One will not work

This issue is typically caused by the Apache/PHP host unable to contact the DNS server.

The first thing to check is to see if you can ping the remote host from the server PHP is running on.

Bluehost says there is nothing wrong. But I’m still not getting through to the server. So here is the debug file of a few minutes ago.
Checking for mail manually with debug output

Starting mail fetch

Postie Version: 1.6.10

WordPress Version: 4.1

PHP Version: 5.4.34

OS: Linux box758.bluehost.com 3.12.32.1415814620 #1 SMP Wed Nov 12 11:53:28 CST 2014 x86_64

Debug mode: On

Time: 2015-01-19 16:11:17 GMT

Error log: error_log

Postie is in /home1/cpusacom/public_html/conservativepartywa/wp-content/plugins/postie/

Cron: On

Alternate Cron: Off

iconv: installed

imap: installed

mbstring: installed

wp_content_path: /home1/cpusacom/public_html/conservativepartywa/wp-content

Connecting to box758.bluehost.com :995 (pop3-ssl)

pop3: connection string – {box758.bluehost.com:995/service=pop3/ssl/notls/novalidate-cert}

pop3: disabling GSSAPI

Mail Connection Time Out

Common Reasons: Server Down, Network Issue, Port/Protocol MisMatch

Array
(
[0] => Can not authenticate to POP3 server: [AUTH] Authentication failed.
)

The Server said:

pop3: expunge

pop3: closing connection

There are 0 messages to process

memory at start of email processing:23198304

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[allow_html_in_body] => 1
[allow_html_in_subject] => 1
[allow_subject_in_mail] => 1
[audiotemplate] => {FILENAME}
[audiotypes] => Array
(
[0] => m4a
[1] => mp3
[2] => ogg
[3] => wav
[4] => mpeg
)

[authorized_addresses] => Array
(
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[1] => [email protected]
)

[banned_files_list] => Array
(
)

[confirmation_email] =>
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[converturls] => 1
[custom_image_field] => 0
[default_post_category] => 6
[category_match] => 1
[default_post_tags] => Array
(
)

[default_title] => Live From The Field
[delete_mail_after_processing] => 1
[drop_signature] => 1
[filternewlines] => 1
[forward_rejected_mail] => 1
[icon_set] => silver
[icon_size] => 32
[auto_gallery] => 0
[image_new_window] =>
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[no_wrappers] => <img src=”{THUMBNAIL}” alt=”{CAPTION}” title=”{CAPTION}” class=”attachment” />
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[postie_legacy] => <div class=”postie-image-div”><img src=”{THUMBNAIL}” alt=”{FILENAME}” title=”{FILENAME}” style=”border:none” class=”postie-image” /></div>
[custom] =>
)

[input_protocol] => pop3-ssl
[interval] => twiceperhour
[mail_server] => box758.bluehost.com
[mail_server_port] => 995
[mail_userid] => [email protected]
[mail_password] => )Ste1534Rd(
[maxemails] => 0
[message_start] => :start
[message_end] => :end
[message_encoding] => UTF-8
[message_dequote] => 1
[post_status] => publish
[prefer_text_type] => plain
[return_to_sender] => 0
[role_access] => Array
(
[editor] => 1
)

[selected_audiotemplate] => simple_link
[selected_imagetemplate] => wordpress_default
[selected_video1template] => simple_link
[selected_video2template] => simple_link
[shortcode] => 0
[sig_pattern_list] => Array
(
[0] => –\s?[\r\n]?
[1] => –\s
[2] => —
[3] => —
)

[smtp] => Array
(
)

[start_image_count_at_zero] => 0
[supported_file_types] => Array
(
[0] => application
)

[turn_authorization_off] => 0
[time_offset] => -5
[video1template] => {FILENAME}
[video1types] => Array
(
[0] => mp4
[1] => mpeg4
[2] => 3gp
[3] => 3gpp
[4] => 3gpp2
[5] => 3gp2
[6] => mov
[7] => mpeg
[8] => quicktime
)

[video2template] => {FILENAME}
[video2types] => Array
(
[0] => x-flv
)

[video1templates] => Array
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[simple_link] => {FILENAME}
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[custom] =>
)

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[simple_link] => {FILENAME}
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[flv_embed] => [flv:{FILELINK} 480 270]
[custom] =>
)

[wrap_pre] => 1
[featured_image] => 0
[email_tls] => 0
[post_format] => standard
[post_type] => post
[generaltemplates] => Array
(
[postie_default] => {ICON} {FILENAME}
[simple_link] => {FILENAME}
[custom] =>
)

[generaltemplate] => {ICON} {FILENAME}
[selected_generaltemplate] => postie_default
[generate_thumbnails] => 1
)

Mail fetch complete, 0 emails

memory at end of email processing:23198352

Do you have shell access to run the commands shown in this FAQ?
https://postieplugin.com/faq/postie-wont-connect-mailserver/

Bluehost supports port 995 in POP3-SSL. They recommend its use. I did a screen shot of the Bluehost section instructing that, but can’t attach it here.

It looks like there may be an extra space after the server name. Could you check to ensure this isn’t so.