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2 email addresses - can send emails but cant receive any
Hi,
I have recently tried to configure two external email accounts following the instructions provided. With both accounts I can send emails but cant receive emails. With one account (when i click send and receive) it flashes up but doesnt register the emails i sent to myself, but does so when logging in on their website. With the main account where I can't receive emails I initially received the following message: Unable to logon to the server using Secure Password Authentication. Account: 'mail.trendymail.co.uk', Server: 'mail.trendymail.co.uk', Protocol: POP3, Server Response: '-ERR Invalid command.', Port: 110, Secure(SSL): No, Server Error: 0x800CCC90, Error Number: 0x800CCC18 Afterwards I changed around the port numbers to others suggested and got the following message: A time-out occurred while communicating with the server. Account: 'mail.trendymail.co.uk', Server: 'mail.trendymail.co.uk', Protocol: POP3, Port: 993, Secure(SSL): No, Error Number: 0x800CCC19 Is there any way of running a test to find what server port number(s) will work for incoming mail? What can I do as apparently its a local problem? Thank you very very much in advance for any help provided Regards Peter |
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2 email addresses - can send emails but cant receive any
"AgentPete" wrote in message
... With the main account where I can't receive emails I initially received the following message: Unable to logon to the server using Secure Password Authentication. Account: 'mail.trendymail.co.uk', Server: 'mail.trendymail.co.uk', Protocol: POP3, Server Response: '-ERR Invalid command.', Port: 110, Secure(SSL): No, Server Error: 0x800CCC90, Error Number: 0x800CCC18 Afterwards I changed around the port numbers to others suggested and got the following message: A time-out occurred while communicating with the server. Account: 'mail.trendymail.co.uk', Server: 'mail.trendymail.co.uk', Protocol: POP3, Port: 993, Secure(SSL): No, Error Number: 0x800CCC19 Is there any way of running a test to find what server port number(s) will work for incoming mail? What can I do as apparently its a local problem? Have you talked to the people who gave you the instructions to verify their accuracy? It doesn't sound like port 993 is valid. But, it sounds like port 110 is. So, go back into your profile and uncheck the Use Secure Password Authentication and try again. I rarely find any sites that actually support it, so, that's the first thing I would try. Lets fix this one before we try to fix the other one. As for 'running a test to find what server port number(s) will work for incoming mail', that's a very tricky question, in reality. Consider this. A computer is like a hotel. Any program running on that computer and listening on a port is, essentially, a resident in that hotel. If you want to find out what is running on port 1, you go to room 1, knock on the door, and if someone answers, you talk with that person and determine what they are. Now, not every program listening speaks the same language. Some speak plain english, some speak binary, some speak one sentence and close the door, some won't even reply to you. Add in the fact that some server administrators see this sort of port sniffing as a possible signal of a hacker and get a bit upset about it. -- f.h. |
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