Smtp connect() failed

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How to send email with Gmail SMTP

Outgoing email with PHP mail() is heavily restricted on InfinityFree. Fortunately, you can still whatever email you want using an external email service. There are many external email providers to choose from. InfinityFree doesn’t restrict sending email with external providers. Almost all of them have paid plans, but some have free tiers too. Most of them support sending email over SMTP, some of them have custom APIs, libraries and plugins which you can use too. A simple way to get started qui…

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"SMTP connect() failed" on InfinityFree but not on XAMPP Localhost

Try this. Ensure that “Less Secure Apps” is enabled in your Google Account Settings. Turn on 2Fa (Two Factor Authorization) on your Google account Generate an App Password for your account (It’s under “Privacy”) and use that instead of your real password. Apply the changes and upload to the server Clear your cache and cookies and let me know if it works.