Thanks Gerry but the SMTP is correct otherwise she couldn't send mail that doesn't have attachments. It's the attachments that seem to mess it up but I can't find anything that causes this.
Bram ----- Original Message ----- From: Gerry Boyd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2003 9:23 PM Subject: Re: PCWorks: Outlook Express > At 07:41 PM 9/24/03 +0200, Bram wrote the following: > > >I have a client who has Win98 SE Pentium3. She has ADSL which connects > >without trouble. > >Her problem is Outlook Express. She can receive regular mail, she can > >receive mail with attachments. She can send regular mail, but cannot > >send mail with attachments, they just don't go and she gets an error > >message that there is a problem with her SMTP. > > In OE have her check > Tools/Accounts/Mail/Properties/ Servers > > Is an outgoing SMTP server defined? > It is usually something like mail.domain.name or smtp.domain.name Contact > ISP for details > > Does her server require authentication? > If so, all the details correct? > > Next, click on Advanced tab > Is the Outgoing mail SMPT port 25? (It better be!!!) > > Next, Tools/Options/Send > Under mail sending format, is HTML checked or plain text? > Personally, I recommend plain text because I hate to receive HTML e-mail > In either case, check settings > For HTML make sure encoding is Base64 (anybody can read it, QP is only for > MS junk) > For Plain Text, I prefer message format to be Uuencoded BUT she may want to > use MIME and then Base64 encoding. > > I think this covers it :>) > > > > -- > Gerry Boyd ============= PCWorks Mailing List ================= Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines & make sure you've followed proper posting procedures, http://pcworkers.com/rules.htm Contact list owner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribing and other changes: http://pcworkers.com =====================================================
