Title: Could not open socket
Last modified: August 24, 2016

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# Could not open socket

 *  Resolved [saltyone7](https://wordpress.org/support/users/saltyone7/)
 * (@saltyone7)
 * [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/could-not-open-socket-5/)
 * I created a site for client and created multiple forms using Form Maker Pro. 
   The email alerts worked fine for the first few months then my client switched
   over to Google Business for their emails. Then they no longer got email alerts.
   I call Google Business Support and was told they did not accept PHP because they
   weren’t secure.
 * I installed SMTP Postman to see if that would work, but keep getting “Could not
   open socket”. Any suggestion or Ideas on how I can get my clients email alerts
   back up and running?
 * Thanks
    Andre
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/postman-smtp/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/postman-smtp/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Jason Hendriks](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jasonhendriks/)
 * (@jasonhendriks)
 * [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/could-not-open-socket-5/#post-6149101)
 * From [the last time](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/when-testing-email-it-reads-sending-the-message-failed?replies=5)
   you asked me this….
 * This:
 * > smtp:ssl:plain://do*****ts@educatorsoncall.org:*********@smtp.gmail.com:25
 * Won’t work on GoDaddy. Either re-run the Wizard or change it manually to:
    - Transport: Gmail API
    - Authentication: OAuth 2.0
 * That’s your only option to use **Google Apps and GoDaddy together**. You’ll need
   to have your client generate a Client ID for the WordPress site in the [Google Console](https://console.developers.google.com/).
   Follow the instructions in the [FAQ](https://wordpress.org/plugins/postman-smtp/faq/).
 *  Thread Starter [saltyone7](https://wordpress.org/support/users/saltyone7/)
 * (@saltyone7)
 * [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/could-not-open-socket-5/#post-6149219)
 * Jason,
 * So sorry for the late response to your 1st and last post. I happened to look 
   in my spam folder and saw the response. I updated to the new widget and ran the
   wizard It worked perfectly:)
 * Thank You
    Andre
 *  Plugin Author [Jason Hendriks](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jasonhendriks/)
 * (@jasonhendriks)
 * [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/could-not-open-socket-5/#post-6149224)
 * Fantastic 🙂

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 * Last activity: [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/could-not-open-socket-5/#post-6149224)
 * Status: resolved