Imap has nothing to do with sending mail. Sending and receiving mail are completely separate functions. If the problem is in sending mail, there is no point in messing with the imap settings. My gmail settings for sending are to use smtp.googlemail.com for the server, 465 for the port, ssl for encryption, and normal password for authentication. These settings have worked for about 15 years. I doubt that google has changed them. Many ISPs block traffic on port 25. The firewall at their switch just doesn't allow traffic through on port 25 because there are too many spam bots using that port. I have AT&T at home and I can't send anything through port 25. But at least with gmail, it is not a problem because the correct port is 465 anyway. You can check if port 25 is being blocked by using telnet to connect to the mail server on port 25. I will bet donuts that it won't work. There used to be a tip sheet on the Microsoft web site on how to do this. I haven't been a Windows user for years but I'd find that page by accident all the time when looking for the commands to send a mail message via telnet. But you probably won't even get as far as getting connected to the smtp server. On 09/21/2015 08:03 AM, vic.pereira@ssc-spc.gc.ca wrote:
Hello Barry
Try setting up IMAP to use port 143 with no encryption.
If you want to try SSL then see if port 993 does the trick.
As for SMTP, try 587 or 25 as the port number without SSL enabled. If you want to use SSL, then you might have to see if port 465 will work for you.
I also think you may want to try ensuring that your incoming and outgoing servers use the same authentication.
Good luck.
Vic
-----Original Message----- From: Blind-sysadmins [mailto:blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org] On Behalf Of Barry Toner Sent: Saturday, September 19, 2015 14:59 To: 'Blind sysadmins list (blind-sysadmins@lists.hodgsonfamily.org)' Subject: [Blind-sysadmins] Outlook 2010 not sending mails
Hi all,
This has been puzzling me since yesterday. I visited a person’s house to set up their emails in Outlook. I created 3 profiles to house each mail account, as this is the way they are used to it being set up on 2003. There are two BT accounts and one GMAIL account. All the accounts are using IMAP. No accounts are able to send mail, but can receive fine. I have checked Windows Firewall, and even turne dit off. I have removed AVG that another person installed in case for some odd reason this was blocking. I’ve verified that the BT settings match those found on, http://bt.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/44917/~/what-are-the-settings... I can confirm that the Outlook 2010 test in the email setup window completes by connecting to the outgoing server and sending a test mail. However, when we try and send an email to anyone the mails don’t’ go. I can confirm that another party outside of this scenario who shares the GMAIL mailbox can connect fine using Outlook 2010. I can also confirm that the BT IMAP accounts are sending and receiving mails and displaying the list of folders correctly on IOS. Is there something I could be missing?
Any help greatly appreciated.
Thanks, Barry.
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