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Vodafone Mobile Broadband Mondem - Can't Send Email Outlook

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  • 22-11-2008 4:38pm
    #1
    ndoherty
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6 ✭


    Hi,

    I have borrowed a friends Vodafone USB broadband modem - I'm out in the 'sticks' for a few weeks :-)

    Everything seems to work fine.
    I can browse the net and I can receive emails.

    However I can't send emails??

    I am using MS Outlook (and this was working fine on previous landline broadband).

    So just wondering is there any settings I would need to change for the emails? I didn't think I would have to change incoing/outgoing server settings - but maybe I do??

    The error message is "System Delivery Failure".

    So if anyone has an answer - or tips on how to debug - please let me know.

    Thanks

    ND


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    #2
    kaizersoze
    Registered Users Posts: 7,042 ✭✭✭kaizersoze


    Go into the account settings in Outlook and change the outgoing server (SMTP) to mail.vodafone.ie


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    #3
    flamegrill
    Registered Users Posts: 1,862 ✭✭✭flamegrill


    Alternatively depending on your hosting provider you might be able to use the submission port 587 as no doubt vodafone have blocked port 25 outbound.

    Paul


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    #4
    ndoherty
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6 ✭ndoherty


    No luck guys - but thanks for the suggestions.

    I changed the Outgoing server to mail.vodafone.ie
    Didn't work - delivery failure.

    Also changed the "More Settings" -> "Outgoing Server" - unchecked the box "my outgoing server requires authentication".
    Didn't work - delivery failure.

    Also changed the "More Settings" -> "Advanced" outgoing server port from 25 to 587.
    Didn't work - delivery failure.

    I have an eircom account (using mail server settings : mail1.eircom.net) and a standard web hosting pop email account e.g. using mail server settings mail.mydomian.com.

    As I said I am receiving fine - just sending thats a bitch!

    So any more suggestion out there? Someone must have had a similar problem :-)

    Thanks

    ND


    Any idea


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    flamegrill
    Registered Users Posts: 1,862 ✭✭✭flamegrill


    Not much else bar changing to a hosting provider that offers port 587 as an alternative smtp port...


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    #6
    ndoherty
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6 ✭ndoherty


    Hi,

    Ok using the port 587 on my own hosting provider worked. So thanks a mil for that!!

    I had misread the first post - and had set both the outgoing server to mail.vodafone.ie as well as the port to 587.

    However my eircom account still won't send - and I've tried all the combinations. :-)

    Guess I'll give Vodafone call.

    Thanks all.

    ND


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    Cabaal
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 28,492 Mod ✭✭✭✭Cabaal


    gmail will do the trick and can be used with exisiting e-mail addy and it operates on port 587
    You can't use eircomsd outgoing mail server on vodafone but gmails will work when configured correctly in outloo0k and your gmail account settings (from address)


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