In some cases when you attempt to send mail you can experience an error similar to the following:
The connection to the server hasfailed. Account: 'you@HostingAccountDomain.com',Server:'mail.HostingAccountDomain.com', Protocol:SMTP, Port: 25,Secure(SSL): NO Socket error: 10061, Error Number: 0x800ccc0e
This error usually indicates the failure of youremail program to connect to port 25, the SMTP (outgoing mail) port. Oneof the following is the likely cause of this problem:
- Your firewall blocks SMTP connections to an internet mail server. Consult your firewall documentation or network administrator for details.
- Your Internet Service Provider (ISP) does not allow SMTP connections to an internet mail server. Most large ISPs now block port 25 in an effort to prevent spam. If you believe that this is the cause of your error, you will have to configure your email program to use your ISP's SMTP server. Consult your ISP's technical support or FAQ regarding SMTP usage.
If you use one of the ISPs listed below, try the corresponding SMTPsetting to see if it remedies the problem. If it does not, contact yourISP for SMTP settings.
If you cannot find the SMTP server for your ISP, or do not have accessto it, you can use mail.HostingAccountDomain.com through port 587.Consult your email program's help files for information on changing theoutgoing mail port.
- ATT WorldNet: mailhost.worldnet.att.net
- ATT BI: mail.attbi.com
- Bellsouth: mail.bellsouth.net
- Comcast: smtp.comcast.net
- Cox: smtp.west.cox.net
- smtp.central.cox.net
- smtp.east.cox.net
- DCAnet: postoffice.dca.net
- EarthLink: mail.earthlink.net
- Flash: smtp.flash.yahoo.com
- Microsoft MSN: smtp.email.msn.com
- MindSpring: smtp.mindspring.com
- NetZero: smtp.netzero.net
- Optimum Online: mail.optonline.net
- Prodigy Internet: smtp.prodigy.net
- SBC: smtp.sbcglobal.yahoo.com
- Sprynet: smtp.sprynet.com
- Telus: smtp.telus.net
- Verizon/GTE: smtp.verizon.net