Title: Connectivity tests always fail?
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# Connectivity tests always fail?

 *  [gravitylover](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gravitylover/)
 * (@gravitylover)
 * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/connectivity-tests-always-fail/)
 * 1. the default name for outgoing mail server should be changed from [http://www.googleapis.com](http://www.googleapis.com)
   to smtp.gmail.com
 * 2. The tests for status on ports 25, 465 and 587 will always fail since portquiz
   does not support these:
    [http://portquiz.net:25](http://portquiz.net:25) [http://portquiz.net:465](http://portquiz.net:465)
   [http://portquiz.net:587](http://portquiz.net:587)
 * 3. The Service Available fails too, even though ports 25, 465 and 587 are indeed
   open
    [http://prntscr.com/9jy2x0](http://prntscr.com/9jy2x0) [http://pastebin.com/54L6MzRv](http://pastebin.com/54L6MzRv)
   port 25 open port 465 open port 587 open
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/postman-smtp/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/postman-smtp/)

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 *  Thread Starter [gravitylover](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gravitylover/)
 * (@gravitylover)
 * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/connectivity-tests-always-fail/#post-6890663)
 * Also, AMAZING plugin!
 *  Thread Starter [gravitylover](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gravitylover/)
 * (@gravitylover)
 * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/connectivity-tests-always-fail/#post-6890717)
 * For the Service Available checks, consider using another service for checking
   SMTP ports
    [http://tuq.in/tools/port](http://tuq.in/tools/port)
 * [http://tuq.in/tools/port.json?ip=smtp.gmail.com&port=25](http://tuq.in/tools/port.json?ip=smtp.gmail.com&port=25)
   
   [http://tuq.in/tools/port.json?ip=smtp.gmail.com&port=465](http://tuq.in/tools/port.json?ip=smtp.gmail.com&port=465)
   [http://tuq.in/tools/port.json?ip=smtp.gmail.com&port=587](http://tuq.in/tools/port.json?ip=smtp.gmail.com&port=587)

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