PHPMailer error: SMTP -> ERROR: Failed to connect to server

I try to google all the morning and i think i need Stackoverflow now! I wrote a simple script to send a mail (from hotmail to gmail) but i get this error: SMTP -> ERROR: Failed to connect to server: A connection attempt failed because the connected party did not properly respond after a period of time, or established connection failed because connected host has failed to respond. (10060)SMTP Connect() failed. Error This is the code: ``` <?php require_once("../includes/phpMailer/class.phpMailer.php"); require_once("../includes/phpMailer/class.smtp.php"); $to_name = "RECEIVER NAME"; $to = "RECEIVER@gmail.com"; $subject = "Mail test at " . strftime("%T", time()); $message = "This is a test message"; $message = wordwrap($message, 70); $from_name = "MY NAME"; $from = "MY_EMAIL@hotmail.it"; $mail = new PHPMailer(); $mail->IsSMTP(); $mail->SMTPDebug = 2; $mail->Host = "smtp.live.com"; $mail->Port = 25; $mail->SMTPAuth = true; $mail->Username = "MY USERNAME (hotmail)"; $mail->Password = "MY PASSWORD (hotmail)"; $mail->FromName = $from_name; $mail->From = $from; $mail->AddAddress($to, $to_name); $mail->Subject = $subject; $mail->Body = $message; $result = $mail->Send(); echo $result ? 'Sent' : 'Error'; ?> ``` Another info is that not even the standard mail() function worked, and checking php info i found this: sendmail_from - MY PROPER MAIL (hotmail) sendmail_path - no value SMTP - localhost smtp_port - 25 Thank you!!