Can't get Godaddy outgoing server to work in Mail - OK in Outlook

No matter what I try, I just cannot get the Godaddy outgoing server to work in Mail, but it works OK in Outlook for Mac which I don't really want to use if I can avoid it.

I've tried all my 3 accounts and none of them work with sending. All Ok receiving.

Tried smtpout.secureserver.net with and without SSL, and with all sorts of ports 80, 3535, etc.

Nothing works.

Can anyone suggest any solution or more in depth troubleshooting methods. I feel it's some security issue which Outlook seems to have more settings for.

Thanks.

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Posted on Jul 27, 2013 6:24 AM

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Dec 1, 2015 5:45 PM in response to iplshop

iplshopFeb 4, 2014 7:02 AM Re: Can't get Godaddy outgoing server to work in Mail - OK in Outlook
Re: Can't get Godaddy outgoing server to work in Mail - OK in Outlookin response to igmackenzie

I HAVE FOUND THE ANSWER


You need to change your password on the go daddy website then re do your account on your iphone, ipad etc..

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Dear iplshop: Thankk you...Pretty much what you shared above worked for me....I was on with tech support for godaddy (my email host), and they had me reset my password in my godaddy account, then change it in my setting on my iphone 5s, and whalah! Thank goodness!

Dec 2, 2015 8:19 PM in response to Joscelyn80

Hi there. I feel for you. I struggled for days. This might sound dumb, and I am sure you did it, but just double checking.

1. You reset your godaddy email password (not your godaddy.com account password) right?

2. Did you reset your email password from the godaddy.com website, or did you do it in webmail? I did mine on the godaddy.com site (my account, manage domains).

3. After you reset your godaddy email password from godaddy.com, did you go back into your phone and change the password for both the in and out servers? That's what I did.

4. Oh, also, we turned SSL off, entered the new password, tried to get emails and it failed.

5. Then we went back into mail settings on my iphone and turned SSL back ON, then entered the new godaddy email passwords, and then it worked.


I know this is crazy...this is so unacceptable that people have to go through this craziness.


Good luck.

Dec 11, 2015 11:20 AM in response to igmackenzie

GoDaddy works in Outlook.can receive and send email. Talked with GoDaddy helpline which was no help. based on suggestions from this site, changed godaddy pw and it still works on the internet GD site.


I have both a mini ipad and iPhone 6. They have the same software OS 9.1 (haven't uploaded 9.2 yet). I have never had any problem on either receiving email with setting 993 with SSL

Now my out settings on the mini are 80 without SSL and it will send email for that account. out mail on IPhone still does not. send out email. Have tried every version of 80, 3535, 25, 465, 587 with and without SSL.


Even GD said if it works on one it will work on the other...wrong!

Feb 3, 2016 10:34 AM in response to texasfire

texasfire's suggestion fixed it for me, changing the TLS cert from none to com.apple....


The problem i was experiencing:

smtpout.secureserver.net was working fine with same and other user accounts on different devices, a win7 pc, iphone 6 and a blackberry classic but on a mbp it was saying offline and that it couldnt connect to the server. Even had the same result with the connection doctor that the OP had. Pretty sure this problem started after mbp owner upgraded to El Capitan the other day, but was brought to my attention today. They had no problems before upgrading.


After changing the TLS cert and setting to a non-ssl port (25) mails started sending no probs. Shut down the system and opened it back up and tried to send and got the error again. Went into the settings and the TLS was set to none again. Set it back, closed the mail app, opened it, check, its still set this time. Shut down system, opened Mail back up and it is set to TLS still, test emails sent successfully. Problem solved, i hope. MBP owner does not have the gumption to go through those steps every time OSX decides to revert back to no TLS for what ever reason.


So there appears to be a couple of problems with El Capitans mail app, one of them appears to be that it doesnt remember stuff when you select it or is for some reason going back to a default i cant change, and it is clearly effin up peoples smtp settings. i read about people experiencing the same exact thing with gmail and icloud email after upgrading to el capitan, so i do not think go daddy is at fault here. Maybe there is some setting on their end thats causing this but im putting the blame on apple.


Thanks texasfire. All the steps i went through, changing the TLS is one i wouldnt have guessed as im not exactly sure what it even is.

Apr 5, 2016 3:31 PM in response to igmackenzie

I've been experiencing this off and on for years. It's been behaving properly on my home system for a good six months this time, but when I upgraded my work machine to El Capitan this is now a daily occurrence - around 3-4 times a day (plus I had to switch "download attadchments" off and back on for all IMAP accounts because of a "null" mailbox alert. (I'm not a fan of El Capitan).

The only thing that works for me is to quit Mail and relaunch it.

This has nothing to do with the settings in Mail. It is GoDaddy's mail server. They suggest using their MS mail option (which gets it out of GoDaddy's hair).

Apr 12, 2016 7:36 PM in response to igmackenzie

All of these months (and years) of elaborate testing and opinions going on and on, and it all comes down to one inescapable truth: GoDaddy's email servers and Apple's Mail program are a bad fit. I've been through countless iterations of tech and customer support, upgrades (through multiple OSX versions) and GoDaddy's claims of having overhauled their problems.


- Apple Mail does NOT properly synchronize InBox or other mailboxes stored on GoDaddy's email servers per any pre-set schedule. One has to take the account offline, take it back online, then hit Check Mail again - and the boxes will synchronize


- GoDaddy's SMTP server - smtpoutsecureserver.net - simply fails, often, at establishing a connection with outgoing Apple Mail messages.


Folks, you can try all you want, remove prefs, delete and reset accounts, heck you can even re-set PRAM! - hopefully, you won't have to come to the same conclusion I have come to - that, regardless of who is at fault (both companies have assured me it is the others' fault, repeatedly) - I have to migrate my business email servers, gulp - much as I hate to do it - to Gmail...

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