At the risk of adding to the confusion, here's my experience: I have a mac.com account that I almost never use. I find it to be true that I cannot send any mail using that account. I just did a test while connected to the Internet using my cable access. The Progress window shows the outbound test message is stalled, going nowhere. Changing the outbound sending options in the account dialog makes no difference. If there is a port other than 25, I don't know what it is.
My mail typically is sent through my company mail server where I have an account and am therefore permitted to send mail. I can receive the mac.com mail but I've given up on sending any thru mac.com. And I'm lost in the thread about how to set it right. I got my Earthlink account for a different reason. I was using Omnisky with my Palm V to send and receive wireless mail. It picked up and sent mail through my regular mail server, and could also handle 5 additional POP3 accounts. The mail software is made by JP Systems, sometimes they call it OneTouch. I then switched to a Handspring VisorPhone so I could drop the $40/month Omnisky account and dial up through the same Compuserve account I have used for travel since 1986. It did not work. Something about the Compuserve network refuses to handle the data packets coming through the cellular network. But, I was told, Earthlink works. So I switched my travel ISP from Compuserve to Earthlink. Now, when I am using the Handspring Visorphone I can send and receive mail. Also, when using my laptop and Entourage I can send and receive mail. However, the outbound mail server MUST BE Earthlink. I cannot send any mail through my own mail server while connected to Earthlink. I am not sure if this contributes to the thread or not, but I would be glad to learn what's really going on so I could either change the settings to have things work as desired, or drop it and tolerate the limitations of both Entourage and Earthlink. Dennis Burnham -- 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/>
