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Below is the error I am getting when running a test email. I’ve contacted 123reg and they say everything is enabled for this to work, so must be a wp mail smtp issue.
Versions:
WordPress: 5.5.1
WordPress MS: No
PHP: 7.3.23
WP Mail SMTP: 2.5.1
Params:
Mailer: smtp
Constants: Yes
ErrorInfo: SMTP connect() failed. https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/wiki/Troubleshooting
Host: smtp.123-reg.co.uk
Port: 465
SMTPSecure: SSL
SMTPAutoTLS: bool(true)
SMTPAuth: bool(true)
Server:
OpenSSL: OpenSSL 1.1.1d 10 Sep 2019
Apache.mod_security: No
Debug:
Mailer: Other SMTP
SMTP connect() failed. https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/wiki/Troubleshooting
SMTP Debug:
2020-11-30 13:48:52 Connection: opening to smtp.123-reg.co.uk:465, timeout=300, options=array()
2020-11-30 13:48:53 Connection failed. Error #2: stream_socket_client(): unable to connect to smtp.123-reg.co.uk:465 (Connection refused) [/home/qmsv39phq62b/public_html/wp-includes/PHPMailer/SMTP.php line 344]
2020-11-30 13:48:53 SMTP ERROR: Failed to connect to server: Connection refused (111)
SMTP connect() failed. https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/wiki/Troubleshooting