Hi Daniel, But isn't the difference here that you are only using a different network when you are connected through wireless broadband (out on the road).
Bill is trying to use the westnet STMP server through a Bigpond ADSL2 connection. Or are you saying you can take a laptop with STMP set as mail.iinet.net.au and plug it into a Telstra ADSL network (say at a clients) and still send emails without changing STMP settings on the laptop? If so, I wonder what I need to change on my laptop to get the same result? It always catches me out in perth - I check my emails just fine but then when I try and send anything it doesn't work until I change the STMP server to Westnet. Same when I come home if I forget to change it back. Just to be sure my memory isn't faulty ;o) I have a bigpond email account which uses mail.bigpond.com as the POP server - I just changed the STMP server from mail.internode.on.net to mail.bigpond.com and tried to send a test email. The send fails with the error: Error Entourage cannot connect to the server. Verify that your computer is connected to the network. Explanation Mail could not be sent. Account name: "Bigpond - Neil" It seems my Internode ADSL connection does not allow me to use mail.bigpond.com as the STMP server. Or am I missing something here? Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com on 24/5/11 2:36 PM, Daniel Kerr at wa...@macwizardry.com.au wrote: > > Hi Neil > > I use my iPad (out on the road) on Bigponds network and with iinet servers > and it works fine. I've also done the same with my laptop as well. > > For me the setting I use is isp outgoing server (SMTP), in this case > mail.iinet.net.au > I then use it with Authentication (username and password). I use the > standard part of 25. > This means when it's on wireless at home with iinet it works, and out on the > road with Telstra it works. Don't have to change anything. > My iPhone does the same (with Vodafone) and my laptop does the same with > various clients networks of various ISP's. > Setting it to authenticate all the time has saved me having to change (or > set) other mail servers. > I haven't yet hit one that has stopped me so far. > > So hopefully it should still be the same with Bill's network. (seeing as > Westnet and iinet are pretty much the same now). > > Just my 2cents worth > > Kind regards > Daniel > > > On 24/5/11 1:04 PM, "Neil Houghton" <n...@possumology.com> wrote: > >> Hi Bill, Hi Ronni, >> >> I¹m pretty sure that Bigpond (and many other ISPs) do not now let you use >> outgoing SMTP servers other than their own. >> >> I vaguely remember that I used to do this with a domain I manage (route the >> outgoing mail through the domain mail server) but several years ago this >> stopped working and it was due to a change in Bigpond policy. I had to >> change the SMTP server to the bigpond mail server to get it going again. >> >> In other words, I think you will need to use Ronni¹s approach B to get it to >> work. >> >> It can also lead to problems when travelling, eg: >> >> * My home internet ISP is Internode >> * When in Perth we stay with Georgie¹s Mum who is with Westnet >> * I have email accounts that receive through Internode, Bigpond, and >> personal domain web servers >> * Receiving mail is OK at either location but to send mail I have to change >> the SMTP server between the Internode and Westnet servers to suit my >> location. >> >> >> HTH >> >> >> Cheers >> >> >> >> Neil > > --- > Daniel Kerr > MacWizardry > > Phone: 0414 795 960 > Email: <daniel @ macwizardry . com . au> > Web: <http://www.macwizardry.com.au> > > > **For everything Macintosh** > -- 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>
