Email simply doesn't work

[joeyk]

Hi,
An idea: check if port 587 or 465 are blocked on your server.
Also plz check this:

Configuration - Mail Settings

If I google your error message, I get this result: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4846599/sending-email-using-php-gmail-and-swiftmailer-causes-ssl-related-error Can you try that? It must be your server settings if the issue happens for every provider.

If you decide to be more serious about emailing, and use a third party SMTP, check this:

What tool to use to send millions of e-mails per month

Sorry for the long letter, but I think you need a quick email university here: You can send email from your server, using Postfix or other MTA (mail transport protocol) but a simple server starts with a crappy reputation, so you need to improve by warming up your IP. Just imagine, that your message is delivered by a really bad smelling door to door salesman. People won’t let you in. -> you land in spam. Again: unless you get good reputation, and grow your sending limits gradually. You can …

Good luck!