Hi, Im having the same problem. I am unable to send a test email. I get the bool False message.
My settings are:
From email: info@teaganfea.com
From Name: Teagan Fea
Mailer: Send all WordPress emails via SMTP.
Return Path: Set the return-path to match the From Email
SMTP Host: secure4189.hostgator.com
SMTP Port: 21
Encription: Use SSL encryption.
Authentification: Yes: Use SMTP authentication.
Username & password: used info for hostgator control panel
Here is the debug message:
bool(false)
The full debugging output is shown below:
object(PHPMailer)#427 (69) {
["Version"]=>
string(5) "5.2.7"
["Priority"]=>
int(3)
["CharSet"]=>
string(5) "UTF-8"
["ContentType"]=>
string(10) "text/plain"
["Encoding"]=>
string(4) "8bit"
["ErrorInfo"]=>
string(22) "SMTP connect() failed."
["From"]=>
string(18) "info@teaganfea.com"
["FromName"]=>
string(10) "Teagan Fea"
["Sender"]=>
string(18) "info@teaganfea.com"
["ReturnPath"]=>
string(0) ""
["Subject"]=>
string(49) "WP Mail SMTP: Test mail to teaganfea@yahoo.com.au"
["Body"]=>
string(68) "This is a test email generated by the WP Mail SMTP WordPress plugin."
["AltBody"]=>
string(0) ""
["Ical"]=>
string(0) ""
["MIMEBody":protected]=>
string(69) "This is a test email generated by the WP Mail SMTP WordPress plugin.
"
["MIMEHeader":protected]=>
string(430) "Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2015 22:44:11 +0000
Return-Path:
To: teaganfea@yahoo.com.au
From: Teagan Fea
Subject: WP Mail SMTP: Test mail to teaganfea@yahoo.com.au
Message-ID: <1f5672a62933d61751133d9e909348c5@teaganfea.com>
X-Priority: 3
X-Mailer: PHPMailer 5.2.7 (https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/)
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
Thank you for your help!