I think the problem was Verizon. I Googled "smtp verizon" filtered for the
last 24 hours and got 376 hits. 13,100 hits in the last week. Lots of mad
people.
Apparently Verizon is so panicked about handling spam that they are dropping
standard email support. The posts linked to
http://support.vzw.com/information/smtp_shutdown.html which said "After a
careful analysis of email messaging, Verizon Wireless has decided to no
longer keep and maintain the SMTP Mail Relay Service." To which I respond
"Doesn't Verizon understand how the Internet works?" It is outrageous to
just blow off such a critical service. Not sending proper notification to
its customers was real rich too. But that's not my current problem. I was
not using their SMTP relay.
However, this does suggest serious mismanagement. So I tested for that
with...
telnet smtp.1and1.com 25
and watched it fail to connect. Without notice Verizon decided to block port
25 too.
Sometimes "the Google" gives out-of-date information. Google is not
always your online friend.
Verizon, like Yahoo, like GMail, like AOL, decided that SMTP servers
need to be more secure, so they changed their outgoing mail
authentication setup. They haven't dropped SMTP, just changed the
settings. For outgoing mail the settings are:
Description: [name of account]
Server name: outgoing.verizon.net
Port: 587
User name: [your user name--main or subaccount]
Secure connection: none
Verizon is handling the security settings on their end, so you don't
have to designate TLS or SSL in your email client. I can still use the
Verizon server to send Yahoo or TRansnationalRepublic email without
changing my sender info that the recipient sees. With GMail SMTP
servers, you can send from any account, but the recipient only sees your
GMail address. Yahoo SMTP servers require that you go online to the
Yahoo account and authenticate outside accounts before using their servers.
http://tinyurl.com/nefhaj ! Verizon is still your friend.
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