Plugin not working in SMTP mod

I am trying to use the SMTP with Mandrill App to handle email notifications. I setup the SMTP info according to their directions and I get an error message saying I cannot connect. I tried it on another SMTP account has well that I know works and I get the same error message. I include the debugging output below, the site is hosted on MediaTemple GS. I removed some email info from the below for obvious reasons.

Test Message Sent
The result was:
bool(false)
The full debugging output is shown below:
object(PHPMailer)#426 (65) {
[“Priority”]=>
int(3)
[“CharSet”]=>
string(5) “UTF-8”
[“ContentType”]=>
string(10) “text/plain”
[“Encoding”]=>
string(4) “8bit”
[“ErrorInfo”]=>
string(43) “SMTP Error: Could not connect to SMTP host.”
[“From”]=>
string(23) “[email protected]”
[“FromName”]=>
string(18) “CMC FTP (Planroom)”
[“Sender”]=>
string(23) “[email protected]”
[“ReturnPath”]=>
string(0) “”
[“Subject”]=>
string(50) “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) “”
[“MIMEBody”:protected]=>
string(69) “This is a test email generated by the WP Mail SMTP WordPress plugin.
“
[“MIMEHeader”:protected]=>
string(479) “Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2014 17:45:42 +0000
Return-Path: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
From: “CMC FTP (Planroom)”
Subject: WP Mail SMTP: Test mail to [email protected]
Message-ID:
X-Priority: 3
X-Mailer: PHPMailer 5.2.4 (https://code.google.com/a/apache-extras.org/p/phpmailer/)
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8

“
[“mailHeader”:protected]=>
string(0) “”
[“WordWrap”]=>
int(0)
[“Mailer”]=>
string(4) “smtp”
[“Sendmail”]=>
string(18) “/usr/sbin/sendmail”
[“UseSendmailOptions”]=>
bool(true)
[“PluginDir”]=>
string(0) “”
[“ConfirmReadingTo”]=>
string(0) “”
[“Hostname”]=>
string(0) “”
[“MessageID”]=>
string(0) “”
[“MessageDate”]=>
string(0) “”
[“Host”]=>
string(20) “smtp.mandrillapp.com”
[“Port”]=>
string(3) “587”
[“Helo”]=>
string(0) “”
[“SMTPSecure”]=>
string(3) “ssl”
[“SMTPAuth”]=>
bool(true)
[“Username”]=>
string(23) “username”
[“Password”]=>
string(22) “password”
[“AuthType”]=>
string(0) “”
[“Realm”]=>
string(0) “”
[“Workstation”]=>
string(0) “”
[“Timeout”]=>
int(10)
[“SMTPDebug”]=>
bool(true)
[“Debugoutput”]=>
string(4) “echo”
[“SMTPKeepAlive”]=>
bool(false)
[“SingleTo”]=>
bool(false)
[“SingleToArray”]=>
array(0) {
}
[“LE”]=>
string(1) “
“
[“DKIM_selector”]=>
string(0) “”
[“DKIM_identity”]=>
string(0) “”
[“DKIM_passphrase”]=>
string(0) “”
[“DKIM_domain”]=>
string(0) “”
[“DKIM_private”]=>
string(0) “”
[“action_function”]=>
string(0) “”
[“Version”]=>
string(5) “5.2.4”
[“XMailer”]=>
string(0) “”
[“smtp”:protected]=>
object(SMTP)#425 (11) {
[“SMTP_PORT”]=>
int(25)
[“CRLF”]=>
string(2) “
“
[“do_debug”]=>
bool(true)
[“Debugoutput”]=>
string(4) “echo”
[“do_verp”]=>
bool(false)
[“Timeout”]=>
int(10)
[“Timelimit”]=>
int(30)
[“Version”]=>
string(5) “5.2.4”
[“smtp_conn”:”SMTP”:private]=>
bool(false)
[“error”:”SMTP”:private]=>
array(1) {
[“error”]=>
string(38) “Called Reset() without being connected”
}
[“helo_rply”:”SMTP”:private]=>
NULL
}
[“to”:protected]=>
array(1) {
[0]=>
array(2) {
[0]=>
string(23) “[email protected]”
[1]=>
string(0) “”
}
}
[“cc”:protected]=>
array(0) {
}
[“bcc”:protected]=>
array(0) {
}
[“ReplyTo”:protected]=>
array(0) {
}
[“all_recipients”:protected]=>
array(1) {
[“[email protected]”]=>
bool(true)
}
[“attachment”:protected]=>
array(0) {
}
[“CustomHeader”:protected]=>
array(0) {
}
[“message_type”:protected]=>
string(5) “plain”
[“boundary”:protected]=>
array(3) {
[1]=>
string(35) “b1_b44c0cce8cc7a7fcfd6dea5abc259360”
[2]=>
string(35) “b2_b44c0cce8cc7a7fcfd6dea5abc259360”
[3]=>
string(35) “b3_b44c0cce8cc7a7fcfd6dea5abc259360”
}
[“language”:protected]=>
array(18) {
[“authenticate”]=>
string(35) “SMTP Error: Could not authenticate.”
[“connect_host”]=>
string(43) “SMTP Error: Could not connect to SMTP host.”
[“data_not_accepted”]=>
string(30) “SMTP Error: Data not accepted.”
[“empty_message”]=>
string(18) “Message body empty”
[“encoding”]=>
string(18) “Unknown encoding: “
[“execute”]=>
string(19) “Could not execute: “
[“file_access”]=>
string(23) “Could not access file: “
[“file_open”]=>
string(33) “File Error: Could not open file: “
[“from_failed”]=>
string(35) “The following From address failed: “
[“instantiate”]=>
string(36) “Could not instantiate mail function.”
[“invalid_address”]=>
string(15) “Invalid address”
[“mailer_not_supported”]=>
string(25) ” mailer is not supported.”
[“provide_address”]=>
string(54) “You must provide at least one recipient email address.”
[“recipients_failed”]=>
string(45) “SMTP Error: The following recipients failed: “
[“signing”]=>
string(15) “Signing Error: “
[“smtp_connect_failed”]=>
string(22) “SMTP Connect() failed.”
[“smtp_error”]=>
string(19) “SMTP server error: “
[“variable_set”]=>
string(30) “Cannot set or reset variable: “
}
[“error_count”:protected]=>
int(2)
[“sign_cert_file”:protected]=>
string(0) “”
[“sign_key_file”:protected]=>
string(0) “”
[“sign_key_pass”:protected]=>
string(0) “”
[“exceptions”:protected]=>
bool(true)
}
The SMTP debugging output is shown below:
SMTP -> ERROR: Failed to connect to server: (0)

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