Planetfurry BBS

Guest · Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2003 1:19 am Post subject: E-mail problems

I'm having a hell of a time trying to send anything via PF e-mail. I think I've got everything set properly, including the fact that the login name needs to be "[email protected]" (minus the quotes, of course Smile

). Last time I tried to send anything, I was informed that relaying is forbidden.

Huh? I had the thing set for the PF server!

Can someone post the process for getting e-mail set up, or am I going to be forced to go over to webmail on this?

Nameless · Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2003 1:48 am Post subject:

Apart from the usual settings (host name for SMTP, port number, ...) you have to set it to use "SMTP Authentication" (or whatever it is actually called) and enter the password for it. Not all mail clients can do that, especially older ones.

Whip-lash · Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2003 3:33 am Post subject:

Nameless is correct. Here are all the settings you will need. I will leave this as generalized as possible:

POP3, IMAP (incoming) - mail.planetfurry.com
SMTP (outgoing) - mail.planetfurry.com

(don't worry about specific port settings, they should be fine at their defaults)

Username - [email protected] (or #planetfurry.com for some clients)
Password - whatever your password is

SMTP Authentication should be enabled. Almost every email client has this capability, and if it doesn't, consider switching to one that does. Please consult your email clients help area for more information, as I am unable to post all the different instructions in one post... and not have it too cluttered. Wink

Outlook (and I think Outlook Express) have a feature called SPA, or Secure Password Authentication. Don't enable this.

If you have any problems with a specific client, please PM me, or email me if you have access to another email address.

Kinsfire · Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2003 8:02 am Post subject:

Whip-lash · Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2003 4:34 pm Post subject:

Kinsfire · Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2003 12:25 pm Post subject:

Got it in one!

It's Windows, unfortuantely. Some of the programs I like are only Windows based. (Although, with that 120 GB hard drive I just put it, I could probably safely dual-boot now...)

Thanks, BTW - it was getting frustrating. I set the system to delete my messages from the server when I download them - considering the LARGE number that had apparently been stored there, I think we're both going to be happier now...

In case I didn't say it before - thanks. It's working now.

Kinsfire

Whip-lash · Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2003 3:42 pm Post subject:

Nah, dual boot bites. Wink

Get VMware and run Linux on Windows, or Windows on Linux, etc. Pretty kewl. Smile

Kinda pricey, but who said you had to get it that way. Smile

Kinsfire · Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2003 9:16 pm Post subject:

Whatever could you mean? *whistles tuneslessly* Laughing

I actually have a copy of an old version...think it's time I look into getting a newer version...

Rava · Guest

I'm having a problem sending mail.... I can recieve it fine but I cant send out

Kayngi · Guest

Whip-lash · Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2003 6:25 pm Post subject:

Whip-lash · Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2003 6:28 pm Post subject:

Rava · Guest

An unknown error has occurred. Subject 'Re: Question for you ladies--', Account: 'mail.planetfurry.com', Server: 'mail.planetfurry.com', Protocol: SMTP, Server Response: '550 Error: - Sub Rule 371', Port: 25, Secure(SSL): No, Server Error: 550, Error Number: 0x800CCC69

Rava · Guest

it just stopped sending a few days ago without any changes being made to the program

Whip-lash · Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2003 7:30 pm Post subject: