That message usually means that you are trying to send a message through a mail server without being logged in to that server, and the people who run the server have chosen to disallow that to prevent spammers from using the server. For instance, most Earthlink servers don't allow relaying. I have an Earthlink account. If I happen to be connected through another ISP (say, using my son's computer while visiting his home, or using a T-1 hookup at a hotel), I can _receive_ my email from Earthlink, but if I try to send a message using "mail.earthlink.net" as the SMTP server, it gets rejected because I'm not logged in as an Earthlink customer.
Some ISPs (such as the now-disappearing free email at mac.com) allow relaying with SMTP authorization; that is, your mail program had to send your username and password when requesting to send mail. Entourage has the option to do that under Advanced Sending Options for an account. Thus, if connected thru a T-1 line (same as above scenario), I could both send and receive my mac.com mail; I could even receive my Earthlink mail and send mail from my Earthlink account, but using mac.com's SMTP server to do so. However, the final confusion: If I had my mac.com account set up to use mac.com's SMTP server with SMTP authorization, which works when I am on the road and using an alternate ISP to connect, when I am at home, using Earthlink DSL, I get the "relay access denied" message. This is because Earthlink has chosen to block _outgoing_ relays as well as incoming. That is, they won't let me use their server as a base from which to relay an outgoing message to another server. Now, that's my understanding of where this error comes from. It does not explain how you can get the message on one attempt, and then successfully send a message moments later using the same method. On or near 9/11/02 6:51 AM, Richard Shane at [EMAIL PROTECTED] observed: > Sometimes, when I click on Send and Receive All, a moment later I get an > error message �Relay access denied.� I then click again on Send and Receive > All and the mail gets sent. What�s this about? > > Richard -- My web page: <http://home.earthlink.net/~allenwatson/> My scripts page: <http://homepage.mac.com/allenwatson> Microsoft MVP for Mac Entourage/Word--<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> old-archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>
