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sending from btopenzone (smtp)
12-05-2011 12:40 PM
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Web and incoming mail works fine.
The problem is configuring the smtp to work with Mail on my Mac 10.6 and not relying on Plusnet SquirrelMail which, as most would agree, is a pain to use any longer than necessary.
I have tried a few things with smtp including of course <smtp.btopenzone.com>
The guy who owns the place uses aol webmail so has never had to work out smtp.
I take it it's not any block on the part of Plusnet?
Unlikely as on previous relocations smtp to orange or aol have all worked fine for me.
I sent a query to btopenzone several days ago. No reply.
Some web trawling since then suggests opening a BT-Yahoo account and getting it verified.
I have a yahoo webmail account to which BT-Yahoo keeps directing me to, but once there cant see any way of configuring smtp. Why would it, it's webmail.
G-friend tried opening and 'verifying' a new bt-yahoo account but nothings happened in 36 hours or more.
At the bottom of this page
http://btyahoo.com/smtpnonbt
it says:
For your non-BT email addresses, you won't be able to send mail using our mail server (mail.btinternet.com) - please refer to your ISP for further advice about sending mail.
Is it just a block that BT puts on non-BT users to punish them for not being BT users?
thanks for any ideas
cks
PS. I searched the forums but only found half a dozen refs from many years ago
Re: sending from btopenzone (smtp)
12-05-2011 1:02 PM
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See section 6 'Can I use my Plusnet email address if I'm not connected at home?' in this faq http://www.plus.net/support/email/common_questions.shtml#connectedElsewhere and follow the links as neccessary...
Superusers are not staff, but they do have a direct line of communication into the business in order to raise issues, concerns and feedback from the community.
Re: sending from btopenzone (smtp)
12-05-2011 1:03 PM
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Re: sending from btopenzone (smtp)
12-05-2011 3:07 PM
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Re: sending from btopenzone (smtp)
13-06-2011 9:05 PM
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It's not rocket science to implement secure authentication.
I have done it in the past on my Linux box in about half an hour so your boffins should be able to sort it out.
Re: sending from btopenzone (smtp)
29-06-2011 9:30 AM
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Quote from: itsme It's not clear from your post whether you have set up the Outgoing Server (SMTP) to use Authentication. Which you have to when using a Non PN connection. The Username and password has to be for the main email account and not any mailboxes you have set up.
Actually that's not the case anymore. You can authenticate against the SMTP server using the username+mailbox and mailbox password credentials. Try it and let me know how you get on. This can be very useful if on a public network and you don't want to use your main account password.
Re: sending from btopenzone (smtp)
29-06-2011 11:53 AM
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Re: sending from btopenzone (smtp)
29-06-2011 4:05 PM
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