• Subject: Re: outlook cannot connect to your outgoing (smtp) e-mail server
  • Author: Howie
  • Date: 19 Nov 2008
  • References: 1 2 3 4 5
Hi Diane,
I have tried the ports 587 and 465 SSL and that does not fix the issue.
It was working just fine, but following one of those silent updates, it has
stopped.

"Diane Poremsky [MVP]" wrote:

> Many ISP have the same practices. Speak to your providers tech support.
> There is nothing to fix - they may have an alternate port you can use and
> that is the only fix. Tech support can tell you if they offer an alternate
> port.
>
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> "Howie" <Howie@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:18A3D1C9-376E-4799-9501-F8F0A8F57BAA@microsoft.com...
> > Does Charter also come under this same criteria? If so how fara up will I
> > have to escalate to get it fixed?
> > Thanks in advance!
> >
> > "Mrmann" wrote:
> >
> >> Thanks for the help. I will try that and see where it leads.
> >>
> >> "benjaminlp" wrote:
> >>
> >> > On Jul 2, 4:51 pm, Mrmann <Mrm...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> >> > > I am getting error msg when I try to send email from outlook 2007. It
> >> > > will
> >> > > receive, but will not send outgoing email from my webmail.
> >> > > Task 'TDB - Sending' reported error (0x80042109) : 'Outlook cannot
> >> > > connect
> >> > > to your outgoing (SMTP) e-mail server. If you continue to receive
> >> > > this
> >> > > message, contact your server administrator or Internet service
> >> > > provider
> >> > > (ISP).'
> >> >
> >> > Do you have comcast cable internet? If so, they (and probably other
> >> > ISPs) block your outgoing mail port (typically 25) they recommend you
> >> > switch it to 587 but that never works either. The only solution I
> >> > have found is to use their SMTP server but that limits your relays per
> >> > day. If you have Yahoo DSL (at&t SBC or whoever they are now) you can
> >> > request them to unblock it. I beat my head against the wall for hours
> >> > on this one until i figured out that they do this. It's wrong.
> >> >
>
02 Jul 2008outlook cannot connect to your outgoing (smtp) e-mail server.Mrmann
02 Jul 2008|- Re: outlook cannot connect to your outgoing (smtp) e-mail server.benjaminlp
03 Jul 2008|  |- Re: outlook cannot connect to your outgoing (smtp) e-mail server.Mrmann
08 Nov 2008|  |  \ Re: outlook cannot connect to your outgoing (smtp) e-mail server.Howie
09 Nov 2008|  |     \ Re: outlook cannot connect to your outgoing (smtp) e-mail server.Diane Poremsky [MVP]
19 Nov 2008|  |        \ Re: outlook cannot connect to your outgoing (smtp) e-mail server.Howie
04 Jul 2008|  \ Re: outlook cannot connect to your outgoing (smtp) e-mail server.N. Miller
03 Aug 2008|     |- Re: outlook cannot connect to your outgoing (smtp) e-mail server.Becky
13 Nov 2008|     \ Re: outlook cannot connect to your outgoing (smtp) e-mail server.Mike M.
25 Nov 2008\ outlook is unable to connect to your outgoing (SMTP)e-mail server.rulark
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