Surely you'd have "AUTH SMTP" enabled on your own mailserver if you're allowing connections from outside your network? (Otherwise you'd be an open relay) In that case the auth required codes you're getting sound right.
Are you using Exchange for mail? Or something else? Can you get the guys to VPN back to your network? Cheers Ken -----Original Message----- From: Oliver Marshall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, 8 April 2008 12:28 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Vodafone 3G-USB and SMTP servers Will do. If Vodafone is forcing the use of their own mail servers, well.....errrrr....that's a bugger. We'd like to make the sales chaps use our own mail server in order to keep the archive correct. Can anyone think of a work around ? Olly -----Original Message----- From: Ames Matthew B [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 07 April 2008 15:20 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Vodafone 3G-USB and SMTP servers Try this server: send.vodafone.net -----Original Message----- From: Oliver Marshall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 07 April 2008 15:03 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Vodafone 3G-USB and SMTP servers Lo gang, Anyone here getting a problem with Vodafone 3G enabled laptops (either usb adapter based machines or inbuilt 3g units) and sending mail via smtp servers? We've just got 3 3g cards for laptops. No matter what mail server we try to use they all return either AUTHORISATION REQUIRED or TOO MANY CONNECTIONS. We've tried our own mail server here, sending via our mail filtering service, sending straight to client mail servers, our hosted PLESK mail server etc. All the same. Vodafone as usual are being as helpful as choco-teapots and giving us a standard response, but the problem only happens when using the Vodafone service. Using the T-Mobile equivalent works fine as does the wifi down the road, our office connections, home adsl lines etc. Pinging the mail servers comes back with the right IP, and tracerouting to the mail servers shows it's hitting the box. Anyone else seen the same thing? Olly ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
