mail trying to send on port 26, reagrdless of authentication settings

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hello there,

WORDPRESS Version 4.9.6
PLUGIN Version 1.2.5

I’m getting an SMTP connect() failed error when trying to send a test email, i have the correct username and password for the account, and have noticed that when i change the authentication settings, the debug info says this, regardless of the authentication/encryption setting:

ErrorInfo: SMTP connect() failed. https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/wiki/Troubleshooting
Host: mail.****SERVER****.com
Port: 26
SMTPSecure: tls
SMTPAutoTLS: bool(true)
SMTPAuth: bool(true)

am i correct in thinking that the port should change to 465 when i have the settings set to authenticate using TLS/SSL?

thanks in advance