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Tunde Adegoroye
20,597 PointsWhich ports are blocked on webhostingforstudents
I have a site that is currently hosted on webhostingforstudents when i am using phpmailer and send grid as my email service for handling mail on my local host which is mamp everything seems to be working perfectly but when my site is on the internet the connect method in the phpmailer library is not working i have been doing some tests myself can it seems the port numbers seem to be an issue i was wondering if ports 25, 2525 & 587 are blocked on this hosting provider here is the link to my site if you would like to see the error as well http://tunds.me/about/#contact
2 Answers
Tom Bedford
15,645 PointsHi Tunde, here's a link to support on Web Hosting for Students - they could likely provide better information.
Any ideas Zac Gordon?
Jeff Busch
19,287 PointsDoes the hosting site have a mail server running? Also, you say the mailer works from your local machine; what mail server are you then using? The one at your ISP?
Tunde Adegoroye
20,597 PointsNo im just running mamp on my machine and using sendgrid but when i move it onto my isp hosting the site it doesnt seem to work
Tunde Adegoroye
20,597 PointsTunde Adegoroye
20,597 PointsI have opened up a ticket with them on the issue already but thanks for the help