My hosting company SMTP server has username format such as that.
> -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Karen > Tellef > Sent: Thursday, January 16, 2014 3:14 PM > To: RBASE-L Mailing List > Subject: [RBASE-L] - RMail 9.5 help > > Not sure whether to gum up the list with this, or work with RBTI tech > support. I'll try this first! I've never worked with RMail 9.5 > before, and if there's anything less than "clueless" when it comes to > email servers, that would be my level of expertise! > > I emailed their IT guy to ask the name of their email server, the port, > whether it requires authentication. He gave me the server name, said > the "outgoing port" is 1025, gave me a username and pw for > authentication. > > He gave me a username like this: [email protected] which seems weird > because I haven't seen a username reference a website. > > I set up RMail first without using authentication, then using > authentication. I pressed "test" each time and it said connection > established. I then copied the updated RMail95.cfg file to the RBase > program directory, then started RBase. > > I copied code from the help PDF file, the simplest one on section 6.1, > page 41, and replaced the "add recipient" with my email address, and > the sender info with a valid email address there (didn't know if that > was > necessary) > > The progress window behind doesn't seem to show any activity at all and > it almost immediately comes up with "ERROR - Cannot send e-mail message > ()" > > I didn't get any TLS or SSL info from the IT guy. The log file echoes > back all the Rmail command lines but doesn't show me any error > messages. > > He says it's an "AT&T email server" > > Where to start? > > Karen > >
