outgoing server issue

R

rfetor

someone changed my outgoing server and when I changed it back to the proper
setting, I can receive e-mail but not send, using Outlook 2003, please help
urgent
 
B

Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]

someone changed my outgoing server and when I changed it back to the proper
setting, I can receive e-mail but not send, using Outlook 2003, please help
urgent

"Someone" changed it? Usually, that someone would be you, unless you share
your Windows login with other people.

Outgoing (and incoming) server address changes are usually the result of
having a third-party antivirus scanner looking at mail as it enters and
leaves. Uninstall your AV program and reinstall it without the mail scanning
feature.
 
V

VanguardLH

rfetor said:
someone changed my outgoing server and when I changed it back to the proper
setting, I can receive e-mail but not send, using Outlook 2003, please help
urgent

Stop sharing your Windows login account. Make accounts for the other users.

Some anti-virus programs change the e-mail settings in Outlook so they point
at their transparent proxy. They want to interrogate your e-mail traffic
but this is superfluous protection. Disable the e-mail scanning feature of
your anti-virus software, or uninstall it and do a custom install without
the e-mail scanner.

Sending doesn't work for the reason specified in the error message that you
chose to not divulge here. Go to the e-mail provider's web help pages to
get the "proper setting".
 

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