In some cases when you attempt to send mail you can experience an error similar to the following:
The connection to
the server has failed. Account:
'[email protected]',Server:'mail.yourdomain.com',
Protocol:SMTP, Port: 25,Secure(SSL): NO Socket error: 10061, Error
Number: 0x800ccc0e
This error usually indicates the failure of
your email program to connect to port 25, the SMTP (outgoing mail) port.
One of the following is the likely cause of this problem:
- Your firewall blocks SMTP connections to an internet mail
server. Consult your firewall documentation or network administrator
for details.
- Your Internet Service Provider (ISP) does not allow SMTP
connections to an internet mail server. Most large ISPs now block
port 25 in an effort to prevent spam. If you believe that this is the
cause of your error, you will have to configure your email program
to use your ISP's SMTP server. Consult your ISP's technical support
or FAQ regarding SMTP usage.
If you use one of the ISPs listed below, try the corresponding
SMTP setting to see if it remedies the problem. If it does not, contact
your ISP for SMTP settings.
If you cannot find the SMTP server for your ISP, or do not have access to
it, you can use mail.yourdomain.com through our althernative SMTP port 8889. Consult
your email program's help files for information on changing theoutgoing
mail port.
Some of the more common ISP SMTP servers are listed below:
- ATT WorldNet: mailhost.worldnet.att.net
- ATT BI: mail.attbi.com
- Bellsouth: mail.bellsouth.net
- Comcast: smtp.comcast.net
- Cox: smtp.west.cox.net
- smtp.central.cox.net
- smtp.east.cox.net
- DCAnet: postoffice.dca.net
- EarthLink: mail.earthlink.net
- Flash: smtp.flash.yahoo.com
- Microsoft MSN: smtp.email.msn.com
- MindSpring: smtp.mindspring.com
- NetZero: smtp.netzero.net
- Optimum Online: mail.optonline.net
- Prodigy Internet: smtp.prodigy.net
- SBC: smtp.sbcglobal.yahoo.com
- Sprynet: smtp.sprynet.com
- Telus: smtp.telus.net
- Verizon/GTE: smtp.verizon.net
Article ID: 137, Created: July 23, 2012 at 10:43 PM, Modified: January 9, 2013 at 5:42 PM