[Mail] Cannot use smtp server

[thehawk]

I have an smtp server, which I can access through mozilla thunderbird with no problems. but when I try sending a verification email I get the message "The mail server is not ready, it did not respond with a 220 status message." In the email error log. Any way around or through this?

Using 1.8

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When I telnet into it, I get 
Which is clearly a 220, what am I doing wrong?

[Downfall]

It looks like you're hosting a machine with Godaddy. This does not look like a MyBB issue -- but more of a host issue. This post describes a similar issue with the same host:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/30852...-transport

You may need to change the SMTP port to 587? At worst, you probably need to open a ticket up with Godaddy support.

[thehawk]

It looks like you're hosting a machine with Godaddy. This does not look like a MyBB issue -- but more of a host issue. This post describes a similar issue with the same host:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/30852...-transport

You may need to change the SMTP port to 587? At worst, you probably need to open a ticket up with Godaddy support.

I have it set on 587, still nothing, I will try godaddy support.

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Okay so I've figured it out, and I have no idea how to fix it, but in smtp.php, in function get_data(), the $string variable does not carry any value. I have copy pasted some code and tried it on a different file, and it all works, it's only this function which fails, any way to fix this?