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On 13/02/14 15:41, Neil Winchurst wrote:
Recently I was moved to a new server by my hosting company. Everything is fine except emails. I can receive them ok, but I am having trouble with sending any. So I am wondering if the SMTP port is set wrongly. I am using my laptop at the moment which is working fine. However the desk top will not send emails. At a quick glance I see that the SMTP port on the laptop is set at 465, the port on the desktop is 587. And the desktop complains that it needs some authentication, although I have it set up to not need any. Can anyone tell me if that could be a problem and what port I should be using? Thanks Neil
Neil The glib answer is to use the settings that work.The long answer is a bit more complicated. It's to do with the ports used (and blocked) by ISPs.
Authentication and encryption is a requirement from the SMTP server side, not an option for you to elect (or not) at your client end. You should use the settings the ISP gives you.
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