problem sending mail through outlook when away from my home connection
i am having trouble sending email through outlook when i am away from my home connection, for example at a wireless connection at a coffie shop of library. Ihave my yahoo account as the default i have "localhost" for outgoing server. this works fine at my home connection and a few others but at many i can not send mail, i either get a message that relaying is not allowed or the mail will not send at all. i recieve mail fine. i am using outlook 2003
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i have not tried it yet, i will let you know. thanks
Do you use Yahoo SMTP server? Do you have an antivirus scanning your outgoing mail? Disable it. Then the outgoing server will be smtp.mail.yahoo.com and port 25.
1. Some ISP block SMTP servers. So that is why you are getting the relaying error. Change the SMTP port to 587.
2. Check if antivirus email check is slowing sending and receiving. Disable it. Check if other programs running in the background is interfering. Disable one at a time the Firewall, antispyware, antispam, and all Norton programs.
3. In the account settings, Advanced settings, change the server timeout time from 1 min to 5 min
4. Check if outgoing mail server authentication is required. Select that option in account settings and use same settings as incoming server
Best wishes!