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outlook smtp

Posted: Sat Jun 26, 2004 2:02 pm
by Nathan
i am trying to set up a pop/smtp account on microsoft outlook 2003
the problem is it wont connect to the outgoing mail server. my brother said something like because of our router or dsl, i forget, we cannot send anymail only recieve with outlook. anyone know how i can fix this?

Posted: Sat Jun 26, 2004 3:11 pm
by Timelessblur
well general you have to put in the stmp accoutn and tell outlook where to go. I dont believe you router should be causing much of a problem. I can use outlook 1--% though out wireless router we have here at home though our DSL. it shoudl not be hard to look up the stmp account access.

also I had a problem like this when I first tryed using STMP access. A lot of htem require you to log in with a user name and password to do it (most of the time it the same as you download. Go in and make sure it doing that for you)

Posted: Sat Jun 26, 2004 4:48 pm
by Plasma2002b
open the right ports on your router

Posted: Sat Jun 26, 2004 9:38 pm
by Jrrtt37
i wouldn't even recommend outlook, doesn't it allow more crap on to your computer, Ex: virus, ads, blah.?

Posted: Sun Jun 27, 2004 12:04 am
by Nathan
does it? this is my first time using it and i like how convient it is, i dont have to log in to yahoo or hotmail to check my mail, just set it up to start when my computer starts and EMAIL

Posted: Sun Jun 27, 2004 1:31 am
by Timelessblur
well I knew for a while that only the premiem account from yahoo had pop3 access. I dont know if that change when it went to 100 megs. I alreayd had a paid account from them though sbc.

Right now I am looking at thunderbird and see how that is. All I can say is I really like outlook right now just for the convence of having ti downloaded onto my computer

Posted: Sun Jun 27, 2004 1:13 pm
by Nathan
yea, what was up with them going to 100 megs free, did they decide to go buy a ton of new servers or something?
seriously, hotmail has 2 megs, aol...what?

Posted: Sun Jun 27, 2004 2:03 pm
by Timelessblur
it a 100 meg inbox. That is nouthing compared to what my dad got. his account went from 25 megs to 2 gigs. all because his account it the primery account.

I guessing they add some but my account is on a diffent server than most. I basicly have all the stuff you get in yahoo plus with only a 100meg inbox. but then again we do pay money every month to them for our internet

Posted: Sun Jun 27, 2004 9:42 pm
by Robpol86
um, u dont need to open ports when using the internet. only when hosting something................

put in the right smtp address your isp provided you with. a router/firewall with default settings WONT cause problems in this situation. usually your smtp address is something like, mail.isp.com or smtp.isp.com

Posted: Mon Jun 28, 2004 9:32 pm
by Nathan
yea, its the right smtp address cuz i used it at work, but it wont work here

Posted: Mon Jun 28, 2004 11:03 pm
by Robpol86
u used it at work and now your trying to use it at home? so u have the same isp in both places? dont try using your work smtp address....

Posted: Tue Jun 29, 2004 1:01 am
by Nathan
my work has a server that uses vdeck and i have an account with it

Posted: Wed Jun 30, 2004 3:12 am
by Plasma2002b
open the ports yet?

Posted: Wed Jun 30, 2004 7:09 am
by Matt
Some ISPs don't allow mail to be sent through any ISP but their own. I know if I'm not at home, I can't send my comcast mail (i.e. I'm at a friends house using Sprint DSL or Dial-Up). Maybe your work ISP doesn't allow you to send mail in that fashion.

I can, however, check all my comcast mail from any location regardless of the ISP. They have that block for smtp stuff so spam is cut back. It's gay in my opinion....but whatever.

Posted: Wed Jun 30, 2004 7:51 am
by Robpol86
Plasma2002b wrote:open the ports yet?
u dont have to open the damn ports