changjia
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unable to send emails when connect to WIFI
Hello:
When I am out of the office I tend to use WiFi access at a number of different locations. Half of the time my outgoing mail will not send, even if I hit the Send/Receive button. It just sits in my outbox. Outlook will try to send it, but with no luck. Do you happen to know why I get inconsistent results in trying to send mail? This happens half of the time when I am connected to unsecured WiFi. Thanks
When I am out of the office I tend to use WiFi access at a number of different locations. Half of the time my outgoing mail will not send, even if I hit the Send/Receive button. It just sits in my outbox. Outlook will try to send it, but with no luck. Do you happen to know why I get inconsistent results in trying to send mail? This happens half of the time when I am connected to unsecured WiFi. Thanks
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You can try port 587, but if that doesn't work you have the following choices:
(1) Use webmail (OWA) when you are outside the office. That should alweys work.
(2) Check with your system admin to see if a VPN connection is an option.
(3) If you're using the same wireless access point repeatedly, find out what the recommended local SMTP server address is, and configure Outlook to use that for outgoing mail.
You will probably find (1) the most convenient, and (2) and (3) in that order.