Email Options - SMTP relay issues
 

Hi Guys, I'm currently using vBulletin CMS version 4.1.10 on GoDaddy's Linux 4G hosting.

I just found out today that if I sent out a mass mail to my users (through GoDaddy's relay) that I am limited to 1000 emails per 24 hours.
Now to get around this, I am able to use my work's relay service.

As an alternative, I have tried to enable SMTP for outgoing mail so I have configured the proper fields in the Email options to do so; including mail server, user, password and port 2500 for sending mail.

I am receiving the following error message:

Emailing
Showing Users 1 to 1 of 1

1 - <user name here> ...... Emailing
Warning: fsockopen() [function.fsockopen]: unable to connect
to tcp:72.29.235.239:2500 (Connection refused) in
[path]/includes/class_mail.php on line 742
Okay


LINE 742 states:
$this->smtpSocket = fsockopen(($this->secure == 'ssl' ? 'ssl://' : 'tcp://') . $this->smtpHost, $this->smtpPort, $errno, $errstr, 30);


The page eventually refreshes and says emails sent successfully but I never actually get them.

Is there something I can do?

Thanks,

Chris

Well, the error message looks like vb isn't able to connect to that server. Normally a mail server would be protected to control who can use it. Do you think that it shouldn't be reufusing your connection?

Just to correct slightly to what kh99 said. Its not "vBulletin" that can't connect, its the server/php.

Godaddy Blocks ALL outgoing smtp connections, I believe.

Hi all, thanks for the responses.

The SMTP relay I use for sure doesn't block usage. I set up the domain and accounts myself as we are a reseller on a hosting provider.

I have emailed GoDaddy about this issue and haven't heard back from them yet. I will probably give them a call regarding this to see if I can figure out the issue.

it might be very true that they don't allow connections to SMTP outgoing unless its from their ports 25, 80 and 3535.

I will let you know the updates as I receive them.

Chris

How does it validate a connecting server?

It might be GoDaddy (I don't know a lot about that), but why would it block port 2500?

ETA: nevermind, it doesn't matter - I'm able to connect to your server via telnet so it seems something else (like GoDaddy) must be blocking you.

UPDATE:

Godaddy does in fact block outgoing ports on their Shared hosting. You need to use port 25, 80 or 3535 for relay.

Unfortunately to bypass this I would have to upgrade to their Dedicated or Virtual dedicated hosting, and to be honest, I'm not interested in spending 30-40 dollars a month on that lol.

Thanks for your help guys, much appreciated.

You could switch to hostgator... Hell, they'll even transfer your files for you too if you want.

port 80 works best with godaddy