On Sat, Jul 23, 2005 at 11:20:40PM +0000, Jeff Newton wrote: > > Well, believe it or not Larry, I kept playing around with the thing until I > hit the jackpot - no, guys I didn't go to three rivers casino for this! ;) I > figured if I wanted it to work, I'd keep playing with it until I got the > correct magic string to work! :) Uhm.... well that is a valid method, usually its a little easier to go to your isp's website >and just search for the right answer...
Also, There is a feature to check what your server supports. if you know your server supports tls or something, you can click the button to check, and if it comes up right, you might have the right hostname. Jamie (damn I hate vi!) must change editor! :w i > Thanks - > > Jeff > > > On Saturday 23 July 2005 22:54, larry price wrote: > > it sounds like you need to find out the actual hostname for the service > > as well as ensuring that you are connecting to it with the correct protocol > > > > if you are supposed to be sending your mail through a given server you > > can look it up with > > dig @ns.example.com example.com mx > > > > which will tell you where to send mail to. > > > > you'll have to look through your services documentation to get the > > correct magic string > > > > On 7/23/05, Jeff Newton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Larry, > > > > > > the problem is that I have is, when I put in all my relevent information > > > to, I keep getting a pop up that say's can't connect to host or something > > > around that ballpark. I know I did it right one time with efn > > > configuration. > > > > > > But, I think I'm having trouble with either adding smtp.hostname.com or > > > going www.hostname.com in one of the fields in either sending or > > > receiving. > > > > > > Jeff > > > _______________________________________________ > > > EUGLUG mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug > _______________________________________________ > EUGLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug _______________________________________________ EUGLUG mailing list [email protected] http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug
