Wordpress/PHP SMTP mail on Win 2008 R2 using GoDaddy...

I have Wordpress 3.1.2 running on Windows Server 2008 R2.  Everything seems to work fine excpet I cannot get SMTP mail (or PHP's mail() function) to work.

I am using the latest version of the WP-SMTP-Mail Plugin.

My PHP.ini mail settings are....

[mail function]
; For Win32 only.
SMTP = localhost
smtp_port = 25

; For Win32 only.
sendmail_from = somebody@somewhere.com

; For Unix only.  You may supply arguments as well (default: "sendmail -t -i").
;sendmail_path =

; Force the addition of the specified parameters to be passed as extra parameters
; to the sendmail binary. These parameters will always replace the value of
; the 5th parameter to mail(), even in safe mode.
;mail.force_extra_parameters =

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My WP-SMTP-MAIL settings are ....

 
And I get back...

Test Message Sent

The result was:

bool(false)

The full debugging output is shown below:

object(PHPMailer)#110 (44) {
  ["Priority"]=>
  int(3)
  ["CharSet"]=>
  string(5) "UTF-8"
  ["ContentType"]=>
  string(10) "text/plain"
  ["Encoding"]=>
  string(4) "8bit"
  ["ErrorInfo"]=>
  string(43) "SMTP Error: Could not connect to SMTP host."
  ["From"]=>
  string(30) "relay@****************.com"
  ["FromName"]=>
  string(22) "************************"
  ["Sender"]=>
  string(30) "relay@**********.com"
  ["Subject"]=>
  string(50) "WP Mail SMTP: Test mail to support@**************.net"
  ["Body"]=>
  string(68) "This is a test email generated by the WP Mail SMTP WordPress plugin."
  ["AltBody"]=>
  string(0) ""
  ["WordWrap"]=>
  int(0)
  ["Mailer"]=>
  string(4) "smtp"
  ["Sendmail"]=>
  string(18) "/usr/sbin/sendmail"
  ["PluginDir"]=>
  string(0) ""
  ["Version"]=>
  string(5) "2.0.4"
  ["ConfirmReadingTo"]=>
  string(0) ""
  ["Hostname"]=>
  string(0) ""
  ["MessageID"]=>
  string(0) ""
  ["Host"]=>
  string(24) "smtpout.secureserver.net"
  ["Port"]=>
  string(3) "465"
  ["Helo"]=>
  string(0) ""
  ["SMTPSecure"]=>
  string(3) "ssl"
  ["SMTPAuth"]=>
  bool(true)
  ["Username"]=>
  string(30) "relay@************.com"
  ["Password"]=>
  string(6) "*******"
  ["Timeout"]=>
  int(10)
  ["SMTPDebug"]=>
  int(2)
  ["SMTPKeepAlive"]=>
  bool(false)
  ["SingleTo"]=>
  bool(false)
  ["smtp"]=>
  object(SMTP)#122 (7) {
    ["SMTP_PORT"]=>
    int(25)
    ["CRLF"]=>
    string(2) "
"
    ["do_debug"]=>
    int(2)
    ["do_verp"]=>
    bool(false)
    ["smtp_conn"]=>
    int(0)
    ["error"]=>
    array(1) {
      ["error"]=>
      string(38) "Called Reset() without being connected"
    }
    ["helo_rply"]=>
    NULL
  }
  ["to"]=>
  array(1) {
    [0]=>
    array(2) {
      [0]=>
      string(23) "support@*************.net"
      [1]=>
      string(0) ""
    }
  }
  ["cc"]=>
  array(0) {
  }
  ["bcc"]=>
  array(0) {
  }
  ["ReplyTo"]=>
  array(0) {
  }
  ["attachment"]=>
  array(0) {
  }
  ["CustomHeader"]=>
  array(0) {
  }
  ["message_type"]=>
  string(5) "plain"
  ["boundary"]=>
  array(2) {
    [1]=>
    string(35) "b1_b128ba4f79872dac2dff1edfce995246"
    [2]=>
    string(35) "b2_b128ba4f79872dac2dff1edfce995246"
  }
  ["error_count"]=>
  int(2)
  ["LE"]=>
  string(1) "
"
  ["sign_cert_file"]=>
  string(0) ""
  ["sign_key_file"]=>
  string(0) ""
  ["sign_key_pass"]=>
  string(0) ""
}

The SMTP debugging output is shown below:

SMTP -> FROM SERVER:
SMTP -> NOTICE:
EOF caught while checking if connectedSMTP -> ERROR: AUTH not accepted from server: 

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I have also tried setting up PHP mail in WP-SMTP-MAIL using the following settings....

