Title: Test email error
Last modified: September 1, 2016

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# Test email error

 *  Resolved [Nela](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nelchee/)
 * (@nelchee)
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/test-email-error-2/)
 * I’m using a Google Apps account (the domain is on GoDaddy, if that helps).
 * I’m getting an error with the test email:
 * **Connection: opening to smtp.gmail.com:587, timeout=300, options=array ( ‘ssl’
   => array ( ‘verify_peer’ => false, ‘verify_peer_name’ => false, ‘allow_self_signed’
   => true, ),)
    SMTP ERROR: Failed to connect to server: Network is unreachable(
   101) SMTP connect() failed. [https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/wiki/Troubleshooting](https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/wiki/Troubleshooting)
 * Server info:
    **OS: Linux srebro.avalon.hr 2.6.32-642.1.1.el6.x86_64 #1 SMP Tue
   May 31 21:57:07 UTC 2016 x86_64 PHP version: 5.6.23 WordPress version: 4.5.3 
   WordPress multisite: No openssl: Available allow_url_fopen: Enabled stream_socket_client:
   Available fsockopen: Available
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/gmail-smtp/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/gmail-smtp/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Noor Alam](https://wordpress.org/support/users/naa986/)
 * (@naa986)
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/test-email-error-2/#post-7637478)
 * Hi, This might help: [https://wordpress.org/support/topic/connection-refused111-error](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/connection-refused111-error)
 *  Thread Starter [Nela](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nelchee/)
 * (@nelchee)
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/test-email-error-2/#post-7637552)
 * It doesn’t help. It essentially says “if your website is hosted on GoDaddy, then
   this plugin won’t work”.
    (The website is not hosted on GoDaddy, but the domain
   is registered on GoDaddy, and MX records are set to Google).
 * Also, please notice it’s not the same error. My error is not “Connection refused(
   111)”, but **“Network is unreachable (101)”**. I can’t find any reference in 
   your documentation to this specific error.
 * Do you confirm that this is the issue that has something to do with GoDaddy being
   unable to accurately point to Gmail SMTP so this method won’t work?
 *  Plugin Author [Noor Alam](https://wordpress.org/support/users/naa986/)
 * (@naa986)
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/test-email-error-2/#post-7637574)
 * Well, Who is your hosting provider? Can you please contact them to see if this
   port is blocked on the server?
 *  Thread Starter [Nela](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nelchee/)
 * (@nelchee)
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/test-email-error-2/#post-7637578)
 * Hi,
    the plug-in started acting up and increased the website loading time by 
   30 seconds (!) – when I deactivated it, it came back to normal. I won’t be using
   it.
 * Luckily, I don’t need it anyway, because the hosting company allows the mail 
   function through without the need for SMTP.

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## Tags

 * [gmail](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/gmail/)
 * [google apps](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/google-apps/)
 * [test email](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/test-email/)

 * 4 replies
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [Nela](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nelchee/)
 * Last activity: [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/test-email-error-2/#post-7637578)
 * Status: resolved