GoDaddy WordPress Install w/ Disabled “mail() function”

Hi windowsx.com,

We will take a look and be in touch. Thanks!

Alicia R.
Go Daddy Hosting

Figured it out. Guess I was tired when I was using the WP-Mail-SMTP plugin and didnt try all the combinations.

Here is what you need to do with GoDaddy:
1. Set up an email address in your Hosting account, I used one of my Free Email with domain credits
2. Install the WP-Mail-SMTP plug from here or uSearchIt
2a. Basically you download the file and drop it into your wp-content\plugins\ folder
3. Activate the plugin within WP by logging in and going to the Plugins to activate it
4. After activating the plugin go to Settings – Email
5. Enter the email from step 1 into the “From Email” field
6. Enter your “From Name”
7. Select “Send All WordPress Emails via SMTP”
8. In the “SMTP Host” field enter “relay-hosting.secureserver.net”
9. For “Authentication” choose “Yes: Use SMTP authentication.”
10. In “Username” enter the email address from step 1 again, same as step 5
11. In the “Password” field enter the password you use for the email login (SECURITY NOTE: this is saved in clear text in the UI)
12. Click “Update Options”
13. Test by entering an email address you can access in the “To” box under the “Send a Test Email” section
14. Click “Send Test”

You might received a message that makes it sound like the email failed but when you check you mailbox it should be there. You might also get a message in the mailbox in step 1 that also sounds like the send might have failed, dont worry though if you received it in the other box. Just dont change the settings after it works for retreiving the email.

Here is what I receive in the WP UI when the test message is sent:
————————————————————–
Test Message Sent

The result was:

bool(true)
The SMTP debugging output is shown below:

SMTP -> FROM SERVER:
220 p3smtphosting04-02.prod.phx3.secureserver.net ESMTP
SMTP -> FROM SERVER:
250-p3smtphosting04-02.prod.phx3.secureserver.net
250-PIPELINING
250-SIZE 30457280
250 8BITMIME
SMTP -> ERROR: AUTH not accepted from server: 502 unimplemented (#5.5.1)

SMTP -> FROM SERVER:
250 flushed
SMTP -> FROM SERVER:
250 ok
SMTP -> FROM SERVER:
250 ok
SMTP -> FROM SERVER:
354 go ahead punk, make my day
SMTP -> FROM SERVER:
250 ok 1220684469 qp 31722 by p3smtphosting04-02.prod.phx3.secureserver.net
SMTP -> FROM SERVER:
221 p3smtphosting04-02.prod.phx3.secureserver.net Goodbye.
————————————————————–

Here is what is received by the email address in the To box for the test email:
————————————————————–
Subject: WP Mail SMTP: Test mail to [email protected]
Body: This is a test email generated by the WP Mail SMTP WordPress plugin.
————————————————————–

This was a huge help for me!! THANK YOU!!!

I’ve got all of this set up and it still seems to be failing with this UI output…

Test Message Sent

The result was:

bool(false)

The full debugging output is shown below:

