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Still Having Trouble Sending Emails

pmac
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Hi All
I have got a Vodafone PAYG dongle, that receives emails fine and will go on the net fine, but it won't send emails. I put up a post on here, and was advised to set my out going server to send.vodafone.net , which worked fine for a while, but now has stopped working, I put that up as a post and was advised to use my existing smtp settings, with authetication turned on, but this still didn't work.
I have now read on here that you can use vodafone360, to send emails. I have signed up to 360, and have recieved an authorisation sms, I also recieved an email asking me to confirm my email address, which I have done, but i did not recieve any further emails confirming that all was ok. I set my out going server to smtp.360.com and to smtp.vodafone360.com and tried to send an email, but neither settings worked. Can sombody please tell me the exact settings (in idiots form) I need to enter to get the email to work correctly>, as this is starting to drive me mad now.
Many Thanks
pmac.
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pmac
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Hi All
Thanks for the advice, I think I'm being really thick with this, I have been on to the 360.com account, and gone on to settings, and then clicked on to add external account, and have entered the following settings:

Email Address - my personal email address I want to use
Account Name - my personal email address I want to use
Account Type POP3 or IMAP - have set to POP3
Email Server - smtp.360.com
Password - my 360.com password
Advanced Settings Change Pop Port - have set to 465
Use Encripted SSL When Accessing Server - have set to yes

When I enter all this and click save or test I get Testing Settings message, then I get Account failed, Generic Test Failure, click cancel to end or click ok, but account will be listed as inactive.

Am I doing something wrong, or being stupid? Do I need to alter settings in my Outlook account? I only want to send Emails, I think I might have to get new dongle on new network.

Thanks
pmac.

bacupian
4: Newbie
> Hi All
> Thanks for the advice, I think I'm being really thick with this, I have been on to the 360.com account, and gone on to settings, and > then clicked on to add external account, and have entered the following settings:

> Email Address - my personal email address I want to use
> Account Name - my personal email address I want to use
> Account Type POP3 or IMAP - have set to POP3

Why?

POP3 is for receiving email not sending. You would need to point your personal email domain
DNS records to 360.com to be able to do this and you may not even have control of DNS for
that.

> Email Server - smtp.360.com
> Password - my 360.com password
> Advanced Settings Change Pop Port - have set to 465
> Use Encripted SSL When Accessing Server - have set to yes

That's wrong port for using POP3S but I doubt you even want to be setting up
access to a POP3 mailbox.

> When I enter all this and click save or test I get Testing Settings message, then I get
> Account failed, Generic Test Failure, click cancel to end or click ok, but account will be listed as inactive.

> Am I doing something wrong, or being stupid? Do I need to alter settings in my Outlook account?
> I only want to send Emails, I think I might have to get new dongle on new network.

You appear to be setting up for receiving emails when you need to be setting up for sending email.

Are you using Outlook or Outlook Express?

David

pmac
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Hi thanks for the reply, I am using Outlook, but the settings I have mentioned above are on the 360.com account settings, not on my Outlook settings, I am still trying to set up the 360.com account. I have tried altering my Outlook settings before as listed in a previous post (the one where I wrote "I have SPA instead of SSL). The only time I could send an Email from this dongle, was when I just entered send.vodafone.net into my out look settings, but that is not working now, I just want to send Emails!
Thanks
pmac.

bacupian
4: Newbie
Hi thanks for the reply, I am using Outlook, but the settings I have mentioned above are on the 360.com account settings, not on my Outlook settings, I am still trying to set up the 360.com account. I have tried altering my Outlook settings before as listed in a previous post (the one where I wrote "I have SPA instead of SSL). The only time I could send an Email from this dongle, was when I just entered send.vodafone.net into my out look settings, but that is not working now, I just want to send Emails!
Thanks
pmac.


I can't remember having to change any 360.com settings.

I'm off out now for rest of day but will check tomorrow what I have set on 360.com and I think I
have a pc running XP that has Outlook installed (I use Mercury/Pegasus for email on windows).


David

Retired-George
Moderator (Retired)
Moderator (Retired)
Hi pmac,

I can definitely understand your frustration in regards to this matter. It does sound like you're almost there though so I'd like to resolve this once and for all if I can :).

If you follow the steps below then you shouldn't experience any difficulties:

Firstly, go to your email settings by going to Tools > Account Settings > Click Change. You'll then need to enter the following info on the Internet E-mail settings page:

-User Info is self-explanatory
-Under Server Info:
-Account Type: This will need to be set to POP3 or IMAP4 depending on your incoming settings
-Incoming Mail Server:This will be specific to your mail provider, if it's already in place then don't change it
-Outgoing Mail Server:Needs to be SMTP.360.COM
-Under Login Information you need to enter the Username and Password for your email address, NOT your 360 account, tick remember password. SPA can be left unticked unless required by your mail provider

Next you'll need to click on More Settings on the left. Click on the Outgoing Server tab, tick My Outgoing Server Requires Authentication, ensure Log on using is selected and then enter your 360 username and password, ensuring that remember password is ticked. I don't think you need SPA so don't tick this.

Next, click on the advanced tab and enter the following info:

-Incoming Server:This should be defaulted to your mail provider's settings so don't change this
-Outgoing server:Set this to 465
-Ensure "Use the following type of encrypted connection" is set to SSL
-Press OK

Once you've done this then ensure that you save the settings and you should then be able to send email without any issues. Let me know how you get on :).

George
eForum Team

pmac
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Success, it works again!
Thanks to everyone with their help and patience, with this one, I followed George's instructions to the letter, and it worked first time, I can even leave the settings that George listed, when I am on my home broadband, and it still works.
If anyone is having the same problems as I was with sending Emails, I can verify that the settings listed by George work fine.

Thanks Again
pmac.

Retired-Dave
Moderator (Retired)
Moderator (Retired)
Hi pmac,

That's great to hear, and thanks for posting to let us know - it means other users can see that this is a solution to this issue!

DaveN

eForum Team