re: email problem
Friday, October 30, 2009 at 5:01 pm
Windows Vista Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Dan
(3 messages posted)
OK, they still claim the problem is not at their end, but here's is what I have done
so far.
I can telnet to their server, port 110, I get a message that says "+OK pop3 ready",
I enter my username and password and it lets me log in.
Now, I am not a POP3 or SMTP expert, but I thought that POP3 was used for incoming
mail and SMTP for outgoing mail. So the fact that I can log on this way tells me
that POP3 is working, so I should be able to download emails on Thunderbird, which
I can. This is not the problem anyways!
But when I try to log onto the SMTP server to retrieve my emails, I have problems.
First I telnet to mail.hover.com 587. It takes a long time, but I eventually get
back
220 smtp.hostedmail.com ESMTP
Then I reply with helo smtp.hostedmail.com
and get back
250 omf02.hostedmail.com
then I reply with
mail from:
and get back
250 2.1.0 OK
Then things go sideways. If I enter
rcpt to:
I get
554 5.7.1 Recipient address rejected: Access denied
So, I guess I am hoping to find out if:
1) My logic is correct, ie that testing the POP3 connection does not tell anything
about SMTP.
2) That my approach and commands to test the SMTP connection are correct.
3) What it likely means that I get Access denied regarless of what email address
I enter?
Thank you!!!
Dan
- Written in response to:
- re: email problem (MartinM: Thursday, October 29, 2009 at 12:34 pm)
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