# I can't connect mautic to my postal SMTP

**URL:** <https://forum.mautic.org/t/i-cant-connect-mautic-to-my-postal-smtp/20236>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [July 22, 2021, 1:13pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/i-cant-connect-mautic-to-my-postal-smtp/20236 "2021-07-22T13:13:52Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![stam2000](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mautic.org/stam2000/32/1394_2.png) [@stam2000](https://forum.mautic.org/u/stam2000)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2021, 1:13pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/i-cant-connect-mautic-to-my-postal-smtp/20236/1 "2021-07-22T13:13:52Z")

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**Your software**  
My Mautic version is: **3.3.1**  
My PHP version is: 7.3.27  
Debian 4.19.194-3 (2021-07-18) x86\_64 (AWS EC2 instance)

**Your problem**  
My problem is: I can’t connect mautic to my postal SMTP

These errors are showing in the log:

`mautic.ERROR: [MAIL ERROR] Connection could not be established with host mail.miraculous-health.com :stream_socket_client(): unable to connect to tcp://mail.miraculous-health.com:25 (Connection timed out) Log data: ++ Starting Swift_Transport_EsmtpTransport !! Connection could not be established with host mail.miraculous-health.com :stream_socket_client(): unable to connect to tcp://mail.miraculous-health.com:25 (Connection timed out) (code: 0) (send); contact@amstudioart.com {"exception":"[object] (Swift_TransportException(code: 0): Connection could not be established with host mail.miraculous-health.com :stream_socket_client(): unable to connect to tcp://mail.miraculous-health.com:25 (Connection timed out)\nLog data:\n++ Starting Swift_Transport_EsmtpTransport\n!! Connection could not be established with host mail.miraculous-health.com :stream_socket_client(): unable to connect to tcp://mail.miraculous-health.com:25 (Connection timed out) (code: 0) at /opt/bitnami/mautic/vendor/swiftmailer/swiftmailer/lib/classes/Swift/Plugins/LoggerPlugin.php:124)"} []`

Thank you for your precious help

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**Author:** ![stam2000](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mautic.org/stam2000/32/1394_2.png) [@stam2000](https://forum.mautic.org/u/stam2000)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2021, 1:21pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/i-cant-connect-mautic-to-my-postal-smtp/20236/2 "2021-07-22T13:21:41Z")

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![Screenshot (40)_LI](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/mautic/original/2X/0/07189ee834593aa7da5063712815cd3fd6ac5206.jpeg)

Here is an image showing the Port configurations on the server (EC2 instance preconfigured with Mautic) hosting Mautic.

My postal smtp is installed on a contabo vps

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**Author:** ![deepti](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mautic.org/deepti/32/411_2.png) [@deepti](https://forum.mautic.org/u/deepti)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2021, 1:30pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/i-cant-connect-mautic-to-my-postal-smtp/20236/3 "2021-07-22T13:30:27Z")

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AWS EC2 Blocking 25 POrt add 587 or 465 on postal and then try , it will work so far

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**Author:** ![stam2000](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mautic.org/stam2000/32/1394_2.png) [@stam2000](https://forum.mautic.org/u/stam2000)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2021, 1:48pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/i-cant-connect-mautic-to-my-postal-smtp/20236/4 "2021-07-22T13:48:25Z")

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Please How can i do this ?

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**Author:** ![deepti](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mautic.org/deepti/32/411_2.png) [@deepti](https://forum.mautic.org/u/deepti)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2021, 1:49pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/i-cant-connect-mautic-to-my-postal-smtp/20236/5 "2021-07-22T13:49:14Z")

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you need to get it done , i have no idea talk to ec2 support if they able to open 25