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Problems sending e-mail


Sometimes Internet Service Providers are known to block Port 25. They expect
their customers to use their outgoing servers to send e-mails. There is a way around
this. We have provided an alternate port. It is 587. You can change the port
number in your e-mail client. (Mostly found under Advanced Settings). A few
examples are as follows:

MS OUTLOOK
1. Open MS Outlook. Click Tools -> E-mail Accounts.
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2. Choose View or change existing e-mail accounts and click Next.
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3. Highlight the e-mail account and click Change.
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4. Click More Settings. (Note: Make sure the box near
Log on using Secure Password Authentication (SPA) is Unchecked
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5. Change the port number of Outgoing Server (SMTP) to 587. Click OK.
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OUTLOOK EXPRESS
1. Open Outlook Express. Click Tools -> Accounts.
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2. Select Mail tab, highlight the e-mail account and click Properties.
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3. Select Advanced tab, and change the port number of Outgoing mail(SMTP) to 587. Click Apply and OK.
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NETSCAPE MAIL
1. Open Netscape Mail. Click Edit -> Mail & Newsgroups Account Settings.
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2. Select Outgoing Server(SMTP). Change the port number to 587. Click OK.
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