QUICK SUMMARY OF PROBLEM:
For big $$ reasons had to change isp's and got
AT&T Uverse package - including cheaper and much faster internet and
free att.net email.
Suddenly I couldn't send email using the att email gateway. Tried lots
of alternatives for almost a month .... AT&T's directions didn't work
at all with Balsa.
EASY SOLUTION:
It turns out that the solution was so simple that I thought I had tried
it (... that I had tried it several times actually, but obviously not).
AT&T specifically says to send ALL outgoing email to port 465 - thus:
smtp.att.yahoo.com:465
Without patching the code (I tried that and didn't get it quite right),
that won't work at all.
HOWEVER, a much simpler solution exists:
Send outgoing email to port 587 thus:
smtp.att.yahoo.com:587
It works like a charm.
Of course it may fail at some point since their tech support claims it
can't possibly work, but at least for now my problem has gone away.
I hope this saves someone else a lot of problems,
- wwa
--
william w. austin [email protected]
"life is just another phase i'm going through. this time, anyway ..."
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