP -> get_lines(): $str is “250-PIPELINING”
SMTP -> get_lines(): $data is “250-ssr7.supercp.com Hello ssr7.supercp.com [75.98.175.93]250-SIZE 52428800250-8BITMIME250-PIPELINING”
SMTP -> get_lines(): $str is “250-AUTH PLAIN LOGIN”
SMTP -> get_lines(): $data is “250-ssr7.supercp.com Hello ssr7.supercp.com [75.98.175.93]250-SIZE 52428800250-8BITMIME250-PIPELINING250-AUTH PLAIN LOGIN”
SMTP -> get_lines(): $str is “250 HELP”
SERVER -> CLIENT: 250-ssr7.supercp.com Hello ssr7.supercp.com [75.98.175.93]250-SIZE 52428800250-8BITMIME250-PIPELINING250-AUTH PLAIN LOGIN250 HELP
Auth method requested: UNKNOWN
Auth methods available on the server: PLAIN,LOGIN
Auth method selected: LOGIN
CLIENT -> SERVER: AUTH LOGIN
SMTP -> get_lines(): $data is “”
SMTP -> get_lines(): $str is “334 VXNlcm5hbWU6”
SERVER -> CLIENT: 334 VXNlcm5hbWU6
CLIENT -> SERVER: ZWxpc2F0aG9tYXM=
SMTP -> get_lines(): $data is “”
SMTP -> get_lines(): $str is “334 UGFzc3dvcmQ6”
SERVER -> CLIENT: 334 UGFzc3dvcmQ6
CLIENT -> SERVER: RWxpc2F3b3JrZG9tYWluNw==
SMTP -> get_lines(): $data is “”
SMTP -> get_lines(): $str is “535 Incorrect authentication data”
SERVER -> CLIENT: 535 Incorrect authentication data
SMTP ERROR: Password command failed: 535 Incorrect authentication data
SMTP Error: Could not authenticate.
CLIENT -> SERVER: QUIT
SMTP -> get_lines(): $data is “”
SMTP -> get_lines(): $str is “221 ssr7.supercp.com closing connection”
SERVER -> CLIENT: 221 ssr7.supercp.com closing connection
Connection: closed
SMTP Error: Could not authenticate.

Thanks for any help

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1. admin says:
  
  February 23, 2017 at 11:45 am
  
  @Musepuckl, The error doesn’t make sense. Did you try TLS encryption on port 587?
  
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moses says:

March 11, 2017 at 6:45 pm

SMTP connect() failed. https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/wiki/Troubleshooting

help me

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Anthony Vallone says:

April 9, 2017 at 12:50 am

after installing smtp mailer, because the google one does not work with godaddy hosting, I followed the directions from here https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fixed-my-problem-with-godaddy-not-e-mailing-gravity-forms/ and go this error.

