XF 1.5 Moved to PHP7 and Got SSL. Getting Error While Sending Mail Via Amazon SES

[TheBigK]

My server is now refusing handshake with amazon ses, after moving over to php7 and getting SSL. Here's the error I'm getting while sending any mail from the server:-

Zend_Mail_Protocol_Exception: Email to admin@crazyengineers.com failed: Connection timed out - library/Zend/Mail/Protocol/Abstract.php:277
Generated By: thebigk, 1 minute ago
Stack Trace
#0 .../public_html/library/Zend/Mail/Protocol/Smtp.php(167): Zend_Mail_Protocol_Abstract->_connect('ssl://email-smt...')
#1.../public_html/library/Zend/Mail/Transport/Smtp.php(216): Zend_Mail_Protocol_Smtp->connect()
#2 .../public_html/library/Zend/Mail/Transport/Abstract.php(348): Zend_Mail_Transport_Smtp->_sendMail()
#3 .../public_html/library/Zend/Mail.php(1194): Zend_Mail_Transport_Abstract->send(Object(Zend_Mail))
#4 .../public_html/library/XenForo/Deferred/UserEmail.php(168): Zend_Mail->send(Object(Zend_Mail_Transport_Smtp))
#5 .../public_html/library/XenForo/Deferred/UserEmail.php(62): XenForo_Deferred_UserEmail->_sendEmail(Array, Array, Object(Zend_Mail_Transport_Smtp))
#6 .../public_html/library/XenForo/ControllerAdmin/User.php(1197): XenForo_Deferred_UserEmail->execute(Array, Array, 10, NULL)
#7 .../public_html/library/XenForo/FrontController.php(351): XenForo_ControllerAdmin_User->actionEmailSend()
#8 .../public_html/library/XenForo/FrontController.php(134): XenForo_FrontController->dispatch(Object(XenForo_RouteMatch))
#9 .../public_html/admin.php(13): XenForo_FrontController->run()
#10 {main}
Request State
array(3) {
  ["url"] => string(57) "https://www.crazyengineers.com/admin.php?users/email-send"
  ["_GET"] => array(1) {
    ["users/email-send"] => string(0) ""
  }
  ["_POST"] => array(10) {
    ["test"] => string(15) "Send Test Email"
    ["criteria"] => string(154) "{"receive_admin_email":"1","user_group_id":"3","user_state":["valid"],"is_banned":["0"],"custom_exact":{"engineering_discipline":1},"no_empty_email":true}"
    ["total"] => string(1) "1"
    ["from_name"] => string(14) "CrazyEngineers"
    ["from_email"] => string(24) "xxx@crazyengineers.com"
    ["email_title"] => string(9) "Test Mail"
    ["email_format"] => string(4) "text"
    ["email_body"] => string(45) "Hello TheBigK,

I hope you get this email."
    ["_xfConfirm"] => string(1) "1"
    ["_xfToken"] => string(8) "********"
  }
}

What exactly could be the problem?

 

[TheBigK]

Got it fixed with help from hosts. It was the nasty fire'WALL' that was blocking the mails.

I've already put up a wall on the border of my server. Bruwahahaha.