Hi Alex, You will find most/many ISPs block what is called "Port 25" which is the port used to send e-mail. They are doing this to cut down on the amount of spam that is sent from their networks.
All e-mail sent via the Internet is routed through the port 25, the channel used for communication between an e-mail client and an e-mail server. Even though port 25 blocking will probably become an industry standard, however, the filter can create problems for e-mail servers and block legitimate e-mail as well as spam. Port 25 blocking allows ISPs to block spam sent out through their networks, but it tends to punish the innocent that have a need to send through e-mail servers other than those belonging to their ISP. The ISPs that block port 25 require their SMTP server to be used instead of the remote SMTP server or a SMTP server running on your computer. Cheers, Ronni On 26/06/2010, at 12:42 PM, Alexander Hartner wrote: > > Hi Susan, > > Thanks for the help. I had a look online and indeed this is the case. > > http://forums.ezimerchant.com/archive/index.php/t-189.html > > Personally I find this rather shameless as well as outright dangerous. > > How are the other providers (Vodafone, Optus etc) dealing with this ? > > Alex > > > On 26 Jun 2010, at 09:22, Susan Hastings wrote: > >> >> Your outgoing server needs to be mail.bigpond.com to send emails from pop >> accounts. >> >> Sent from my iPad >> >> On 26/06/2010, at 9:04 AM, Alexander Hartner <a...@j2anywhere.com> wrote: >> >>> >>> Here I stand in the queue waiting for the apple store to open. I was hoping >>> to send some quick emails, but all are stuck in my outbox. >>> >>> Thinking about it I haven't been able to send any emails while connected to >>> telstra. It works fine sending over wifi but not when outside. >>> >>> Does anybody have the same issue on telstra? >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au>
