well I took off the authentication piece for now, changed the ports and got it to verify on my IP.
here is the error I am getting form the CF mail log my real IP is not displayed and is subsituted with [my IP] for this email "Error","scheduler-3","03/09/05","11:14:24",,"Could not connect to SMTP host: [my IP], port: 25; nested exception is: java.net.ConnectException: connection to [my IP] timed out" -----Original Message----- From: Rick Faircloth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2005 11:16 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: Using SMTP authentication for CFMAIL Eric, You were getting verification and successfully mailing before adding the user:password@ part to your SMTP server name, right? Rick -----Original Message----- From: Eric Creese [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2005 12:07 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: Using SMTP authentication for CFMAIL Ok got it to verify. So I tried sending an email. Wait nothing comes to me. So I check the Event Log and find the following error: Message delivery to the remote domain 'message.alltel.com' failed for the following reason: The remote server did not respond to a connection attempt. -----Original Message----- From: Matt Robertson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2005 9:57 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Using SMTP authentication for CFMAIL to into the cf admin and click Mail Settings. In the mail server space, enter user:[EMAIL PROTECTED] where "user" is the account username. my email address is [EMAIL PROTECTED] so my username would be "websitemaker" "password" is the account password in clear text "mail.mysite.com" is the name of the mail server you want to log into. Depending on your mail server this can be just an IP address, or it may need to be the domain name that the mail server's IP answers to (or one of them... exactly what depends on how you have set up dns). To add another ingredient into the pot: there's no law that says you have to use port 25, which is the standard smtp port but is also the one the spammers are trolling. You could adhere to standards (or rather, emerging ones) and use port 587, which appears destined to be reserved for auth'd smtp traffic and is that already for many mail admins. Or you could just pick a number. Only you, your mail server and CF will know... Set the port in CF and the mail server and they will communicate over that rather than port 25. -- --mattRobertson-- Janitor, MSB Web Systems mysecretbase.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:197986 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
