Title: WordPress   SMTP
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# WordPress SMTP

 *  Resolved [sg83](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sg83/)
 * (@sg83)
 * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-smtp/)
 * Hello,
 * I’m hoping to get some assistance with making SMTP work. I have WordPress 3.9.1
   installed on a RHEL 6.5 server. It’s a fresh install…pretty much the only things
   I have running are the basics (LAMP). I’m hosting this server locally, and I 
   have an Exchange 2010 server that is local as well.
 * I want to setup WordPress to relay emails through my Exchange 2010 servers, rather
   than use PHP Mail. I’ve tried a multitude of WordPress SMTP plugins, but none
   seem to get the job done; I just get the “SMTP connect () failed”.
 * I have the relay allowed in Exchange 2010. I’m able to telnet from RHEL to the
   Exchange server just fine and send a manual email. It has to be something with
   my WordPress or PHP configuration. Any help would be much appreciated.

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 *  [rfair404](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rfair404/)
 * (@rfair404)
 * [12 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-smtp/#post-4931572)
 * I assume that you tried the wp-smtp plugin already? Did you follow the instructions
   they provide for setting it up? Can you provide a little more information on 
   the error?
 * This is a fairly advanced question that looks like it probably won’t get much
   traction here. I’d suggest that you contact the plugin author and see if they
   can help you out.
 *  Thread Starter [sg83](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sg83/)
 * (@sg83)
 * [12 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-smtp/#post-4931573)
 * I ended up figuring out the problem. The problem happened to be with SELinux 
   not allowing Apache to send emails. Thanks!

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 * Last reply from: [sg83](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sg83/)
 * Last activity: [12 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-smtp/#post-4931573)
 * Status: resolved

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