Title: socket error 111
Last modified: October 22, 2020

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# socket error 111

 *  Resolved [elainewpblog](https://wordpress.org/support/users/elainewpblog/)
 * (@elainewpblog)
 * [5 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/socket-error-111-2/)
 * Hi. We have just moved our website from a shared server to a VPS , both with 
   TSOhost. all good except that neither WP-SMTP nor Postie worked. Both coming 
   up with Socket error 111, which I presume means the old server (the mail is still
   there) is blocking the new server. After a lot of googling I changed WP-SMTP 
   settings from SSL to TLS and all was good. Any suggestions as to what settings
   I could change in Postie as you don’t seem to have a TLS setting?
    Thanks in 
   anticipation, Elaine

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 *  Plugin Author [Wayne Allen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wayneallen-1/)
 * (@wayneallen-1)
 * [5 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/socket-error-111-2/#post-13568737)
 * Postie always uses TLS. Likely the port you have configured is blocked for outbound
   connections. You’d need to talk to your hosting company about getting it opened
   up.
 *  Thread Starter [elainewpblog](https://wordpress.org/support/users/elainewpblog/)
 * (@elainewpblog)
 * [5 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/socket-error-111-2/#post-13568792)
 * OK thanks. it’s just that it worked before we moved servers. So we dont really
   understand why Postie can’t read the emails anymore. And hoped you might have
   a workround?!
 *  Plugin Author [Wayne Allen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wayneallen-1/)
 * (@wayneallen-1)
 * [5 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/socket-error-111-2/#post-13568803)
 * It isn’t about Postie. It is about the server and network configuration.
 *  Thread Starter [elainewpblog](https://wordpress.org/support/users/elainewpblog/)
 * (@elainewpblog)
 * [5 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/socket-error-111-2/#post-13571079)
 * Hi there. Thanks for your speedy response, as always. We find Postie really useful,
   and I have made a modest donation. Regards, Elaine
 *  Plugin Author [Wayne Allen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wayneallen-1/)
 * (@wayneallen-1)
 * [5 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/socket-error-111-2/#post-13572720)
 * Thank you.

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