diff --git a/src/Mail/SmtpMailer.php b/src/Mail/SmtpMailer.php
index 3fc17d7..435af19 100644
--- a/src/Mail/SmtpMailer.php
+++ b/src/Mail/SmtpMailer.php
@@ -114,9 +114,9 @@ public function send(Message $mail)
 	 */
 	protected function connect()
 	{
-		$this->connection = @fsockopen( // @ is escalated to exception
-			($this->secure === 'ssl' ? 'ssl://' : '') . $this->host,
-			$this->port, $errno, $error, $this->timeout
+		$this->connection = @stream_socket_client( // @ is escalated to exception
+			($this->secure === 'ssl' ? 'ssl://' : '') . $this->host . ':' . $this->port,
+			$errno, $error, $this->timeout
 		);
 		if (!$this->connection) {
 			throw new SmtpException($error, $errno);