• Subject: Re: Sending email failure - away from home
  • Author: Willie E.
  • Date: 29 Aug 2008
  • References: 1 2 3 4 5
I have the exact same problem with Charter as you do, I'm in Michigan. I
have tried changing the ports to no avail. A lot of ISP's have started to no
longer support POP and SMTP, hopefully Charter is not one of them.
"Ed Gomez" wrote:

>
> Thank you very much .. I will try that.
>
> "Rich/rerat" wrote:
>
> > Ed Gomez,
> > You might want to try changing the outgoing mail server (SMTP) port setting
> > for your Charter acct from the default of 25, to one of the following.
> > 587
> > 465 (Comcast recommends this port if the PC is used while traveling, and
> > hooking up to hotel Wi-Fi service).
> > 995
> >
> > Comcast has started to block Port 25 for some areas of the country and
> > individuals, and require them to use port "587" (w/o) quotes. Charter.net
> > may be requiring the same for certain parts of the country or individuals.
> >
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> >
> > "Ed Gomez" <EdGomez@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:E1555B93-614E-4F00-B793-46E6ABD24CB6@microsoft.com...
> > Ouch ! Sounds like there isn't much we can do then. I was really hoping we
> > could find a way by adjusting the settings on the Microsoft Outlook side.
> >
> > "JSB" wrote:
> >
> > > I have the same problem with RoadRunner. Was told the same thing - you
> > > can't
> > > send e-mail if you are off their network. Have to use webmail. I get the
> > > "can't log on to SMTP server" error message. Tried putting in my username
> > > password on the Outlook advanced settings, but to no avail.
> > >
> > > "Ed Gomez" wrote:
> > >
> > > > Using Microsoft Outlook, I can't send email when I'm away from
> > > > home. It appears that a setting isn't set correctly re: the outgoing
> > > > mail server. I'm receiving email without a problem. Can you help ?
> > > > Thank you.
> >
> >
> >
27 Aug 2008Sending email failure - away from home.Ed Gomez
27 Aug 2008|- Re: Sending email failure - away from home.neo [mvp outlook]
27 Aug 2008|  |- Re: Sending email failure - away from home.Ed Gomez
27 Aug 2008|  \ Re: Sending email failure - away from home.Ed Gomez
27 Aug 2008|     \ Re: Sending email failure - away from home.Diane Poremsky [MVP]
28 Aug 2008|        \ Re: Sending email failure - away from home.Ed Gomez
28 Aug 2008\ RE: Sending email failure - away from home.JSB
29 Aug 2008   \ RE: Sending email failure - away from home.Ed Gomez
29 Aug 2008      \ Re: Sending email failure - away from home.Rich/rerat
29 Aug 2008         \ Re: Sending email failure - away from home.Ed Gomez
29 Aug 2008            \ Re: Sending email failure - away from home.Willie E.
31 Aug 2008               |- Re: Sending email failure - away from home.HAROLD
31 Aug 2008               \ Re: Sending email failure - away from home.HAROLD
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