Here is something I have never understood; maybe someone can explain.
Why is it one can access email on any server (company firewalls and
VPNs notwithstanding) but one can only *_Send_* from the ISPs server.
Verizon's SMTP, as Bill's note points out, is SMTP Server:
smtp.vzwmail.net
My Treo is on Cingular: cwmx.com
At home, on Comcast: it's mail.comcast.net
When I visit my son in Ohio, I can access the internet through his
WiFi and use the browser-based webmail for comcast, or, if I want to use
Thunderbird and maintain my message housekeeping, I change my SMTP
setting to cinci.rr.com (I think, but the point is the same, even if the
spelling is not).
So why, I wonder and have never found an ISP support person able or
willing to explain, must we do that. Wherever I am, it would seem, I
should be able to sign into my home SMTPs server and send mail.
Alas, Should Bee and Do Bee are clearly different Bees
Bill Gamble wrote:
> >From SnapperMail's Server Configuration page:
>
> "Verizon
> CARRIER SMTP
>
> To configure SnapperMail to send email using Verizon's SMTP server, go to
> your Server Account settings (Edit Accounts | Server). Enter the POP3
> setting as per your ISP's instructions and enter the following for the
> Outgoing Mail Server:
>
> SMTP Server: smtp.vzwmail.net
> Username: [your 10-digit cellphone number followed by
> @vzwmail.net]
> Password: [your password that you set up on the vtext.com webpage]
>
> Verizon sometimes assigns you a temporary password in certain circumstances.
> Some people have reported that they can suddenly, without changing anything,
> no longer send Email messages using Verizon's SMTP server. A possible cause
> for this is that the temporary password has expired. You should go to the
> www.vtext.com web site to attempt resetting the password. If that fails,
> then you will need to contact Verizon support directly."
>
> _______
> Bill
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
>> Behalf Of Sheldon Brown
>> Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2007 4:35 PM
>> To: [email protected]
>> Subject: [Treo] Versamail SMTP compatibility
>>
>> I've had my 700p for about a year, but only just got Internet
>> service for it (Verizon.)
>>
>> I'm trying to set up Versamail to work with my own domain's
>> SMTP server, but not having any luck...
>>
>> I know that some vendors don't let you use just any SMTP
>> server...this includes my Comcast cable modem on my home
>> computer, that requires me to use comcast.net as the SMTP
>> server. Then when I go into the shop, I have to reset to use
>> smtp.sheldonbrown.com on the shop's DSL line.
>>
>> Am I running up against something like this with Versamail/Verizon?
>>
>> I am able to get my gmail account to work, but I don't
>> commonly use that address, and would really prefer to keep my
>> mail together on my POP server...?
>>
>> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>>
>> Sheldon Brown
>>
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