object(PHPMailer)#109 (44) {
[“Priority”]=>
int(3)
[“CharSet”]=>
string(5) “UTF-8”
[“ContentType”]=>
string(10) “text/plain”
[“Encoding”]=>
string(4) “8bit”
[“ErrorInfo”]=>
string(44) “Language string failed to load: connect_host”
[“From”]=>
string(29) “[email protected]”
[“FromName”]=>
string(12) “Vast Reality”
[“Sender”]=>
string(0) “”
[“Subject”]=>
string(56) “WP Mail SMTP: Test mail to [email protected]”
[“Body”]=>
string(68) “This is a test email generated by the WP Mail SMTP WordPress plugin.”
[“AltBody”]=>
string(0) “”
[“WordWrap”]=>
int(0)
[“Mailer”]=>
string(4) “smtp”
[“Sendmail”]=>
string(18) “/usr/sbin/sendmail”
[“PluginDir”]=>
string(0) “”
[“Version”]=>
string(5) “2.0.2”
[“ConfirmReadingTo”]=>
string(0) “”
[“Hostname”]=>
string(0) “”
[“MessageID”]=>
string(0) “”
[“Host”]=>
string(30) “relay-hosting.secureserver.net”
[“Port”]=>
string(0) “”
[“Helo”]=>
string(0) “”
[“SMTPSecure”]=>
string(0) “”
[“SMTPAuth”]=>
bool(true)
[“Username”]=>
string(29) “xxxxxxxxxx” (Email here)
[“Password”]=>
string(9) “xxxxxxxxxx” (Password Here)
[“Timeout”]=>
int(10)
[“SMTPDebug”]=>
int(2)
[“SMTPKeepAlive”]=>
bool(false)
[“SingleTo”]=>
bool(false)
[“smtp”]=>
object(SMTP)#110 (7) {
[“SMTP_PORT”]=>
int(25)
[“CRLF”]=>
string(2) “
“
[“do_debug”]=>
int(2)
[“do_verp”]=>
bool(false)
[“smtp_conn”]=>
resource(105) of type (stream)
[“error”]=>
NULL
[“helo_rply”]=>
string(77) “250-smtpout17-02.prod.mesa1.secureserver.net
250-PIPELINING
250 8BITMIME
“
}
[“to”]=>
array(1) {
[0]=>
array(2) {
[0]=>
string(29) “[email protected]”
[1]=>
string(0) “”
}
}
[“cc”]=>
array(0) {
}
[“bcc”]=>
array(0) {
}
[“ReplyTo”]=>
array(0) {
}
[“attachment”]=>
array(0) {
}
[“CustomHeader”]=>
array(0) {
}
[“message_type”]=>
string(5) “plain”
[“boundary”]=>
array(2) {
[1]=>
string(35) “b1_433cb721bd7852a9dde7c664a7287a87”
[2]=>
string(35) “b2_433cb721bd7852a9dde7c664a7287a87”
}
[“language”]=>
array(0) {
}
[“error_count”]=>
int(4)
[“LE”]=>
string(1) “
“
[“sign_key_file”]=>
string(0) “”
[“sign_key_pass”]=>
string(0) “”
}

The SMTP debugging output is shown below:

SMTP -> FROM SERVER:
220 smtpout17-02.prod.mesa1.secureserver.net ESMTP
SMTP -> FROM SERVER:
250-smtpout17-02.prod.mesa1.secureserver.net
250-PIPELINING
250 8BITMIME
SMTP -> ERROR: AUTH not accepted from server: 502 unimplemented (#5.5.1)

SMTP -> FROM SERVER:
250 flushed

Any Ideas? I’m running the newest version of the email plug in and also am running WP 2.7.

GoDaddy was able to figure out my issue. Since i’m hosting my own web server, I needed to use the host smtpout.secureserver.net on port 80 and turn authentication on.

Thanks ??

are you on linux or windows with godaddy?

I am on windows and having email issues.

tryforce09,

What type of email issues are you having?

I have similar problems. On Godaddy with a shared linux account and the email function seems to be intermittent.

Sometimes on user registrations both the user and I (admin) receive an email, sometimes the user doesn’t but I do. Sometimes neither recieves an email.

Is there a setup in the Godaddy configuration that needs to be tweaked?

this has been going on since I installed months ago.

I called Godaddy and they claim its not their issue, but I believe it is.

Now on version 2.7 but the problems are still there.

I’d like to get you in touch with someone who can look in to this further. Please provide the domain name and we will be in contact with you.

I opened a ticket with you today. You can check that out ID: 5662047

@vivid,
Thanks so much for posting your solution. It solved my problem as well!

I opened a ticket with you today. You can check that out ID: 5662047

I wanted to follow up with the information our team gave you last week when we contacted you. This should help out other users as they stumble upon this thread.
https://help.godaddy.com/article/951

My email is still not working, even after trying windowsx.com’s instructions. Below is the test result. Has anyone found another resolution for this issue?

Test Message Sent

The result was:

bool(false)
The full debugging output is shown below:

object(PHPMailer)#81 (44) {
[“Priority”]=>
int(3)
[“CharSet”]=>
string(5) “UTF-8”
[“ContentType”]=>
string(10) “text/plain”
[“Encoding”]=>
string(4) “8bit”
[“ErrorInfo”]=>
string(44) “Language string failed to load: connect_host”
[“From”]=>
string(24) “[email protected]”
[“FromName”]=>
string(14) “Food Itinerary”
[“Sender”]=>
string(0) “”
[“Subject”]=>
string(45) “WP Mail SMTP: Test mail to [email protected]”
[“Body”]=>
string(68) “This is a test email generated by the WP Mail SMTP WordPress plugin.”
[“AltBody”]=>
string(0) “”
[“WordWrap”]=>
int(0)
[“Mailer”]=>
string(4) “smtp”
[“Sendmail”]=>
string(18) “/usr/sbin/sendmail”
[“PluginDir”]=>
string(0) “”
[“Version”]=>
string(5) “2.0.2”
[“ConfirmReadingTo”]=>
string(0) “”
[“Hostname”]=>
string(0) “”
[“MessageID”]=>
string(0) “”
[“Host”]=>
string(30) “relay-hosting.secureserver.net”
[“Port”]=>
int(25)
[“Helo”]=>
string(0) “”
[“SMTPSecure”]=>
string(0) “”
[“SMTPAuth”]=>
bool(true)
[“Username”]=>
string(24) “[email protected]”
[“Password”]=>
string(6) “mickey”
[“Timeout”]=>
int(10)
[“SMTPDebug”]=>
int(2)
[“SMTPKeepAlive”]=>
bool(false)
[“SingleTo”]=>
bool(false)
[“smtp”]=>
object(SMTP)#82 (7) {
[“SMTP_PORT”]=>
int(25)
[“CRLF”]=>
string(2) “
“
[“do_debug”]=>
int(2)
[“do_verp”]=>
bool(false)
[“smtp_conn”]=>
resource(89) of type (stream)
[“error”]=>
NULL
[“helo_rply”]=>
string(97) “250-p3nlsmtp03.shr.prod.phx3.secureserver.net
250-PIPELINING
250-SIZE 31457280
250 8BITMIME
“
}
[“to”]=>
array(1) {
[0]=>
array(2) {
[0]=>
string(18) “[email protected]”
[1]=>
string(0) “”
}
}
[“cc”]=>
array(0) {
}
[“bcc”]=>
array(0) {
}
[“ReplyTo”]=>
array(0) {
}
[“attachment”]=>
array(0) {
}
[“CustomHeader”]=>
array(0) {
}
[“message_type”]=>
string(5) “plain”
[“boundary”]=>
array(2) {
[1]=>
string(35) “b1_2fe142b0d269a6d2af44e01e4f04c517”
[2]=>
string(35) “b2_2fe142b0d269a6d2af44e01e4f04c517”
}
[“language”]=>
array(0) {
}
[“error_count”]=>
int(4)
[“LE”]=>
string(1) “
“
[“sign_key_file”]=>
string(0) “”
[“sign_key_pass”]=>
string(0) “”
}
The SMTP debugging output is shown below:

SMTP -> FROM SERVER:
220 p3nlsmtp03.shr.prod.phx3.secureserver.net ESMTP
SMTP -> FROM SERVER:
250-p3nlsmtp03.shr.prod.phx3.secureserver.net
250-PIPELINING
250-SIZE 31457280
250 8BITMIME
SMTP -> ERROR: AUTH not accepted from server: 502 unimplemented (#5.5.1)

SMTP -> FROM SERVER:
250 flushed

Thank you! I got my blog to email using this plugin, but I used the following settings on my godaddy shared windows server:

Step 1-8: just as windowsx.com posted
Step 9: select “no encryption”
Step 10: select No: Do not use SMTP authentication

Do not enter a username or password.

I guess this is a little less secure, but it worked for me. Thanks!

I’m facing the same problem. I’ve tried all the possible ways that are given in this forum but none of them worked for me. I also tried “relay-hosting.secureserver.net” with No SSL and No Encryption, This worked for “testing e-mail” and for “recovering your password link e-mail” , but there it stops. My new members cannot receive an e-mail of registering and i cannot retrieve my own password ( i had to change it from phpMyAdmin to access my blog).
GoDaddy sent me an e-mail about the correct ports an servers but they don’t work. Any help would be very usefull, since this is a priority topic for blog owners.

Thank you in advance,
Lia, Athens-Greece