USPS shipping server is down

Have your hosting provider check for issues with port 80 outbound ...

Also check if there are issues with fsockopen ...

You could try temp ...
/includes/classes/http_client.php line 306

        if (!$this->socket = @fsockopen($host, $port, $this->reply, $this->replyString, $this->timeout)) {

remove the @ ... TEMPORARILY and see if you see errors or get error logs in the /cache ...

I got absolutely no where with them.
They claim no changes to the server have been made (I don't believe they really know this).

They want to know details about the communication.
How it is connecting
What are the details of the server its connecting to
etc.

Ajeh:

Have your hosting provider check for issues with port 80 outbound ...

Also check if there are issues with fsockopen ...

You could try temp ...
/includes/classes/http_client.php line 306

    if (!$this->socket = @fsockopen($host, $port, $this->reply, $this->replyString, $this->timeout)) {

> 
> remove the @ ... TEMPORARILY and see if you see errors or get error logs in the /cache ...


changing @fsockopen to fsockopen  had no effect

However, my line was 613

The log file:

[23-Mar-2012 17:41:08] PHP Warning: fsockopen() [<a href='function.fsockopen'>function.fsockopen</a>]: unable to connect to production.shippingapis.com:80 (Connection timed out) in /home/content/44/4963044/html/ZC/includes/classes/http_client.php on line 613

Try running:
your_domain.com/your_directory/extras/ipncheck.php

split63:

The log file:

[23-Mar-2012 17:41:08] PHP Warning: fsockopen() [<a href='function.fsockopen'>function.fsockopen</a>]: unable to connect to production.shippingapis.com:80 (Connection timed out) in /home/content/44/4963044/html/ZC/includes/classes/http_client.php on line 613

Tell GoDaddy that is the error you are getting and to fix it ...

Ajeh:

Tell GoDaddy that is the error you are getting and to fix it ...

That error resulted when I removed the @ symbol. I put it back in and the error no longer occurs and the log file is empty

Ajeh:

Try running:
your_domain.com/your_directory/extras/ipncheck.php

IPNCHECK.PHP - Version 1.3.9

CURL RESPONSE RECEIVED - Communications OKAY
IPN TESTING - Response Received via CURL -- COMMUNICATIONS OKAY

IPN TESTING - Confirmation/Validation response with fsockopen(): FSOCKOPEN() RESPONSE RECEIVED - Communications OKAY

Default method likely to be used for communications is: CURL, with the fallback method being FSOCKOPEN if possible.

Script finished.

Ajeh:

Can you give a more specific example of charges for:
Quantity 1
Quantity 2
Quantity 3

For US domestic only

QTY 1: $8.00
QTY 2: $10.00
QTY 3: $12.00
QTY 4. $14.00
etc

Turn on Item Rate and set Handling to 6.00 and the Rate to 2.00 ...

If you only want the US for this, then you need to make a Zone Definition for the US with the DETAILS for:
Country: United States
Zones: ALL

If you want to limit who the US is, as in 48 states, then you need to add the individual Zones to the DETAILS ...

This FAQ would help with that:
https://www.zen-cart.com/tutorials/index.php?article=409

Ajeh:

Turn on Item Rate and set Handling to 6.00 and the Rate to 2.00 ...

If you only want the US for this, then you need to make a Zone Definition for the US with the DETAILS for:
Country: United States
Zones: ALL

If you want to limit who the US is, as in 48 states, then you need to add the individual Zones to the DETAILS ...

This FAQ would help with that:
https://www.zen-cart.com/tutorials/index.php?article=409

Maybe I could just enable FedEx domestic and put no handling fee. That should come out roughly the same as USPS.

ANything else I can try to narrow in on this problem?
My understanding is weak. Essentially that its using port 80 to connect. But I still don't know the details as to where it is connecting

To get the cart working again. I enabled UPS again. And I put in a handling fee of -$5. That made it rougly equivalent to USPS. :clap:

But I still need to resolve this USPS issue

split63:

[23-Mar-2012 17:41:08] PHP Warning: fsockopen() [<a href='function.fsockopen'>function.fsockopen</a>]: unable to connect to production.shippingapis.com:80 (Connection timed out) in /home/content/44/4963044/html/ZC/includes/classes/http_client.php on line 613

Call GoDaddy and tell them you are getting this error ...

Ajeh:

Call GoDaddy and tell them you are getting this error ...

You are losing me.... Since I'm not getting that error.... how will this help?

On phone with Godaddy now

Are you ready for this? Now Godaddy says " oh ya, that's a known issue, that server is having difficulty connecting to outside resoures and the USPS is a known example of a failing connection".

I'm just glad they admit it and they are working on it.

Thank you for all your help.

Thanks for the update that the problem is with your GoDaddy server and that they know they have a problem and need to fix it ...