NormanS
Premium,MVM
join:2001-02-14
San Jose, CA
 ·Pacific Bell - SBC
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April 26th, @08:24PM
| reply to odayd
Re: Outbound email problems - any other reports?
Prior to mid-2002, SBC DSL customers only used SBCIS operated servers; such as 'mail.pacbell.net' for the 'pacbell.net' domain, and 'mail.nvbell.net' for the 'nvbell.net' domain.
AT&T Internet Services (ATTIS), which used to be SBC Internet Services (SBCIS), still operates those legacy servers for access by customers who never migrated to SBC Yahoo! DSL Service (now called, at&t Yahoo! HSI).
All migrated customers, and all new customers since SBC signed the contract with Yahoo! are supposed to be using the new 'smtp.att.yahoo.com' SMTP message submission severs. Alas, the new Yahoo! policy restricting sender email address to the associated account ID, and ten additional "verified" email addresses, limits the usefulness of 'smtp.att.yahoo.com' as a "Smarthost" for those running their own mail servers.
For those AT&T legacy DSL customers who never migrated to at&t Yahoo! HSI (or its predecessor, SBC Yahoo! DSL Service), 'smtp.att.yahoo.com' (and its predecessors) are not available for use. Only the legacy servers, such as 'smtpauth.sbcglobal.ne', or any other in one of the nine legacy SBC domains.
The Yahoo! change in policy on their SMTP message submission server access is a huge negative, and I urge anybody who has not, yet, migrated to the co-branded Yahoo! service to not do so at this time.
Since 'mail.pacbell.net' is now an alias to 'smtpauth.sbcglobal.net', there is not much advantage to one over the other. There are now five aliases, that I am aware of, pointing to the same legacy server cluster:
• 'mail.pacbell.net'
• 'smtp.ameritech.net'
• 'smtpauth.flash.net'
• 'smtpauth.prodigy.net'
• 'smtpauth.sbcglobal.net'
If your DSL setup documentation calls for 'mail.pacbell.net', continue to use it, for consistency's sake. Just be sure to configure your client to log in with your full email address as the username, and your account password.
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Norman
~Oh Lord, why have you come
~To Konnyu, with the Lion and the Drum |
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Frohike
join:2000-07-23
Waxahachie, TX | Just change your outgoing to smtpauth.sbcglobal.net and be sure to check "my outgoing server requires authentication" and be sure to include your full email address as the outgoing server. |
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tbone
@pacbell.net | Frohike, your the man...this fixed it!! Thank you for your post!! |
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NormanS
Premium,MVM
join:2001-02-14
San Jose, CA
·Pacific Bell - SBC
| I'd be suspicious that the client setting for "My outgoing server requires authentication" is what fixed it. The server names are aliases:
And...
Although, maybe, your DNS cache still had the old IP address for 'mail.pacbell.net', and a 'ipconfig -flushdns' at a command prompt would have fixed things.
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Norman
~Oh Lord, why have you come
~To Konnyu, with the Lion and the Drum |
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Bull
@northpointgroup.com | Thanks for clearing this up. i'll go home tonight and give the new domain name a try.
Thanks!! |
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Bull
@northpointgroup.com
| Hello, i'm home now and i am getting the same error code  .
"send test e-mail: unable to send test message, please verify the email address". I also tried to flush dns and i get the following error "could not flush the dns resolver Cashe: function failed during execution"
i have my outbound set to smtpauth.sbcglobal.net
I've tried checking my outgoing server requires authentication and use same settings as my incoming mail server...and i've tried it without authentication.
Am i using the correct server domain? What domain should i use for the inbound? It is currently working with postoffice.pacbell.net.
thanks!!! |
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Bull
@northpointgroup.com
| Hello all, I did a google search and figured out how to access the dns settings
1) Click Start
2) Click RUN
3) Type services.msc in the text box
4) Click OK or hit Enter
5) Scroll down to DNS Client and double click it
6) Select General tab and select Startup type: Automatic
7) Click Apply
7) Finally at Service Status Click Start (if it is stopped)
...Then i was able to flush the dns. Then i changed the outbound server as you suggested and also (checked) my outgoing server requires authentication. clicked Log-on using my user name and password.
Thanks a bunch for helping an average computer guy....my wife will be very happy  . Thanks! |
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