I agree with all of this and had these problems on/off for a few years
(but not specifically Virgin). The problems were all fixed by (1)
having your own hosted domain name (which I had anyway), and (2)
switching away from BT (and I'd recommend Zen). Now, so far, everything
works from everywhere. :-)
... Graham
on 25/05/2010 08:40 Sam - MacAmbulance sent the following:
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
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