# A connection attempt failed because the connected party did not properly respond after a period of

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/a-connection-attempt-failed-because-the-connected-party-did-not-properly-respond-after-a-period-of/178229>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [October 31, 2009, 9:56am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/a-connection-attempt-failed-because-the-connected-party-did-not-properly-respond-after-a-period-of/178229 "2009-10-31T09:56:40Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 31, 2009, 9:56am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/a-connection-attempt-failed-because-the-connected-party-did-not-properly-respond-after-a-period-of/178229/1 "2009-10-31T09:56:40Z")

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Hi:

Need help. Using Actionmailer in development mode, and I keep getting  
this error:

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. - connect(2)

This is my first time trying to use action mailer. I am trying to test  
an email confirmation using authlogic.

Thanks for any help ASAP.