At 17:17 2/14/02, you wrote:
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>On Thursday, February 14, 2002, at 1:26:30 PM PST, Stuart Brook wrote:
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> > That won't work, because it isn't ... I retrieve mail from one ISP
> > and send mail through another.
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>Well, you could enable "Use specific settings", and type in the "mail
>retrieval" settings for the account whose SMTP server you are using.
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>It would really help if you told us *all* the different settings you
>*have* tried - so that we can narrow it down a bit.
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>Melissa
I started writing what was below with a problem. It seems I no longer have
a problem ... although there may be an "order of operation problem with The
Bat that I will try to investigate on a reinstallation!
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I'm sorry, I thought I had in essence done so, although I suppose it was
obscure and by inference.
Never mind, clearly, I haven't expressed all the details well enough ...
mea culpa.
Here's the details
I'm connected to rogers.ca (cable modem)
[who have implemented an authenticated SMTP server (an IP address on
their network is not enough) with plain authentication (thanks for
setting me straight on that) and as if that's not enough paranoia
they will soon be blocking port 25 through their gateways unless
it's to their SMTP server!]
I'm using Win98SE [on an Athlon 600 for what it's worth]
Rogers offers both POP and SMTP service, but based on their prior history
with @home, I don't trust their POP mail service (I don't trust their SMTP
mail service much either, but I have little choice!)
Now, if I configure TB for the rogers account, with POP and then SMTP
authentication to use settings of mail retrieval, it authenticates and
mail goes out.
Now, if I configure instead an attcanada account, with the POP settings for
ATT Canada, and the SMTP specific settings for Rogers.com, it fails
authentication and declares that I'm trying to relay.
At this point I installed a gateway with logging to look at the
packets. Lo and behold, there was NO attempt made by the Bat to
authenticate, in SPITE of the things being set up to do the authentication.
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This is where in the process, I started writing this message!
After getting your reply Melissa, I went back and did the following just
for the hell of it.
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I then reconfigured this account for Rogers POP and use POP login info. It
works.
I now re-enable specific SMTP login info for rogers, and it still works
Finally I change the POP information to ATTCanada, and it now actually
appears to be working!
So, it would appear that something in the order of operations failed to
permit me to do the SMTP specific login, as was verified by the lack of
authentication packets.
I have to do a reinstall ... so I'll play with this some more and see if I
can repeat the fun !
Thanks everyone for your help ...
Stuart
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