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I can receive email from my ISP account but can seem to send mail. What is wrong?

April 26, 2017account email ISP mail send wrong

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I can receive email from my ISP account but can seem to send mail. What is wrong?

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There are no restrictions to accessing POP or IMAP mailboxes off campus. Sending mail is a different matter. This uses the SMTP protocol and for security purposes all machines on the campus LAN, including resnet, unauthenticated SMTP is blocked. Many ISPs permit you to use SMTP Auth over port 465 (SMTPS) using an SSL connection or port 587 (MSA) using a TLS connection. If your ISP does not permit this then the address of the Bath SMTP server is mailhost.bath.ac.

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There are no restrictions to accessing POP or IMAP mailboxes off campus. Sending mail is a different matter. This uses the SMTP protocol and for security purposes all machines on the campus LAN, including resnet, unauthenticated SMTP is blocked. Many ISPs permit you to use SMTP Auth over port 465 (SMTPS) using an SSL connection or port 587 (MSA) using a TLS connection.