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Thats what I thought but I have already changed the host in the config file to localhost via local IP (127.0.0.1) with the correct database name, username, password.

Another weird thing is the referenced hostname changes depending on the email I get...

Host 'p3nlhg549.shr.prod.phx3.secureserver.net'

Host 'p3nlhg550.shr.prod.phx3.secureserver.net'

Host 'p3nlhg551.shr.prod.phx3.secureserver.net'

Host 'p3nlhg552.shr.prod.phx3.secureserver.net'

Below is a copy of the section of config file you referenced.

	//	****** MASTER DATABASE SERVER NAME AND PORT ******
	//	This is the hostname or IP address and port of the database server.
	//	If you are unsure of what to put here, leave the default values.
	//
	//	Note: If you are using IIS 7+ and MySQL is on the same machine, you 
	//	need to use 127.0.0.1 instead of localhost
$config['MasterServer']['servername'] = '127.0.0.1';
$config['MasterServer']['port'] = 3306;

maybe I did this wrong?