Connection: opening to relay-hosting.secureserver.net:25, timeout=300, options=array ( ‘ssl’ => array ( ‘verify_peer’ => false, ‘verify_peer_name’ => false, ‘allow_self_signed’ => true, ),)
Connection: opened
SMTP -> get_lines(): $data is “”
SMTP -> get_lines(): $str is “220 a2nlsmtp01-05.prod.iad2.secureserver.net : HOSTING RELAY : ESMTP Grid hosting relay server ready”
SERVER -> CLIENT: 220 a2nlsmtp01-05.prod.iad2.secureserver.net : HOSTING RELAY : ESMTP Grid hosting relay server ready
CLIENT -> SERVER: EHLO incomeautopilot.org
SMTP -> get_lines(): $data is “”
SMTP -> get_lines(): $str is “250-a2nlsmtp01-05.prod.iad2.secureserver.net hello [198.71.243.9], pleased to meet you”
SMTP -> get_lines(): $data is “250-a2nlsmtp01-05.prod.iad2.secureserver.net hello [198.71.243.9], pleased to meet you”
SMTP -> get_lines(): $str is “250-HELP”
SMTP -> get_lines(): $data is “250-a2nlsmtp01-05.prod.iad2.secureserver.net hello [198.71.243.9], pleased to meet you250-HELP”
SMTP -> get_lines(): $str is “250-SIZE 30000000”
SMTP -> get_lines(): $data is “250-a2nlsmtp01-05.prod.iad2.secureserver.net hello [198.71.243.9], pleased to meet you250-HELP250-SIZE 30000000”
SMTP -> get_lines(): $str is “250-ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES”
SMTP -> get_lines(): $data is “250-a2nlsmtp01-05.prod.iad2.secureserver.net hello [198.71.243.9], pleased to meet you250-HELP250-SIZE 30000000250-ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES”
SMTP -> get_lines(): $str is “250-8BITMIME”
SMTP -> get_lines(): $data is “250-a2nlsmtp01-05.prod.iad2.secureserver.net hello [198.71.243.9], pleased to meet you250-HELP250-SIZE 30000000250-ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES250-8BITMIME”
SMTP -> get_lines(): $str is “250 OK”
SERVER -> CLIENT: 250-a2nlsmtp01-05.prod.iad2.secureserver.net hello [198.71.243.9], pleased to meet you250-HELP250-SIZE 30000000250-ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES250-8BITMIME250 OK
CLIENT -> SERVER: MAIL FROM:
SMTP -> get_lines(): $data is “”
SMTP -> get_lines(): $str is “250 2.1.0 sender ok”
SERVER -> CLIENT: 250 2.1.0 sender ok
CLIENT -> SERVER: RCPT TO:
SMTP -> get_lines(): $data is “”
SMTP -> get_lines(): $str is “250 2.1.5 recipient ok”
SERVER -> CLIENT: 250 2.1.5 recipient ok
CLIENT -> SERVER: DATA
SMTP -> get_lines(): $data is “”
SMTP -> get_lines(): $str is “354 OK”
SERVER -> CLIENT: 354 OK
CLIENT -> SERVER: Date: Sat, 8 Apr 2017 14:46:49 +0000
CLIENT -> SERVER: To: brandon@incomeautopilot.org
CLIENT -> SERVER: From: Brandon Boyd
CLIENT -> SERVER: Subject: Test Email
CLIENT -> SERVER: Message-ID:
CLIENT -> SERVER: X-Mailer: PHPMailer 5.2.22 (https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer)
CLIENT -> SERVER: MIME-Version: 1.0
CLIENT -> SERVER: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
CLIENT -> SERVER:
CLIENT -> SERVER: test
CLIENT -> SERVER:
CLIENT -> SERVER: .
SMTP -> get_lines(): $data is “”
SMTP -> get_lines(): $str is “250 2.0.0 wrdZc5RIoCQzGwrdZcn8mv mail accepted for delivery”
SERVER -> CLIENT: 250 2.0.0 wrdZc5RIoCQzGwrdZcn8mv mail accepted for delivery
CLIENT -> SERVER: QUIT
SMTP -> get_lines(): $data is “”
SMTP -> get_lines(): $str is “221 2.0.0 a2nlsmtp01-05.prod.iad2.secureserver.net : HOSTING RELAY : closing connection”
SERVER -> CLIENT: 221 2.0.0 a2nlsmtp01-05.prod.iad2.secureserver.net : HOSTING RELAY : closing connection
Connection: closed

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Alex says:

April 21, 2017 at 9:00 pm

Hello, why when i try to test mail i always get 504 Gateway Time-out

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Debbie says:

May 4, 2017 at 7:57 am

Unfortunately Ive tried both your plugins and neither worked to route through GoDaddy to Gmail. Unable to send any emails from website that is host3ed with GoDaddy if email is at gmail. SHAME ON YOU GODADDY!

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Willrich says:

June 7, 2017 at 4:18 am

Hello.
I keep receiving this message using TLS at port 587:
Warning: stream_socket_enable_crypto(): Peer certificate CN=`XXXXXXXX’ did not match expected CN=`YYYYYYYY’

I’m using a valid certificate. Its a shared whm environment with Centos 7 + php 5.6.
PS: Without encryption it works fine but my customer wants to use TLS

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1. admin says:
  
  June 7, 2017 at 2:45 pm
  
  @Willrich, Your SSL certificate on the server may not be configured correctly. Did you try checking this option “Disable SSL Certificate Verification”?
  
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  1. Willrich says:
    
    June 7, 2017 at 10:06 pm
    
    Hello,
    Was a problem with the SMTP provider using custom configuration. Thanks for your reply. 🙂
    
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ava says:

June 24, 2017 at 7:52 am

I am not receiving emails at all when a member register, get error below, how can I fix this?
Connection: opening to smtp.websitenamehere:587, timeout=300, options=array ()
Connection: Failed to connect to server. Error number 2. “Error notice: stream_socket_client(): php_network_getaddresses: getaddrinfo failed: Name or service not known
Connection: Failed to connect to server. Error number 2. “Error notice: stream_socket_client(): unable to connect to smtp.websitenamehere:587 (php_network_getaddresses: getaddrinfo failed: Name or service not known)
SMTP ERROR: Failed to connect to server: php_network_getaddresses: getaddrinfo failed: Name or service not known (0)
SMTP connect() failed. github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/wiki/Troubleshooting

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1. admin says:
  
  June 24, 2017 at 3:48 pm
  
  @ava, There is a thread on this topic here: https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/issues/179.
  
