Check ssl port in shared hosting is closed, use the php code to check if it is open. Here use gmail smtp for checking. $fp = fsockopen(“www.google.com”, 80, $errno, &$errstr, 10); // work fine if (!$fp) echo “www.google.com – $errstr ($errno)n”; else echo “www.google.com – okn”; $fp = fsockopen(“smtp.gmail.com”, 465, $errno, $errstr, 10); // NOT…