Title: Using Microsoft SMTP Server
Last modified: May 15, 2026

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# Using Microsoft SMTP Server

 *  [Mike Meinz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mikemeinz/)
 * (@mikemeinz)
 * [3 days, 1 hour ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-microsoft-smtp-server/)
 * I am hoping someone has used the Simple SMTP plugin to send emails using the 
   Microsoft 365 business SMTP server from a GoDaddy hosted website and can give
   me some tips. 
   The Microsoft business SMTP server is <myhostname>-com.mail.protection.
   outlook.com. We have on-premises copier machines that are able to send emails
   using that SMTP server, port 25, without any login credentials. On the GoDaddy
   webserver, using the Simple SMTP plugin, I have tried with and without my business
   email account’s username/password (The email account is hosted by Microsoft).
   I have tried both port 25 and 587. I have tried tls, ssl. and none. Nothing appears
   in the Simple SMTP log in the WordPress Dashboard. Nothing appears in the PHP
   error_log or debug.log. The page that causes the email to be sent times out after
   60 seconds (HTML Status Code 504 from the CDN server).Veyr much appreciate any
   tips you can offer me.. Thanks!!!

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 * Last activity: [3 days, 1 hour ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-microsoft-smtp-server/)
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