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webmaster · 11-13-2009, 12:05 PM

Since I didn't see it mentioned I just want to throw this out there:

Are you definitely connected to the Internet through Fairpoint? If you are connected through Metrocast they will not allow any other SMTP server on port 25 to be used. Some other ISP's have similar restrictions. Incoming POP will work but not outgoing SMTP.

If you are connected through Fairpoint and using their SMTP server they would be the ones to help you with this.

For $20 a year DYNDNS (a NH company) offers a SMTP server called MailHop Outbound that can be set to several different ports to get around ISP and network restrictions. I use it and it works great wherever I go, even with Metrocast connections.

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11-13-2009, 12:05 PM	#53
webmaster Moderator Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 2,453 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 456 Thanked 3,819 Times in 839 Posts	Since I didn't see it mentioned I just want to throw this out there: Are you definitely connected to the Internet through Fairpoint? If you are connected through Metrocast they will not allow any other SMTP server on port 25 to be used. Some other ISP's have similar restrictions. Incoming POP will work but not outgoing SMTP. If you are connected through Fairpoint and using their SMTP server they would be the ones to help you with this. For $20 a year DYNDNS (a NH company) offers a SMTP server called MailHop Outbound that can be set to several different ports to get around ISP and network restrictions. I use it and it works great wherever I go, even with Metrocast connections. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- By the way, I've been running Windows 7 Ultimate for several weeks without any problems. I'm running VMWare Workstation 7 on it so I have Windows 7, Windows XP and Ubuntu running simultaneously on the same box. For those interested VMWare is a virtualization program that partitions one physical computer into several virtual machines. Each virtual machine can interact independently with other devices, applications, data and users as though it were a separate physical computer. The advantages are many. This site is running in a virtual machine!