Re: FN-FORUM BT Connect / Broadband - SMTP Problem

date posted 18th January 2003 18:36

This topic was mentioned by someone a few weeks ago, try sending through
mail.btclick.com, I haven't tried this myself as I'm not on BT but one
of my clients is and AFAIK it works for him.

Cheers

George

Kerry K-C wrote:
> It seems that BT block any mail being sent via their SMTP servers if it
> is not using an e-mail address at a domain hosted by them!
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL REMOVED]
> [EMAIL REMOVED] On Behalf Of Ken Smith
> Sent: 18 January 2003 17:45
> To: [EMAIL REMOVED]
> Subject: RE: FN-FORUM BT Connect / Broadband - SMTP Problem
>
>
> One simple answer is for that user to use BT's SMTP server to send
> outgoing mail and leave the settings for POP/IMAP set in the normal way.
>
> Regds
>
> Ken
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL REMOVED]
> [EMAIL REMOVED] On Behalf Of Kerry K-C
> Sent: 18 January 2003 17:11
> To: [EMAIL REMOVED]
> Subject: FN-FORUM BT Connect / Broadband - SMTP Problem
>
> A client for whom we provide web/mail hosting employs consultants who
> mostly work 'remotely'. One new guy that they've taken on uses BT
> Connect/Broadband and it seems that this is going to cause a problem
> sending mail from our client's domain. I understand that BT recently
> put a block on SMTP if they aren't hosting the domain (apparently this
> is anti-spamming measures, but I suspect it's more to do with revenue!).
> Does anyone know about this??
>
> Cheers
> Kerry
>
>

>


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