# SMTP error with PHP Mailer
**URL:** https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/smtp-error-with-php-mailer/34092
**Category:** Hosting Support
**Created:** [August 7, 2020, 10:45am UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/smtp-error-with-php-mailer/34092 "2020-08-07T10:45:08Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@Pendo8](https://forum.infinityfree.com/u/Pendo8)
#### Post date: [August 7, 2020, 10:45am UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/smtp-error-with-php-mailer/34092/1 "2020-08-07T10:45:08Z")
[https://vegan-things.org](https://vegan-things.org)
(please specify the website or account you are asking about)
SMTP connect() Error
(please share the FULL error message you see)
2020-08-07 10:40:58 SERVER → CLIENT: 220 2.0.0 SMTP server ready
2020-08-07 10:40:58 Connection failed. Error #2: stream\_socket\_enable\_crypto(): SSL operation failed with code 1. OpenSSL Error messages:error:1416F086:SSL routines:tls\_process\_server\_certificate:certificate verify failed [/home/vol6\_5/epizy.com/epiz\_25602795/htdocs/PHPMailer/class.smtp.php line 374]
SMTP Error: Could not connect to SMTP host.
2020-08-07 10:40:58 CLIENT → SERVER: QUIT
2020-08-07 10:40:58 SMTP → get\_lines(): $data is “”
2020-08-07 10:40:58 SMTP → get\_lines(): $str is “”
2020-08-07 10:40:58 SERVER → CLIENT:
2020-08-07 10:40:58 SMTP ERROR: QUIT command failed:
2020-08-07 10:40:58 Connection: closed
### Other Information
This had been previously working for months and suddenly this issue has reoccured. The smtp setting are correct and code has not changed.
$mail-\>Host = ‘[smtp.live.com](http://smtp.live.com)’; // Which SMTP server to use.
$mail-\>Port = 587; // Which port to use, 587 is the default port for TLS security.
$mail-\>SMTPSecure = ‘tls’; // Which security method to use. TLS is most secure.
$mail-\>SMTPAuth = true; // Whether you need to login. This is almost always required.
$mail-\>Username = “\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*_**"; // Your Gmail address.
$mail-\>Password = "**_”; // Your Gmail login password or App Specific Password.
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### Author:  [@XInterverse](https://forum.infinityfree.com/u/XInterverse)
#### Post date: [August 7, 2020, 10:47am UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/smtp-error-with-php-mailer/34092/2 "2020-08-07T10:47:16Z")
Read here:
> [@PHPMailer Suddenly Stopped working](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/phpmailer-suddenly-stopped-working/33986/4):
>
> We upgraded OpenSSL on our servers a few days ago. This may have resulted in SSL for SMTP breaking. I’m going to do some investigation into this. The provided SMTPOptions are a good workaround until then. Please note that you should AVOID such SMTPOptions as much as possible, because fixing SSL issues by disabling most SSL security features is NOT a good solution.
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### Author:  [@anon5053279](https://forum.infinityfree.com/u/anon5053279)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2020, 6:17pm UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/smtp-error-with-php-mailer/34092/3 "2020-08-08T18:17:48Z")
I also Get the Same issue…I have two external domain with 2 free hosting accounts.
One the PHPmailer works fine. but other Domain hosting it gives me this error
2020-08-08 18:13:13 SERVER -\> CLIENT: 220 [perfora.net](http://perfora.net) (mreueus002) Nemesis ESMTP Service ready
2020-08-08 18:13:13 CLIENT -\> SERVER: EHLO www.optiesaan.nl
2020-08-08 18:13:13 SERVER -\> CLIENT: [250-perfora.net](http://250-perfora.net) Hello www.optiesaan.nl [185.27.134.183]250-8BITMIME250-AUTH LOGIN PLAIN250-SIZE 140000000250 STARTTLS
2020-08-08 18:13:13 CLIENT -\> SERVER: STARTTLS
2020-08-08 18:13:13 SERVER -\> CLIENT: 220 OK
SMTP Error: Could not connect to SMTP host.
2020-08-08 18:13:14 CLIENT -\> SERVER: QUIT
2020-08-08 18:13:14
2020-08-08 18:13:14
SMTP connect() failed.
There has been a mail error SMTP connect() failed.
Can some one help me
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### Author:  [@anon81626513](https://forum.infinityfree.com/u/anon81626513)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2020, 6:53pm UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/smtp-error-with-php-mailer/34092/4 "2020-08-08T18:53:52Z")
I assume that is because you are using STARTTLS, using the OpenSSL system, Hence why it does not work, Technical.Legendz shared an article above
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.infinityfree.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 23, 2020, 7:08pm UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/smtp-error-with-php-mailer/34092/5 "2020-08-23T19:08:29Z")
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