I have been trying to write a php script which can email using smtp may be Google account or any other account, but after spending lot of time, I found that Godaddy (where I have my hosting account) doesn’t even allow scripts to make socket connection. Embarrassing, isn’t it !

Have a look into this link : http://community.godaddy.com/groups/web-hosting/forum/topic/godaddy-server-not-connecting-to-external-smtps/