WireMailSmtp ERROR: SMTP settings did not work.

[mrkhan]

Hello,

I have WireMailSmtp 0.3.0

I am trying to connect to Microsoft Hosted emails and doing bellow settings

SMTP HostName: smtp.office365.com
Port: 25
SMTP user: full email address
SMTP password: email password

But when i try to test connection I got the error 
ERROR: SMTP settings did not work.
could not connect to the host "smtp.office365.com": Connection refused

I am able to login to outlook online with the same user and password.

I just want to send email through SMTP

How to fix this issue? your help will be highly appreciated.

Thanks

 

[flydev]

Hi,

The used settings (port) look not secure.

 

try theses settings : 

 

[Rudy]

@mrkhan please refer to 
https://support.office.com/en-us/article/POP-IMAP-and-SMTP-settings-for-Outlook-com-d088b986-291d-42b8-9564-9c414e2aa040

Specifically:

• SMTP server name smtp-mail.outlook.com

• SMTP port 587

• SMTP encryption method STARTTLS

[adrian]

I can confirm that @Rudy suggestions work here. In fact smtp-mail.outlook.com seems to be one of the last SMTP servers that actually still works when called from a web app. I haven't had any luck with gmail's service recently. In fact, I have completely abandoned SMTP and use MailGun for everything these days - it's much faster via the API, than an SMTP call (no delay for the user), is free for 10,000 sends a month. The only downside is the initially setting up of domain records if you're not familiar with it or don't have access to change them.

[Rudy]

Sparkpost and AWS SES SMTP also work as well. 

[wbmnfktr]

I use WireMailSmtp successfully with the following services/webhosting providers:

• Gmail (@gmail.com)
• Google for Domains (Google Apps)
• Yandex for Domains
• Outlook.com (Freemail)
• Strato (Webhosting, DE)
• 1&1 (Webhosting, DE)
• Checkdomain (Webhosting, DE)
• webgo (Webhosting, DE)
• Dreamhost (Webhosting, US)
• A2hosting (Webhosting, US)