Title: Email function will not work
Last modified: March 3, 2020

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# Email function will not work

 *  Resolved [ccjackson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ccjackson/)
 * (@ccjackson)
 * [6 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/email-function-will-not-work/)
 * Signed up for a trial(as I may need this for a client) and can’t even try it 
   as I can’t even get the welcome emails to send. I’ve configured and enabled the
   smtp(have tried with private mail servers, gmail, and yahoo) every single one
   of them fail with “SMTP Failed to connect” with no additional information except
   a link to github? For example, I’ve tried the exact same gmail settings on other
   plugins that work completely fine, this seems to be the only plugin with an issue.
   Any ideas? I’ve spent over a day on trying to get this simple thing to work and
   it just wont.

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 *  Thread Starter [ccjackson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ccjackson/)
 * (@ccjackson)
 * [6 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/email-function-will-not-work/#post-12505077)
 * Just want to update for clarification:
 * I think this has something to do with Godaddy’s Hosting. I installed the plugin
   to 4 sites on my private servers and had no issue whatsoever with the PHP mailer.
   I’m going to move a copy of the site to my private server and see if the issue
   persists, but I don’t think it will. Either way, I felt a duty to update this
   thread in case someone else runs into the issue.
 * Will update once I get the site to my other server and verify that the issue 
   is resolved.
 *  [Irfan Qasim](https://wordpress.org/support/users/iqasim/)
 * (@iqasim)
 * [6 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/email-function-will-not-work/#post-12506869)
 * Hi,
    Please update.
 * Kind Regards
    irfan Qasim
 *  Thread Starter [ccjackson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ccjackson/)
 * (@ccjackson)
 * [6 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/email-function-will-not-work/#post-12512146)
 * Sorry for the late response, I’ve been busy. But no, the issue did not persist
   when moving to another server. Not sure what’s up with Godaddy’s hosting.
 *  Plugin Contributor [Black and White](https://wordpress.org/support/users/blackandwhitedigital/)
 * (@blackandwhitedigital)
 * [6 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/email-function-will-not-work/#post-12512175)
 * Thank you. We will close this case as it appears to be resolved.

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