ccn85 said:
this is the error message i keep on getting
"Find outgoing mail server (SMTP)- Outlook could not connect to the
outgoing mail server. The problem could be the server name or port, or
your
server may not support SSL."
Check from the web pages or tech support for your e-mail provider or ISP
as to what server names you should be using for the POP3 and SMTP
server, and be sure to use their full names (if they say to use
"smtp.yourdomain.com", don't use just "smtp"). Usually the server names
are different for the POP3 and SMTP server but sometimes they are the
same. Of course, you provided absolutely no details about your e-mail
setup so we don't even know if you are using a POP3/SMTP, IMAP/SMTP, or
HTTPmail account.
Do you have SSL enabled in your account definition? If so, does your
mail server actually support SSL connects? If so, why are you using the
standard port numbers (110 for POP3 and 25 for SMTP)? Usually other
port numbers are used for SSL connects so you need to find out from your
e-mail provider what are those other port numbers on which they listen
for SSL connects.
You could open a DOS shell and use the ping command with the server
names to find out if your DNS server can actually find the lookup (from
IP name to IP address since computers communicate via IP addresses; IP
names are for convenience by humans to recognize a target host). Since
you are posting from Comcast, presumably you are using a Comcast e-mail
account. So what IP names are you using for the POP3 and SMTP servers?
They should be mail.comcast.net for POP3 and smtp.comcast.net for SMTP
(and notice it is .net and not .com for the top-level domain). If you
are using a different e-mail provider, no one can help you unless you
decide to divulge who that is.
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