{"id":7621,"date":"2019-05-30T16:07:31","date_gmt":"2019-05-30T16:07:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siliconhouse.net\/support\/?page_id=7621"},"modified":"2019-05-30T16:07:33","modified_gmt":"2019-05-30T16:07:33","slug":"fix-smtp-error-failed-to-connect-server","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.siliconhouse.net\/support\/fix-smtp-error-failed-to-connect-server\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Fix SMTP ERROR: Failed to connect to server: Connection refused (111) error on WordPress?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.siliconhouse.net\/\" target=\"_blank\">Silicon House<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0servers comes with free cPanel\/WHM. In\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.siliconhouse.net\/dedicated-servers-managed\" target=\"_blank\">Dedicated server<\/a>\u00a0you will get full root and shell access. In this session we are going to see\u00a0How to Fix SMTP ERROR: Failed to connect to server.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <aside id=\"text-16\" class=\"widget widget_text amr_widget\">\t\t\t<div class=\"textwidget\"><div class=\"reseller_web_hosting_support_advts\">\r\n\r\n<div class=\"reseller_web_hosting_support_advts_left\">\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.siliconhouse.net\/linux-reseller-web-hosting-india\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/www.siliconhouse.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/336X280-saffron-unlimited-499-kickstart.gif\" width=\"336\" height=\"280\" alt=\"Reseller Hosting Special Offer\"><\/a>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"reseller_web_hosting_support_advts_right\">\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.siliconhouse.net\/linux-cloud-server-hosting-india\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/www.siliconhouse.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/336X280-purple-enterprise-cloud-stak-19.jpg\" width=\"336\" height=\"280\" alt=\"Enterprise Cloud Stack\"><\/a>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<\/aside>   <aside id=\"text-20\" class=\"extendedwopts-md-center widget widget_text amr_widget\">\t\t\t<div class=\"textwidget\"><div class=\"reseller_web_hosting_support_advts\">\r\n<div class=\"reseller_web_hosting_support_advts_left\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.siliconhouse.net\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/reseller-hosting-249-offer.gif\" width=\"320\" height=\"100\" alt=\"Reseller Hosting Special Offer\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"reseller_web_hosting_support_advts_right\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.siliconhouse.net\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/reseller-hosting-249-offer.gif\" width=\"320\" height=\"100\" alt=\"Reseller Hosting Special Offer\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<\/aside> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Most of the WordPress customers are facing the issue while sending mails from WordPress using any plugins. Some of them are getting the error \u2018<strong>SMTP ERROR: Failed to connect to server: Connection refused (111) error<\/strong>\u2019. To fix this error you would need to disable SMTP Restrictions in your server.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please follow the below procedure to disable SMTP connections:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[1]<a href=\"https:\/\/www.siliconhouse.net\/support\/linux-reseller-web-hosting\/login-reseller-web-hosting-control-panel-whm\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&nbsp;Login to WHM<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[2] Go to \u201cSMTP Restrictions\u201d under \u201cSecurity Center\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[3] Click on the \u201cDisable\u201d button<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This feature prevents users from bypassing the mail server to send mail, a common practice used by spammers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[4] Now goto \u201cTweak Settings\u201d under \u201cServer Configuration\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tweak settings, allows you to configure many cPanel &amp; WHM settings. Tabs at the top of the interface categorize the settings, and the all tab displays all of the settings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[5] Disable \u201cRestrict outgoing SMTP to root, exim, and mailman (FKA SMTP Tweak)\u201d on mail section<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Enabling this feature will redirect outgoing SMTP connections to the local mail server. root, exim, and mailman are still allowed to make direct connections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Done! Hereby we came to know How to Fix SMTP ERROR: Failed to connect to server: Connection refused (111) error on WordPress.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Silicon House\u00a0servers comes with free cPanel\/WHM. In\u00a0Dedicated server\u00a0you will get full root and shell access. 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