On Wed, 3 Apr 2002, Jeff Dougherty wrote:
> Sorry, I wasn't sure what to place in the subject line.
> Earthlink, aka Mindspring is my DSL provider.
>
> Currently I have two program of which have some sort of email sending
> format, I just have to set the default outgoing SMTP server as well as my
> return email address.
> Well, when I connect through Mindspring, whether be DSL or dial-up, I
choose
> to send one of these records, it appears to send, but never reaches
> recipient. I even tried to send it to myself, but I never receive it.
> I downloaded NetZero and connected and I was able to send it just fine as
> well as others with this program can also send to me.
> I use Outlook Express and have no problems here. I set the default mail
> server to SMTP.mindpring.com and mail.mindspring.com as well as changing
> mindspring to earthlink.net with no help.
> Of course, Earthlink support could care less if I get this program to send
> mail. Might there be a fix for this other than switching ISP's?
smtp.mindspring.com is the same as mail.mindspring.com
There is also a set of mail exchanger records for pop.mindspring.com
[gboyd] nslookup pop.mindspring.com
Server: localhost
Address: 127.0.0.1
Name: pop.mindspring.com
Addresses: 207.69.200.16, 207.69.200.119, 207.69.200.78, 207.69.200.225
207.69.200.129, 207.69.200.29, 207.69.200.43, 207.69.200.184,
207.69.200.101
[gboyd] nslookup smtp.mindspring.com
Server: localhost
Address: 127.0.0.1
Name: mail.mindspring.com
Addresses: 207.69.200.157, 207.69.200.226, 207.69.200.25, 207.69.200.57
207.69.200.60, 207.69.200.110, 207.69.200.246, 207.69.200.243,
207.69.200.148
Normally you set your sending and receiving mail server addresses
differently, that is, send using SMTP and receive using POP. If the ISP
only has one mailserver then the sending and recieving server are usually
the same name like mail.eskimo.com
Even through Earthlink absorbed Netcom and Mindspring, the
sending/recieving mailservers are still named for the original ISP. That
is, mail.earthlink.net (or pop.earthlink.net) and mail.mindspring.com (or
pop.mindspring.com). Don't confuse them.
--
Gerry Boyd
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