Title: Could not open socket errors
Last modified: August 8, 2017

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# Could not open socket errors

 *  [wildlife77](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wildlife77/)
 * (@wildlife77)
 * [8 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/could-not-open-socket-errors/)
 * We are getting intermittent errors with system e-mails going out. This is a major
   problem as it is preventing important donation related e-mails from going out
   to donors and admins.
 * Our ISP (Hostmonster/Bluehost) says it is a problem with the plug-in, but this
   is the second or third e-mail plug-in we have tried and the problem persists,
   so I think the problem lies elsewhere. Your plug-in was recommended by the Give
   support team that we first contacted about this matter when we initially thought
   the problem was with their plug-in.
 * Something is preventing our WordPress installation from consistently accessing
   our mailserver. If you have any thoughts that could assist us in diagnosing this,
   it would be most appreciated.
 * I can provide the information on the Diagnostic Tool page of your plug-in settings,
   but want to make sure it is secure to do that before including it in a post here
   or if I should get that information to you another way. It is showing:
 * Postman Deliveries (Success|Fail): 47 | 178
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fcould-not-open-socket-errors%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 * Last reply from: [wildlife77](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wildlife77/)
 * Last activity: [8 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/could-not-open-socket-errors/)
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