Allen, I just tested this myself using both mail.earthlink.net and smtp.earthlink.net and it worked fine. Make sure you don't have any authentication on when you send the mail or it won't work. That was a mistake I made because mail.mac.com requires authentication.
Dave on 2/21/02 5:34 PM, Dave Kelly at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > EarthLink is in no way blocking mac.com email. In fact, EarthLink accounts > created on new Apple machines via setup assistant (or when registering Mac > OS X) get a mac.com email address, but get EarthLink as their access > provider. That being the case why would EarthLink block the mac.com SMTP > server? That just wouldn't make sense. > > Are you using smtp.earthlink.net as the SMTP server or mail.earthlink.net? > The preferred server to use is smtp.earthlink.net. > > Dave > > on 2/21/02 5:07 PM, Allen Watson at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> My primary account is Earthlink; I'm using their server for mac.com mail. >> When I try, it fails. I suspect Earthlink is blocking that...as you suggest. >> I also suspect that this has something to do with my mail not getting to the >> list. When I use the Earthlink account, as I am now, it works. -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> old-archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>
