Yeah, I just deleted the account and the server and it works now.
On Apr 4, 2008, at 4:47 PM, Chris Blouch wrote:
If I recall my smtp stuff correctly, you should be able to test out
your connectivity by hand via the terminal. In the terminal type
telnet smtp.yourisp.com 25
where you would use the smtp mail server address and port for your
ISP. Standard port is 25 but some, like AOL, use other numbers. You
should get back some text that says
Connected to blahblah
where blahblah is some server name. That will be followed by some
other lines, the last of which should start with the number 220.
This means you connected to the mail server, so it's not a
connectivity issue. If you dig into the SMTP commands you can even
send a message through this telnet session. First command is to tell
them what mail domain you are from by typing
helo mail.bob.com
or whatever. It should come back with a line of text that starts
with 250 and ends with OK. When you're done you type quit. Notice
that there is no verification that mail.bob.com is even a real
domain. This is why spam is so prevalent because the underlying
infrastructure was developed back when it was a bunch of people who
could trust each other. Ahh, the good old days of bitnet, fidonet,
freenet, veronica and archie.
CB
Richie Gardenhire wrote:
Shaun, Have you considered the fact there may be a port issue? I'm
having a similar problem with my local ISP, ACSAlaska. I did
everything as I was instructed, but I get an error message that
says something like: "Message cannot be sent by my outgoing mail
server." From that, it sound as though I may be having
complication or conflicts with DotMac and my local service
providers. I haven't tried synchronizing because I didn't think
that would work. So I'll look forward to a solution to be posted
to the list. Thanks.
Richie Gardenhire, Anchorage, Alaska.
Skype ID: alaska_mac_attack.
On Apr 4, 2008, at 9:45 AM, Test Account wrote:
Listers I have a mail issue that is very troubling. All of my
outgoing servers say offline and my mail goes to my outbox. I've
created a test account and everything works like normal. Does
anyone know what the issue is or could be. I've checked all the
server setting in dot mac, Skype and my own server and all is
intact. It's strange because like I said I can reply and everything
from this test account. Please, please help.
