On Thu, Jun 10, 2010, T.L. Miller <[email protected]> wrote: > >On 6/10/10, at 11:31 AM, Peter Lovell [email protected] said: > >>Verizon has been rolling out blocking of port 25 in various areas. I got >>it about a month ago. >> >>My config for .mac is ... >> >>authenticate as user <your .mac ID> >>password <your password> >> >>use secure connection use port 587 >>Using the STARTTLS command > >Thanks. > >To be able to send from PowerMail, I changed the outgoing server from >"smtp.me.com" to "outgoing.verizon.net" and used my Verizon user name >and password. > >I changed it to what you recommended and that also works. I have left >Mail alone since it never had a problem on my Mac. It happens to be set >to port 993. > >I used First Aid, got some DB error messages: "Class=DB ;what=100; >err=130," but the DB is rebuilt, etc., etc. and PM is no longer trying >to send deleted messages. > >Thanks, everyone, for the help!!! > > > >Tom Miller
Hi Tom, while this will work, people who receive your mail will see it as coming from your Verizon address rather than your .mac (.me) one. I *certainly* do not want that. If you want your mail to remain independent of Verizon then you should use Apple's smtp server "smtp.me.com" and your .me username and password. Apple's "Mail" does a good job of figuring out te right connection parameters. It obviously excels with Apple's own servers. Port 993 is appropriate for IMAP, which is the default for .mac/.me accounts in Mail. If your account is set up as a POP3/SMTP account then it would use port 995 for POP3 (under the "Advanced" tab). FInding the port number for outgoing mail is harder, as it doesn't show up in the Account anywhere. To find this, select the account in question and click the popup at the bottom "Outgoing Mail Server". When the list pops up, select "Edit SMTP Server List ..." which is the last entry. Choose the server in the top part of the window and click "Advanced" tab half-way down. You can then change the settings if needed. For me using POP3/SMTP it's "Use default ports", Authentication: password, and the .mac username and password. This was easy to find, wasn't it :) Cheers.....Peter
