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Sun, 06 March 2005 19:22   |
msgtpain
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Registered: March 2003
Location: Montana
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do you have logs from either of your trials? There could be many reasons why one is or isn't working, anything from the setup not allowing relay from non-authenticated users, to your ISP locking down port 25 on the network to anything other than their own domain mail servers. Some do indeed do this to stop mail worms.
If you're using Outlook Express, and you are not able to successfully Send a message, first make sure that you have the option for "My Server Requires Authentication" checked in the account you setup. If the mail server requires this, it won't allow relay unless your client sends a user/pass with each SMTP request.
Try and telnet to your mail server (from your own computer, assuming they aren't on the same box) on port 25.. if you can't make a connection, your ISP is possibly filtering that, and you'll have to set it to a non-standard port (like 366) as your SMTP port.
It's all just trial and error.. but logs would definately help a bit in tracking it down. Also knowing exactly how you are trying to validate it, what software you're using as a client, if the server is on a remote computer, or your home computer, what your ISP is, etc.
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