Window Mail Question.

[Madison]

Okay. I go to a university and that is the email account I was wanting to use
for my Window Mail. I can recieve all the emails that I get to my university
account, however I cant sent them. This is the error I am recieving:

The connection to the server has failed. Subject 'Financial Aid Question',
Account: 'pobox.winthrop.edu', Server: 'pobox.winthrop.edu', Protocol: SMTP,
Port: 25, Secure(SSL): No, Socket Error: 10061, Error Number: 0x800CCC0E

Also, when I recieve the email through Window Mail it deletes it from my
inbox on my university account. How do I make it keep the emails in both the
WIndow Mail and the university mail box? Help, if this makes sense!!

 

[Gary VanderMolen]

Your ISP will not permit you to connect to a port 25 SMTP server
on a different network. For more on this topic see
http://www.postcastserver.com/help/Port_25_Blocking.aspx

There are four workarounds:
1. Use webmail for sending if your university has a provision for that.
2. Ask your school if they have a port other than '25' for SMTP.
3. Substitute the SMTP server belonging to your current connection
(typically your home Internet connection).
4. If sending from multiple locations, get a free Gmail account,
configure it for POP access, and use it for your sending chores.
Gmail uses port 465 for SMTP, which is not blocked like port 25 is.

To prevent Windows Mail from deleting messages from the server:
Go to Tools, Accounts, select the account, Properties, Advanced,
enable "Leave a copy of messages on server."

 

[BehavioralCounselor]

You can send and receive mail to any other domain for which you have an
account, but you have to go through your ISP in order to accomplish that.
Here's how:
In the account properties on the Servers tab put your University info in the
Incoming (pop3). Put your ISP info in the Outgoing (smtp). Incoming Mail
Server should show your University info and password. Outgoing Mail Server:
make sure to check this box 'My Server Requires Authentication', click on
Setting then click Log On Using (put your ISP info here). This will set you
up to receive your University mail. Then do what Gary said about Leaving
Mail on Server. If you use your ISP mail account too, then you will need to
set up a separate account using all your ISP info as per their instructions.
If you need more specific details let us know.