Title: Email test error
Last modified: April 20, 2018

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# Email test error

 *  [saribschmidt](https://wordpress.org/support/users/saribschmidt/)
 * (@saribschmidt)
 * [8 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/email-test-error-3/)
 * Hi!
 * I got this error message when I do the email test. Could you please help? Thanks!!
 * Versions:
    WordPress: 4.9.5 WordPress MS: No PHP: 5.6.33 WP Mail SMTP: 1.2.5
 * Params:
    Mailer: smtp Constants: No ErrorInfo: SMTP connect() failed. [https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/wiki/Troubleshooting](https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/wiki/Troubleshooting)
   Host: smtp.office365.com Port: 587 SMTPSecure: tls SMTPAutoTLS: bool(true) SMTPAuth:
   bool(false)
 * Server:
    OpenSSL: Yes SMTP Debug: 2018-04-20 05:15:37 Connection: opening to 
   smtp.office365.com:587, timeout=300, options=array ( ) 2018-04-20 05:15:47 Connection:
   Failed to connect to server. Error number 2. “Error notice: stream_socket_client():
   unable to connect to smtp.office365.com:587 (Connection refused) 2018-04-20 05:
   15:47 SMTP ERROR: Failed to connect to server: Connection refused (111) 2018-
   04-20 05:15:47 SMTP connect() failed. [https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/wiki/Troubleshooting](https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/wiki/Troubleshooting)

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 *  [AmandaEve](https://wordpress.org/support/users/amandaeve/)
 * (@amandaeve)
 * [8 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/email-test-error-3/#post-10247247)
 * Following.

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