 
And I get the following output....

Test Message Sent

The result was:

bool(false)

The full debugging output is shown below:

object(PHPMailer)#110 (44) {
  ["Priority"]=>
  int(3)
  ["CharSet"]=>
  string(5) "UTF-8"
  ["ContentType"]=>
  string(10) "text/plain"
  ["Encoding"]=>
  string(4) "8bit"
  ["ErrorInfo"]=>
  string(36) "Could not instantiate mail function."
  ["From"]=>
  string(30) "relay@***.com"
  ["FromName"]=>
  string(22) "***********************"
  ["Sender"]=>
  string(0) ""
  ["Subject"]=>
  string(50) "WP Mail SMTP: Test mail to support@***.net"
  ["Body"]=>
  string(68) "This is a test email generated by the WP Mail SMTP WordPress plugin."
  ["AltBody"]=>
  string(0) ""
  ["WordWrap"]=>
  int(0)
  ["Mailer"]=>
  string(4) "mail"
  ["Sendmail"]=>
  string(18) "/usr/sbin/sendmail"
  ["PluginDir"]=>
  string(0) ""
  ["Version"]=>
  string(5) "2.0.4"
  ["ConfirmReadingTo"]=>
  string(0) ""
  ["Hostname"]=>
  string(0) ""
  ["MessageID"]=>
  string(0) ""
  ["Host"]=>
  string(9) "localhost"
  ["Port"]=>
  int(25)
  ["Helo"]=>
  string(0) ""
  ["SMTPSecure"]=>
  string(0) ""
  ["SMTPAuth"]=>
  bool(false)
  ["Username"]=>
  string(0) ""
  ["Password"]=>
  string(0) ""
  ["Timeout"]=>
  int(10)
  ["SMTPDebug"]=>
  int(2)
  ["SMTPKeepAlive"]=>
  bool(false)
  ["SingleTo"]=>
  bool(false)
  ["smtp"]=>
  NULL
  ["to"]=>
  array(1) {
    [0]=>
    array(2) {
      [0]=>
      string(23) "support@***.net"
      [1]=>
      string(0) ""
    }
  }
  ["cc"]=>
  array(0) {
  }
  ["bcc"]=>
  array(0) {
  }
  ["ReplyTo"]=>
  array(0) {
  }
  ["attachment"]=>
  array(0) {
  }
  ["CustomHeader"]=>
  array(0) {
  }
  ["message_type"]=>
  string(5) "plain"
  ["boundary"]=>
  array(2) {
    [1]=>
    string(35) "b1_bc67ff949a4de61932d4a12cac1b4c2a"
    [2]=>
    string(35) "b2_bc67ff949a4de61932d4a12cac1b4c2a"
  }
  ["error_count"]=>
  int(1)
  ["LE"]=>
  string(1) "
"
  ["sign_cert_file"]=>
  string(0) ""
  ["sign_key_file"]=>
  string(0) ""
  ["sign_key_pass"]=>
  string(0) ""
}

The SMTP debugging output is shown below:

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I even messed around with this....

 
But, there is no SMTP server installed (the feature has not been added) and now I cannot seem to be able to remove these settings from IIS 7.  Blanking them out does no good - they just reappear.

I have wasted 4 hours (including time on the Phone with GoDaddy) and am completely lost at this point.

The email addresses (remarked out here with aterisks) are all correct.  The password for the relay email address is also correct.  I have used it to log into GoDaddy's webmail with no problems.

I even used the relay email info to set up the account in Outlook 2010 and it worked flawlessly.

So...how do I get mail (PHP's mail() function OR SMTP email) to work for my contact forms in Wordpress 3.1.2 on Windows 2008 R2?


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