problem with mail.sbcglobal.net?

Don Oxford

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Nov 20, 2008, 8:58:29 PM11/20/08

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For some reason I am currently unable to send mail through the
mail.sbcglobal.net.

Anyone else having a similar problem? Can anyone suggest an
alternative att smtp server? Or know what may be up?

thanks.

Gerry

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Nov 20, 2008, 9:54:13 PM11/20/08

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In article
<73ab1afc-07f0-4d2c...@r15g2000prh.googlegroups.com>,
Don Oxford <m...@witty.com> wrote:

Just sent an email message, 6:54 PST, and it went out without any
problem.

Don Oxford

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Nov 20, 2008, 10:13:42 PM11/20/08

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On Nov 20, 6:54 pm, Gerry <Mee...@Three.com> wrote:
> In article
> <73ab1afc-07f0-4d2c-bfea-1088ef3f6...@r15g2000prh.googlegroups.com>,

Hmm ... thanks Gerry.

I'm wondering what trouble shooting steps i can try? Any suggestions?

I'm using the latest thunderbird, 2.0.0.18, and have ssl selected,
user name and password authentication, port 445.

I can receive mail via pop fine, but sending with the above
configuration fails.

Gerry

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Nov 20, 2008, 10:47:11 PM11/20/08

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In article
<63a70f2e-7fe2-4ba5...@f37g2000pri.googlegroups.com>,
Don Oxford <m...@witty.com> wrote:

> On Nov 20, 6:54 pm, Gerry <Mee...@Three.com> wrote:
> > In article
> > <73ab1afc-07f0-4d2c-bfea-1088ef3f6...@r15g2000prh.googlegroups.com>,
> > Don Oxford <m...@witty.com> wrote:
> >
> > > For some reason I am currently unable to send mail through the
> > > mail.sbcglobal.net.
> >
> > > Anyone else having a similar problem? Can anyone suggest an
> > > alternative att smtp server? Or know what may be up?
> >
> > > thanks.
> >
> > Just sent an email message, 6:54 PST, and it went out without any
> > problem.
>
> Hmm ... thanks Gerry.
>
> I'm wondering what trouble shooting steps i can try? Any suggestions?

Try calling 877-722-3755

>
> I'm using the latest thunderbird, 2.0.0.18, and have ssl selected,
> user name and password authentication, port 445.

I'm using port 465

Don Oxford

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Nov 20, 2008, 11:22:03 PM11/20/08

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On Nov 20, 7:47 pm, Gerry <Mee...@Three.com> wrote:
> In article

> <63a70f2e-7fe2-4ba5-adc2-28a1bf206...@f37g2000pri.googlegroups.com>,

> Don Oxford <m...@witty.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > On Nov 20, 6:54 pm, Gerry <Mee...@Three.com> wrote:
> > > In article
> > > <73ab1afc-07f0-4d2c-bfea-1088ef3f6...@r15g2000prh.googlegroups.com>,
> > > Don Oxford <m...@witty.com> wrote:
>
> > > > For some reason I am currently unable to send mail through the
> > > > mail.sbcglobal.net.
>
> > > > Anyone else having a similar problem? Can anyone suggest an
> > > > alternative att smtp server? Or know what may be up?
>
> > > > thanks.
>
> > > Just sent an email message, 6:54 PST, and it went out without any
> > > problem.
>
> > Hmm ... thanks Gerry.
>
> > I'm wondering what trouble shooting steps i can try? Any suggestions?
>
> Try calling 877-722-3755

OK thanks Gerry, I'll have to call them.

> > I'm using the latest thunderbird, 2.0.0.18, and have ssl selected,
> > user name and password authentication, port 445.
>
> I'm using port 465

Right you are, 445 was a typo. It was correctly set to 465.

JC Dill

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Nov 21, 2008, 1:53:01 PM11/21/08

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You can also try port 587.

jc

NoOp

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Nov 21, 2008, 2:05:59 PM11/21/08

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Try smtp.att.yahoo.com instead:

~$ ping smtp.att.yahoo.com
PING smtp.sbc.mail.fy4.b.yahoo.com (69.147.64.31) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from smtp1.sbc.mail.vip.sp1.yahoo.com (69.147.64.31):
icmp_seq=1 ttl=57 time=13.4 ms

$ ping mail.sbcglobal.net
PING mail.sbcglobal.net (207.115.36.120) 56(84) bytes of data.
--- mail.sbcglobal.net ping statistics ---
15 packets transmitted, 0 received, 100% packet loss, time 14008ms