  It looks like a DNS configuration issue.
  
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Sharon says:

June 28, 2017 at 1:01 pm

I’m using the SMTP Mailer and it’s working, but I’m having trouble with the password reset emails. They don’t have any line breaks and the link to reset the password is missing. When doing a little research it may have something to do with the line break format.

One suggestion I found was to “Replace all line feeds (“n”) by in the message body?” Is it possible to make this type setting change in SMTP Mail?

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1. admin says:
  
  June 28, 2017 at 2:22 pm
  
  @Sharon, The password reset email is generated by WordPress. I don’t think it would be a good idea to dynamically change the email body since it comes from the core.
  
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Sharon says:

June 28, 2017 at 10:35 pm

Thanks, just trying to track down what is causing the password link not to show in emails, and I’m very confused. When I look at the complete original email in gmail for instance, the link is there in the header file, but it is not showing in the displayed email.

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Savi says:

October 8, 2017 at 12:05 am

Hi,
I followed instructions on https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fixed-my-problem-with-godaddy-not-e-mailing-gravity-forms/ and I got the following error.
I saw some another user having a similar, if not the same, issue and I did not see any solutions.
Can you please help? It’s kind of urgent.
Thank you very much.

Connection: opening to relay-hosting.secureserver.net:25, timeout=300, options=array ()
Connection: opened
SMTP -> get_lines(): $data is “”
SMTP -> get_lines(): $str is “220 a2nlsmtp01-04.prod.iad2.secureserver.net : HOSTING RELAY : ESMTP Grid hosting relay server ready”
SERVER -> CLIENT: 220 a2nlsmtp01-04.prod.iad2.secureserver.net : HOSTING RELAY : ESMTP Grid hosting relay server ready
CLIENT -> SERVER: EHLO academyofoperativedentistry.com
SMTP -> get_lines(): $data is “”
SMTP -> get_lines(): $str is “250-a2nlsmtp01-04.prod.iad2.secureserver.net hello [107.180.111.21], pleased to meet you”
SMTP -> get_lines(): $data is “250-a2nlsmtp01-04.prod.iad2.secureserver.net hello [107.180.111.21], pleased to meet you”
SMTP -> get_lines(): $str is “250-HELP”
SMTP -> get_lines(): $data is “250-a2nlsmtp01-04.prod.iad2.secureserver.net hello [107.180.111.21], pleased to meet you250-HELP”
SMTP -> get_lines(): $str is “250-SIZE 30000000”
SMTP -> get_lines(): $data is “250-a2nlsmtp01-04.prod.iad2.secureserver.net hello [107.180.111.21], pleased to meet you250-HELP250-SIZE 30000000”
SMTP -> get_lines(): $str is “250-ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES”
SMTP -> get_lines(): $data is “250-a2nlsmtp01-04.prod.iad2.secureserver.net hello [107.180.111.21], pleased to meet you250-HELP250-SIZE 30000000250-ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES”
SMTP -> get_lines(): $str is “250-8BITMIME”
SMTP -> get_lines(): $data is “250-a2nlsmtp01-04.prod.iad2.secureserver.net hello [107.180.111.21], pleased to meet you250-HELP250-SIZE 30000000250-ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES250-8BITMIME”
SMTP -> get_lines(): $str is “250 OK”
SERVER -> CLIENT: 250-a2nlsmtp01-04.prod.iad2.secureserver.net hello [107.180.111.21], pleased to meet you250-HELP250-SIZE 30000000250-ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES250-8BITMIME250 OK
CLIENT -> SERVER: STARTTLS
SMTP -> get_lines(): $data is “”
SMTP -> get_lines(): $str is “500 command unrecognized”
SERVER -> CLIENT: 500 command unrecognized
SMTP ERROR: STARTTLS command failed: 500 command unrecognized
SMTP Error: Could not connect to SMTP host.
CLIENT -> SERVER: QUIT
SMTP -> get_lines(): $data is “”
SMTP -> get_lines(): $str is “221 2.0.0 a2nlsmtp01-04.prod.iad2.secureserver.net : HOSTING RELAY : closing connection”
SERVER -> CLIENT: 221 2.0.0 a2nlsmtp01-04.prod.iad2.secureserver.net : HOSTING RELAY : closing connection
Connection: closed
SMTP Error: Could not connect to SMTP host.

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1. Savi says:
  
  October 8, 2017 at 12:26 am
  
  Dear Admin,
  I made it work by switching to NO Encryption. Thank you!!
  
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