Freeserve email issue

[johnmc]

I have VM broadband and keep a Freeserve pay-as-you-go account for spam.

I am receiving OK but I can't send all of a sudden. Get "Port 25, SSL: No Socket error 10051, error number 0x800CCC0E" message.

No changes made.

Dialing up works fine. Switch back to broadband and can't send, suggesting it's a VM issue?

POP setting; pop.orangehome.co.uk
SMTP setting; smtp.orangehome.co.uk

All settings tried without any firewalls on.

Orange user forum suggests changing SMTP to 193.252.22.138 to 140. Didn't help.

Laptop is Vista with Windows Mail. PC (same issue) Win98 with OE.

Curiously Mailwasher can bounce emails with the same settings; WM and OE on the 2 platforms work if dialled in but not on BB.

Any suggestions?

As far as I know it is not usually possible to send mail via an 'external' smtp when logged into a virginmedia account.

The puzzle is why you have noticed this only happens recently with your orangehome smtp?

If you get a Gmail account you can set up your other email addresses & choose which one you want a message to be sent from.

[johnmc]

I don't send very often. It was working fine in June, though.

I find it strange that Mailwasher can bounce, which is effectively sending. I've changed the SMTP to smtp.ntlworld.com and, of course, it works.

I need to dial in every couple of months to keep the account active but that's hardly an issue.

Thanks for looking.

[Kymmy]

Most ISP's now restrict their SMTP servers to their own network (though some do allow authenticated SMTP), just change the smtp server to VM's when you're connected to VM and all should be fine..

[OldMoose]

Most ISP's now restrict their SMTP servers to their own network (though some do allow authenticated SMTP)

Indeed, but with the new email settings that require username authentication via SSL for SMTP, isn't this an opportunity to remove this kind of restriction? Bizarrely, I had actually assumed that this was the basis for the change. I guess my assumption was incorrect!

J