{"id":763,"date":"2014-04-14T15:02:02","date_gmt":"2014-04-14T20:02:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.softwareab.net\/wordpress\/?p=763"},"modified":"2014-04-14T15:19:18","modified_gmt":"2014-04-14T20:19:18","slug":"wordpress-godaddy-setup-smtp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.softwareab.net\/wordpress\/wordpress-godaddy-setup-smtp\/","title":{"rendered":"WordPress and GoDaddy &#8211; Setup SMTP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hello all &#8211; this is a very quick entry so I never again have to lookup how to integrate GoDaddy with WordPress. Here&#8217;s how to integrate <a href=\"http:\/\/www.godaddy.com\/\">GoDaddy<\/a> and the <a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/cimy-swift-smtp\/\">CIMY Swift SMTP Plugin<\/a> to work correctly.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<ul>Create a real user account on GoDaddy. This is not a forwarding account, but a &#8220;real&#8221; email user. Here&#8217;s mine:<br \/>\n<a href=\"\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/cimy-godaddy-10.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/cimy-godaddy-10.png\" alt=\"cimy-godaddy-10\" width=\"522\" height=\"642\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-764\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nBe sure to enter a strong password.<\/ul>\n<ul>Install the CIMY Swift SMTP Plugin installed onto your WordPress site and set the control panel as follows:<br \/>\n<a href=\"\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/cimy-godaddy-20.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/cimy-godaddy-20.png\" alt=\"cimy-godaddy-20\" width=\"586\" height=\"533\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-766\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nIn the shot above, we specify the following:<\/p>\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<td>Column<\/td>\n<td>Notes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Sender name<\/td>\n<td>Put your printable name like <code>Andrew Bruce<\/code> in my example.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Sender e-mail<\/td>\n<td>Put a valid return email. I used <code><a href=\"mailto:wordpress@softwareab.net\">wordpress@softwareab.net<\/a><\/code> which you are welcome to send mail to. I&#8217;d like to hear from you \ud83d\ude42<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Overwrite Sender Options<\/td>\n<td>Not so important here; I chose the <code>Never overwrite the sender option<\/code><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>SMTP server address<\/td>\n<td>I used <code>smtpout.secureserver.net<\/code> but GoDaddy makes this hard to find and they indicate it could be any <a href=\"http:\/\/support.godaddy.com\/help\/article\/3552\/managing-your-email-account-smtp-relays\">any number of other names<\/a>. Eck.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Port<\/td>\n<td>Be sure to use port 465 for GoDaddy.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Username<\/td>\n<td>Use the same email user as you created in the previous step. I created a user named <code>smtpuser@softwareab.net<\/code>. Yeah, go ahead and send me email on that also; I can always change the email account \ud83d\ude42<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Password<\/td>\n<td>Enter the GoDaddy email user password you setup.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Use SSL or TLS?<\/td>\n<td>Be sure to use <code>SSL<\/code> as otherwise&#8230;things just don&#8217;t work.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>Try out the settings by using the <strong>Test Connection<\/strong> option from the CIMY Swift SMTP control panel. You should get an email just like I show below!<br \/>\n<a href=\"\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/cimy-godaddy-30.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/cimy-godaddy-30.png\" alt=\"cimy-godaddy-30\" width=\"985\" height=\"306\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-767\" \/><\/a>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ol>\n<p>That&#8217;s it&#8230;now I won&#8217;t forget how to setup SMTP forwarding from WordPress in the future. 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