Thunderbird won't send mail on a wifi hot spot

cormie

I've been using a wifi hotspot recently to do a bit of work from, it's fine other than when I try to send an email from thunderbird, I get an error and the email disappears and ends up in the sent folder, but i don't think it sent properly.

The server settings I'm using are:

Blacknight SMTP Server
smtp1r.cp.blacknight.com
Port 587

Any suggestions or advice appreciated!

bonzodog2

Generally you need to use the SMTP server of the service provider, e.g. UPC's or Eircom's. Ask the hotspot company what theirs is.

cormie

Oh really? This is bitbuzz in a cafe.. do you think the same still applies?

gctest50

try setting it to

mail.bitbuzz.net

maybe


or something like : http://www.smtp2go.com/ <<<<< free for less than 20 emails per day


.

gctest50

If you are doing work on cafe wifi setups , you'd probably want to use a VPN

cormie

Thanks a lot for the suggestions, tried both bitbuzz and smtp2go and they aren't working either say they timed out or something.

What's VPN and why should I use it? Security?

White Heart Loon

cormie wrote: »

Thanks a lot for the suggestions, tried both bitbuzz and smtp2go and they aren't working either say they timed out or something.

What's VPN and why should I use it? Security?

Did you use port 25?

Do a speedtest on speedtest.net, it will tell you what provider you are on, then change to theirs (Google it)

A VPN is a secure tunnel to your work network where your mail server is.

cormie

Thanks for the continued help guys. I just went to speedtest and this is the result.

It says bitbuzz ltd on the test:



I don't actually have a work network, I'm self employed and work from home mostly, just out at the mo

White Heart Loon

This says it's mail.bitbuzz.net. Did you try the default smtp port 25?

gctest50

Would their webmail do when you're out ?

https://altmail.blacknight.com/

cormie

Whoo, port 25 seemed to work, they are sending fine now I wonder why SMTP2Go didn't work, seemed like a good solution to always be able to send no matter what connection I'm on, even 20 a day is fine for when I'm not on my regular connection.

Thanks a lot for the help!

White Heart Loon

cormie wrote: »

Whoo, port 25 seemed to work, they are sending fine now I wonder why SMTP2Go didn't work, seemed like a good solution to always be able to send no matter what connection I'm on, even 20 a day is fine for when I'm not on my regular connection.

Thanks a lot for the help!

You can also use Googles smtp https://www.digitalocean.com/community/articles/how-to-use-google-s-smtp-server

cormie

Thanks for that. I'm back home now but tried those settings earlier too as I had a gmail smpt saved in thunderbird, although port was set to 110, it didn't work earlier but just worked now (I'm connected to Vodafone bb). Might try it again next time I'm out and about. 99 emails per 24h should be fine

gctest50

Take note of this bit or your customers won't know what yer at

NOTE: Google automatically rewrites the From line of any email you send via its SMTP server to the default Send mail as email address in your Gmail or Google Apps email account Settings. You need to be aware of this nuance because it affects the presentation of your email, from the point of view of the recepient, and it may also affect the Reply-To setting of some programs.

cormie

wow, that's kind of crazy, I started to read that but I thought it was just something in the server settings and wouldn't actually have any bearing on anything so I didn't pay attention to it. That's a pretty important thing! Thanks for pointing it out, I think I'll be using their smpt only as a last resort now!

White Heart Loon

You can also do what I do and add your pop email details to gmail so it gets all your mail.

cormie

Yeah I had someone from boards help me set up a gmail backup service for all my accounts where every mail I send and receive in Thunderbird is copied to gmail in it's respective folder which is very handy to have as I'll always have everything backed up