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Cannot get email to work with GoDaddy email SMTP


Symptoms
Using GoDaddy SMTP server smptout.secureserver.net email errors occur such as: Mail Error occurred - Exception=Failure sending mail. Unable to read data from the transport connection: net_io_connectionclosed.

Cause
GoDaddy is blocking email relay from most 3rd party hosting providers.

Solution
Use the following SMTP settings for the GoDaddy email server:

Mail Server DNS = relay-hosting.secureserver.net
Mail Server TCP Port = 25