i can recive emails but can't send them
what am i doing wrong?
i've got a freeserve account (then wanadoo then orange) but i don't know what the pop thing is that i need to put into the computer?
i'm usinig smtp.freeserve.com for one and the other should be pop.freeserve.com

but it don't work

any ideas?

 

you need to use the SMTP server for the ISP you are connecting to, not the one that hosts your email account.

 

not quite right

you need to use your pop/smtp settings for the isp email you are using

for example

if you have testing@btopenworld.com you would use mail.btinternet.com

if you have testing@orange.com you would use mail.orange.com

that make sense??

 

also some isp's with only let you send from their SMTP

if you have hotmail address you can receive but not send using your hotmail details.


(hotmail not a good example though as you cant use hotmail in outlook express no more..lol )

 

you probably need to turn on smtp authentication, and enter your username and password for the freeserve account if you are no longer on a freeserve/wanadoo connection

 

yeah but spiky, if he has an old @freeserve.com email adress but now uses orange broadband he'll want freeserve's pop3 and orange's SMTP

 

still don't work

tried pop and pop3

the smtp seems to work in that i recive emails, but i can't send the buggers

 

you need to be sending through the smtp server of the isp who's email address it is, if you are on a different ISP to this, you need to turn on smtp authentication in outlook/outlook express, and tell it to use the same settings as incoming mail.

No ISP in their right mind has open relay turned on their SMTP servers anymore

 

Ok,

Now, I'm not a computer genius, but i typed into www.google.co.uk email settings for freeserve customers, upon clicking the 5th link in the results i got directed to this page :

http://www.orange.co.uk/time/ret_rest_account.htm

I don't know if that's of any use to you whatsoever