Dear Group
I have my own domain name and recently upgraded from email forwarding (from my domain to my Orange address) to a pop service from my domain name host. The idea of this was so that when I travelled about I didnt have to keep changing my SMTP address. The pop and smtp addresses are both mail.mydomain.co.uk (server requires authentication - use same setting as smtp) I can happily send and receive emails with these settings with numerous other isps eg Virgin, Sky, BT, Tiscali and all web cafe's etc. However when at home and using Orange I cant send emails and have to set the outgoing server to smtp.orange.co.uk (an of course untick the authentication box).
The problem I am having seems specific to Orange. Can anybody explain why Orange seem to be blocking me conecting to my domain email server, and can anybody suggest a solution so I dont have to keep changing my settings . . . other than leaving Orange!
Many thanks
Orange block access on port 25 (smtp servers) to everything but their own server. It is a recommended option by some anti-spam organisations.
If you want to work around it then you need to use a port other than 25 to connect to, however this must be configured by the server so you can't just use any port number you like.
Orange block access on port 25 (smtp servers) to everything but their own server. It is a recommended option by some anti-spam organisations.
If you want to work around it then you need to use a port other than 25 to connect to, however this must be configured by the server so you can't just use any port number you like.
I did this a while back and it worked fine - I was using 587 for SMTP and 993 for IMAP. Recently T'bird and my Palm TX stopped receiving mail via the livebox - I could use the TX at other locations, so it was specific to my Orange connection.
I have had to change both to 443 to get mail flowing again.
Has anyone else had a similar experience? Have Orange started blocking other ports?
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