Treo Forum - Treonauts - View Single Post - E-mail setup-can receive, but not send

skoenig · 09-12-2007, 01:20 PM

@ianhar01
If you can receive but not send then there is a problem with your outgoing server. You shoudl look for an SMTP server address from Bellsouth as well as what credentials you need to be able to use it.

For incoming mail:
POP3 e.g pop3.mailserver.com usually required a login and password

For outgoing mail:
SMTP e.g smtp.mailserver.com usually requires a password and can require encryption or different port number

Bellsouth web pages should be able to give you the details. Just pretend like you're setting up Outlook.

One other thing it *could* be is that Bellsouth might be limiting SMTP (Outgoing mails) server access to those people within their network. It's very common to do this to protect the outgoing mail server from SPAM attacks.

If this is the case. You're best bet is to get a Google or Yahoo mail account - I'd recommend this for all people anyway as these accounts well protected from spam, well managed and totally ISP agnostic meaning you can keep the email for life regardless of who you're with.

They both offer very good instructions and remote mail access for most mail clients including your Treo (via Versa, Chatter, Snapper et al)...

Regards

~ Steph

09-12-2007, 01:20 PM	#5 (permalink)
skoenig Administrator Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Los Angeles My Treo: Treo 700p My Carrier: Sprint My OS: XP Posts: 1,782 Thanks: 103 Thanked 152 Times in 99 Posts	@ianhar01 If you can receive but not send then there is a problem with your outgoing server. You shoudl look for an SMTP server address from Bellsouth as well as what credentials you need to be able to use it. For incoming mail: POP3 e.g pop3.mailserver.com usually required a login and password For outgoing mail: SMTP e.g smtp.mailserver.com usually requires a password and can require encryption or different port number Bellsouth web pages should be able to give you the details. Just pretend like you're setting up Outlook. One other thing it could be is that Bellsouth might be limiting SMTP (Outgoing mails) server access to those people within their network. It's very common to do this to protect the outgoing mail server from SPAM attacks. If this is the case. You're best bet is to get a Google or Yahoo mail account - I'd recommend this for all people anyway as these accounts well protected from spam, well managed and totally ISP agnostic meaning you can keep the email for life regardless of who you're with. They both offer very good instructions and remote mail access for most mail clients including your Treo (via Versa, Chatter, Snapper et al)... Regards ~ Steph __________________ IIIe > V > [wilderness] > 650 > 700p > 680 \| Sprint \| Subscribe to the newsletters!