Title: SMTP connection problems
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# SMTP connection problems

 *  Resolved [DoubleOhDave](https://wordpress.org/support/users/doubleohdave/)
 * (@doubleohdave)
 * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/smtp-connection-problems/)
 * Whenever I try to send mail through a third party SMTP I keep getting the same
   error – this is for both Amazon SES and Mandrill, and for all ports and security
   settings:
 * Error Sending Message SMTP works with MailPoet to [MYEMAIL@gmail.com](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/smtp-connection-problems/MYEMAIL@gmail.com?output_format=md)
   | SMTP Error: Could not connect to SMTP host. |
    Warning: fsockopen() [function.
   fsockopen]: unable to connect to smtp.mandrillapp.com:587 (Connection refused)
   in /home/content/13/8475413/html/MYDOMAIN.biz/wp-content/plugins/wysija-newsletters/
   inc/phpmailer/class.smtp.php on line 123 Error Sending Message SMTP works with
   MailPoet to [MYEMAIL@gmail.com](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/smtp-connection-problems/MYEMAIL@gmail.com?output_format=md)
   | SMTP Error: Could not connect to SMTP host. | Warning: fsockopen() [function.
   fsockopen]: unable to connect to smtp.mandrillapp.com:587 (Connection refused)
   in /home/content/13/8475413/html/MYDOMAIN.biz/wp-content/plugins/wysija-newsletters/
   inc/phpmailer/class.smtp.php on line 123
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/wysija-newsletters/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wysija-newsletters/)

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 *  [Gustavo Bordoni](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bordoni/)
 * (@bordoni)
 * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/smtp-connection-problems/#post-4868689)
 * Hi,
 * For more complex issues we recommend you to send us an message via our Ticket
   System:
 * [http://support.mailpoet.com/feedback/](http://support.mailpoet.com/feedback/)

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## Tags

 * [amazon ses](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/amazon-ses/)
 * [godaddy](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/godaddy/)
 * [mandrill](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/mandrill/)

 * 1 reply
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [Gustavo Bordoni](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bordoni/)
 * Last activity: [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/smtp-connection-problems/#post-4868689)
 * Status: resolved