SillyDog701

[bmarotta]

Hi, I had the same problem. It took me long to correct it, but the solution (for me) was to change the port from 25 to 587. It seems that some ISP blocks the 25 port connection to avoid SPAMs. But not all SMTP servers accept the 587 port.

Good Luck

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[Fulvio]

Hi, I had the same problem. It took me long to correct it, but the solution (for me) was to change the port from 25 to 587. It seems that some ISP blocks the 25 port connection to avoid SPAMs. But not all SMTP servers accept the 587 port.

Good Luck

Changing the port location goes hand in hand with request for authentication, required, as you said, to reduce SPAM. This "feature" does nothing to reduice Spam, but it sure inconveniences the user. I had AOL, and I am now using aim.com, both of which required authentication, and port 587.
The are a few problems in setting up mail, properly, which are, ofen, misunderstood. In the SMTP setup, there is a check mark to use the username and account. That's the same as authentication, but the primary account may not need authentication. The secondary SMTP is entered after clicking the Advanced button, with all the necessary information. The same information must match the SMTP Server settings of the specific account.
NS7.1 had different set up, not in Server settings, but rather in the account name|Advanced.

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