Please Help! - Email Problems

[Ted]

I can receive emails - but not send!
When I send I receive the following error message/email.
"550 connection denied after dictionary attack"
It is only on the connection.
On other connections I can send and receive just fine!

Does anyone have a clue?

 

[Roady [MVP]]

Contacted that ISP already to verify everything is OK already after the
dictionary attack?

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Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

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[Ted]

Thank You!
But I have a few questions!
1) What is dictionary attack?
2) Who attacked me? Why?
3) What does my ISP have to do with it?
4) How will they fix it?
Thank you for your help!!!!

-----Original Message-----
Contacted that ISP already to verify everything is OK already after the
dictionary attack?

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-What do the Outlook Icons Mean?
-Create an Office 2003 CD slipstreamed with Service Pack 1

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I can receive emails - but not send!
When I send I receive the following error message/email.
"550 connection denied after dictionary attack"
It is only on the connection.
On other connections I can send and receive just fine!

Does anyone have a clue?

.

 

[Brian Tillman]

But I have a few questions!
1) What is dictionary attack?

It is an attempt to guess a password. A client sends a particluar username
to the server, specifying passwords various passwords, one right after the
other, in an attempt to stumble upon the correct one. Called a "dictionary"
attack because the passwords come from a list of possible passwords, lke a
dictionary contains lists of words.

2) Who attacked me? Why?

No way to tell.

3) What does my ISP have to do with it?

It was your account on your ISP that was attacked. SOmeone was trying to
guess your password.

4) How will they fix it?

They disabled your account, at least for email, and must reenable it.