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Three (3G) datacard strange email problem.

mayhem# · 2007-09-25 22:38:51

I'm "messing about" with a Linksys WRT54G3G and a THREE 3G-datacard and have run into a strange email problem. I can receive email but not send it. HTTP, POP3, FTP and other traffic works fine but SMTP just grinds to a halt. The error message I get is that the SMTP server "cannot be found". I'm running WinXP pro and…

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25-09-2007 11:38pm

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I'm "messing about" with a Linksys WRT54G3G and a THREE 3G-datacard and have run into a strange email problem.
I can receive email but not send it. HTTP, POP3, FTP and other traffic works fine but SMTP just grinds to a halt.
The error message I get is that the SMTP server "cannot be found".
I'm running WinXP pro and Outlook.
Would appreciate suggestions if anyone has any...

E.

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#2 26-09-2007 12:39am
watty

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3 sometimes blocks SMTP. Or doesn't transparent proxy it. Does the card work for SMTP direct without the router on your laptop/PC?

Read the 3 thread about email problems.

Which model card are you using? (Not relevent but I'm curious)

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