Microsoft Outlook Sending Problems?

Question

I am able to receive emails but not send them. Outlook says that it cannot find the LAN even though my broadband and internet connections are working correctly.

I was with Orange broadband but I have recently moved to a rented property and it already has broadband enabled. I am using this connection for the internet but it does not seem to work with my outlook sending.

Is the SMTP problem becuase I am not on the orange connection now? Can I use another SMTP to send emails as I receive them through my .com web account and this works fine but does not provide smtp?

Answer 1

Yes, you will need to change the SMTP address. It will also probably require authentication. So you will need to set up the User Name/Password in Outlook Internet E-mail Settings (or whatever email client you are using).



You can use Yahoo emails servers. If you have a Yahoo email account or Hotmail you can use their server setting to collect email to your email client. Here's the instruction how to do this for a Yahoo email account and setting up Outlook 2002 on XP:



http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/mail/original/mailplus/pop/pop-06.html



or for outlook Express:



http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/mail/original/mailplus/pop/pop-08.html



Here's how to set up Outlook if you have a Hotmail account:



http://www.freeemailtutorials.com/outlookExpress/settingUpOutlookExpress/hotmailAccountSetup.cwd





Alternatively, you could run your own SMTP email server:



Here's a free one:



http://www.softstack.com/freesmtp.html

Answer 2

Orange would only accept smtp from a subscribed connection because they can easily identify the source machine and authenticate it. Many mail services do NOT allow smtp unless you subscribe to a paid service now, as it makes security easier to enforce.

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