Could not connect to SMTP host. Message could not be sent

Question

When I sent email from server then it gives me two error -

SMTP Error: Could not connect to SMTP host. Message could not be sent. Mailer Error: SMTP Error: Could not connect to SMTP host.

I found many hints on another answers on Stack overflow but doesn't work. I tried port no 465/587/65. Even below code works proper on my local system If i set port 587. But in server, It doesn't work.

require('class.phpmailer.php');
require('class.smtp.php');

$mail = new PHPMailer();

$mail->IsSMTP();      
$mail->SMTPSecure = "ssl";
$mail->SMTPAuth = true;
$mail->Host = "smtp.gmail.com"; 
$mail->Username = "FromEmailId";
$mail->Password = "Password"; 
$mail->Port = 465;
$mail->From = "FromEmailId";
$mail->AddAddress("ToEmail");      
$mail->IsHTML(true);                                  
$mail->Subject = "Here is the subject";
$mail->Body    = "This is the HTML message body <b>in bold!</b>";

if(!$mail->Send())
{
   echo "Message could not be sent. <p>";
   echo "Mailer Error: " . $mail->ErrorInfo;
   exit;
}
echo "Message has been sent";

dear i m also facing this problem ,but not geting any solution — Yogesh Prajapati, May 30 '16 at 06:06
What kind of host are you on? They might have out-going SMTP blocked (*I know this is a thing as one of the hosts I use for VPS's blocks all outgoing SMTP, I have to ask them to unblock it for specific instances.*). — Darren, May 30 '16 at 06:13
Can you test this with data you surely know to be correct? Can you test this with other SMTP servers like yahoo as well? — Lajos Arpad, May 30 '16 at 10:53
@PuneetChawla know check my answer and run the code ....in my case its working perfectly — Yogesh Prajapati, May 30 '16 at 10:53
Possible duplicate of [PHPMailer on godaddy server, setup correctly?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10984352/phpmailer-on-godaddy-server-setup-correctly) — Synchro, May 31 '16 at 08:14

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered May 30 '16 at 06:22

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Try phpmailer in debug mode to check the error

$mail->SMTPDebug = 3;       // Enable verbose debug output

answered May 30 '16 at 06:22

Ranjeet Singh

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Could you please elaborate more your answer adding a little more description about the solution you provide? – abarisone May 30 '16 at 07:15
Out of the answers posted, this is the only one going in the right direction, but it should be a comment. – Synchro May 30 '16 at 08:13
@Synchro Agree with you. This simple line help you to debug phpmailer. It basically gives verbose error to help you trace the bug or error. – Ranjeet Singh May 30 '16 at 09:52
Thanks for replying Ranjeet. I discussed with my friend and he told, there is a need to do some setting on godaddy server (configuration email). That's why It's not working. – Puneet Chawla May 30 '16 at 14:41

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered May 30 '16 at 10:52

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First logout the your gmail account

then open this url use this yrl

click the continue button

Next change the port and SMTPsecure

$mail->SMTPSecure = "tls";
$mail->Port = 587;

answered May 30 '16 at 10:52

Yogesh Prajapati

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Thanks for replying Yogesh. I discussed with my friend and he told, there is a need to do some setting on godaddy server (configuration email). That's why It's not working. I tried by changing SMTPSecure and Port but it doesn't work. – Puneet Chawla May 30 '16 at 14:40
@PuneetChawla try to this process once ...because in my case same problem i get ,but using this process i am send mail without any error – Yogesh Prajapati May 31 '16 at 03:22
Okay yogesh. I will try as soon as possible and will let you know surely. – Puneet Chawla May 31 '16 at 07:53
This will not work; the problem is that the OP is on GoDaddy, it's nothing to do with google settings. – Synchro May 31 '16 at 08:12
@Synchro i know that but in my case its working perfectly :) – Yogesh Prajapati May 31 '16 at 08:18
That's irrelevant. It's not you asking the question. – Synchro May 31 '16 at 08:20
@YogeshPrajapati - I have tried yogesh. It's still not working. – Puneet Chawla May 31 '16 at 10:00

score 0 · Answer 3 · edited Jun 20 '20 at 09:12

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The Gmail Help :

Still can't send mail?

If you tried configuring your SMTP server on port 465 (with SSL/TLS) and port 587 (with STARTTLS), but are still having trouble sending mail, try configuring your SMTP to use port 25 (with SSL/TLS).

edited Jun 20 '20 at 09:12

Community

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answered May 30 '16 at 06:06

Jonathan Zhao

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Thanks for replying. I tried 465/587/25 but no one works. – Puneet Chawla May 30 '16 at 06:08
try to connection smtp link in server, https://support.google.com/mail/answer/78775 the last answer – Jonathan Zhao May 30 '16 at 06:15

score 0 · Answer 4 · edited May 23 '17 at 10:29

This question failed to do a basic search and missed a vital piece of information later mentioned in comments: the OP is using GoDaddy. GoDaddy is well known to block outbound SMTP, so any suggestions relating to switching port numbers or security protocols will not help. You need to read other questions on GoDaddy's mail handling, and read their support documentation, which will push you in the direction of using GoDaddy's mail servers (using securehosting domains) or via localhost as a relay to the same. All of this is also covered in the PHPMailer troubleshooting guide.

In future, search before posting, as per the SO guidelines.

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