Val,
Your ISP may be blocking Port 25 access
To test:
Start > Run > CMD > OK (if CMD doesn't work, then use the word COMMAND ...
not case senstive)
At the command promt, type: ping <smtp-server> and hit enter
- This should result in four replies from that server, as well as Ping
statistics
After the Ping test, type: telnet <smtp-server> 25 and hit enter
(this will test the ability to communicate with Port 25)
- Initially, the window will show a "Connecting to <smtp-server> ...",
then after a few seconds, should return a longer error message which ends
with
"Connect Failed"
These two steps show:
1. Ping: <smtp-server> is active (good ping returns)
2. Telnet: ISP is blocking Port 25 activity (if "Connect Failed" is
reported)
If you determine your ISP is blocking Port 25 activitiy, you will need to
find out from them what SMTP server to use
Hope this helps,
--Ron
