Re: BT Internet / SMTP
- From: Richard Brooks <richardbrooks@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2006 16:57:49 +0100
Viking Mail wrote:
Hi all,
Does anyone know if BT Internet and / or BT broadband prevents their dialled-in users from accessing a thrid party SMTP server such as might be provided with a web hosting account?
I've set up web hosting for a guy who's currently on BT dialup, but he can't send mail via the web host's SMTP server. The settings look right in his Outlook Expres, and, indeed, OE claims to have connected to the server, but then sits there doing nothing (not even username / password) until the connection times out. Initially, I put it down to temporary server problems, but, while I'm able to send mail through it from my machine (on NTL), he still can't get any further after 3 days of trying.
I know that Freeserve / Wanadoo insist that outgoing mail must go through their SMTP server and wondered if BT had gone the same foolish way? If so, does it also affect BT Broadband (can't see how it would, given that they didn't provide any POP / SMTP of their own last time I checked, but hey, this is BT we're taling about). I know the guy's going to move over to broadband, and it would help to know in advance whether he can talk to his SMTP server throught it!
TIA,
Rob.
I'm using BT Broadband, sending all my rubbish through a third-party server and have no troubles although I am using Thunderbird but the differences should be minimal as compared to OE.
Settings;
Server:mail.thirdpartyservename.com
UserName:myname@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[Use name and password ticked]
It might be worth looking at some of these;
<http://btyahoo.com/smtpnonbt>
<http://www.btopenworld.com/mail/helpandsupport>
<http://www.tecknaonline.com/support.htm>
HTH!
Richard.
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