Al Poulin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > "Robert S. Atkinson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> helped me out with: > >> Google search revealed this: >> http://tinyurl.com/5kow >> >>> ERROR : -3170. >>> >>> What does the error 3170 indicate? > > This sure looks like a good answer. I'll pass this on to my friend who by > now is up at a campground in Penn. He'll be putting his iMac on line up > there.
Outlook Express is showing error -3170, but that is not a correct error message. Actually, the traffic between cox.net and comcast.net is hitting a brick wall. There is no error in the smtp server name. I found out from cox.net customer support that my friend's outgoing e-mail is hitting a brick wall set up to prevent one ISP from moving SMTP outgoing e-mail to another ISP. To review the scenario, my friend, visiting from Floria with his motor home, had his iMac on my desk, connected to my network with access to cable on cox.net. He received his incoming e-mail just fine. At home, his configuration sends his outgoing e-mail to smtp.comcast.net. The iMac still wants to send to comcast.net, but my cox.net is in the middle and there is a brick wall between the two ISPs. If I went to friend's house in Florida with my Powerbook, I'd face the same problem. The solution is to log in to the ISP's web site and proceed to use an e-mail facility there, bypassing Outlook Express and its settings, and bypassing any other e-mail client for that matter. G-r-r-r! Why can't the e-mail client give us the correct info, or why won't the ISP (cox.net in this case) send us a message telling us the right story? -- Al Poulin Anger, hate, and revenge are for the devil, forgiveness is for God, proactive self-defense is for the rest of us. -- The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
