HI Ranulph Virgin Media's SMTP server, smtp.ntlworld.com, will only accept email without authentication and only on port 25. Functionally this means that you can only send when you're connected to Virgin Media's broadband network so that they know who you are when you send email through them.
MobileMe accepts authenticated mail on port 465 (default for encrypted mail using SSL) or port 587 (unencrypted but must be authenticated or the server will hang up) so you can send from anywhere but only if your return address is [email protected], massively annoying for anyone using MobileMe to share email from a personal domain name with another computer or user. It's always a problem finding a solution that works everywhere. If you've got a hosted domain name, the host should provide you with an authenticated SMTP server, unless if they're fasthosts who are utterly useless and horribly expensive. Once you get that set up you'll then find that occasionally BT block your connection using spamhaus, just for their own amusement. This is fixed with a command added to the postfix configuration line of whatever you're sending through, which the host can do easily. Regards Sam providing affordable Apple & PC services Sam Mullen 07747 778022 http://www.macambulance.co.uk [email protected] -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB.
