Title: Connection Refused(111) Error
Last modified: August 31, 2016

---

# Connection Refused(111) Error

 *  Resolved [ewedige](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ewedige/)
 * (@ewedige)
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/connection-refused111-error/)
 * I get the following error when I try to send the test email. I’m using this with
   Google Apps (a free version grandfathering in for non-profits).
 * >  Connection: opening to smtp.gmail.com:587, timeout=300, options=array ()
   >  
   > SMTP ERROR: Failed to connect to server: Connection refused (111) SMTP connect()
   > failed. [https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/wiki/Troubleshooting](https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/wiki/Troubleshooting)
 * Thanks in advance for your help.
    Eric
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/gmail-smtp/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/gmail-smtp/)

Viewing 5 replies - 1 through 5 (of 5 total)

 *  Thread Starter [ewedige](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ewedige/)
 * (@ewedige)
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/connection-refused111-error/#post-7431294)
 * I did, but when looking through my setup I didn’t see anything stick out. I also
   looked for a similar error in the doc and searched on the internet and haven’s
   found anyone having a similar issue.
 *  Plugin Author [Noor Alam](https://wordpress.org/support/users/naa986/)
 * (@naa986)
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/connection-refused111-error/#post-7431309)
 * Who is your web host? Can you please copy and paste the content of your “Server
   Info” tab?
 *  Thread Starter [ewedige](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ewedige/)
 * (@ewedige)
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/connection-refused111-error/#post-7431332)
 * My web host is GoDaddy. Here’s the info from the server tab:
 * OS: Linux p3plcpnl0245.prod.phx3.secureserver.net 2.6.32-673.8.1.lve1.4.3.el6.
   x86_64 #1 SMP Wed Feb 10 08:57:30 EST 2016 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
 *  Plugin Author [Noor Alam](https://wordpress.org/support/users/naa986/)
 * (@naa986)
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/connection-refused111-error/#post-7431334)
 * Thanks. This might be a similar issue: [https://wordpress.org/support/topic/test-email-not-working-smtp-error-and-connect-failed](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/test-email-not-working-smtp-error-and-connect-failed)
 *  Thread Starter [ewedige](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ewedige/)
 * (@ewedige)
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/connection-refused111-error/#post-7431335)
 * I’ll have to play around with that other plug in this weekend. Looks like it’s
   a “GoDaddy” issue. They do lots of stuff good (I’ve had great luck with their
   tech support), but once in a while….
 * Thank you for the help. I’ll let you know how it goes. I found that other plugin
   when looking for yours, but yours looked like the more secure version.

Viewing 5 replies - 1 through 5 (of 5 total)

The topic ‘Connection Refused(111) Error’ is closed to new replies.

 * ![](https://ps.w.org/gmail-smtp/assets/icon-128x128.png?rev=2432932)
 * [Gmail SMTP](https://wordpress.org/plugins/gmail-smtp/)
 * [Frequently Asked Questions](https://wordpress.org/plugins/gmail-smtp/#faq)
 * [Support Threads](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/gmail-smtp/)
 * [Active Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/gmail-smtp/active/)
 * [Unresolved Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/gmail-smtp/unresolved/)
 * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/gmail-smtp/reviews/)

 * 5 replies
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [ewedige](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ewedige/)
 * Last activity: [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/connection-refused111-error/#post-7431335)
 * Status: resolved