I have the same error message but I am only sending one email.
Can you help me? I am new to this!
Thank you, Yvette
Versions:
WordPress: 5.4.2
WordPress MS: No
PHP: 7.2.31
WP Mail SMTP: 2.1.1
Params:
Mailer: smtp
Constants: No
ErrorInfo: SMTP connect() failed. https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/wiki/Troubleshooting
Host: SMTP.EDUCATETX.COM
Port: 465
SMTPSecure: ssl
SMTPAutoTLS: bool(true)
SMTPAuth: bool(true)
Server:
OpenSSL: OpenSSL 1.0.2k 26 Jan 2017
Apache.mod_security: No
Debug:
Mailer: Other SMTP
SMTP connect() failed. https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/wiki/Troubleshooting
SMTP Debug:
2020-07-03 13:28:49 Connection: opening to ssl://SMTP.EDUCATETX.COM:465, timeout=300, options=array ()
2020-07-03 13:28:49 Connection failed. Error #2: stream_socket_client(): unable to connect to ssl://SMTP.EDUCATETX.COM:465 (Connection refused) [/data/user8/2020/170/21217/wordpress/.56430231c6455021b5840a91bd1aed94/wp-includes/class-smtp.php line 298]
2020-07-03 13:28:49 SMTP ERROR: Failed to connect to server: Connection refused (111)
SMTP connect() failed. https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/wiki/Troubleshooting
