Email wont send, any ideas?? - MDA, XDA, 1010 General

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Subject: Email wont send, any ideas??
From: Si
Date: 31 Dec, 2002 03:44:15
I have entered the correct email account details and my xda
picks up my mails fine, but no matter what account i use to send
mails out they always fail, reason "no such recipient" or
something like that. The addresses I am sending too are 100%
real and working.....why wont my xda send these emails.
Any help appreciated!
Subject: Check authentication
From: Alex
Date: 31 Dec, 2002 11:54:28
I know it sounds simple, but have you been able to send mail in
the past?
If not, check the authentication settings in email setup,
"options". You may have to switch this on, even if your mail
provider doesn't normally require it. I had this for a POP
account that does not normally have authentication switched on
in Outlook Express, but switched it on on the xda and it sent
mail fine.
rgds,
Alex.
Subject: Mail won't send
From: S.
Date: 31 Dec, 2002 15:05:56
I have an XDA and no matter what accounts I use to send emails
it keeps saying invalid recipient even though I am 100% the
email addresses are good......any ideas?
Subject: Sending mail
From: XDA developers
Date: 31 Dec, 2002 15:07:23
Looks like your provider doesn't allow an external address
(which your phone is once it comes in via GPRS) to mail to
addresses external to your provider. This is done to stop spam.
Either get the address for an SMTP (outgoing) mail server at
your GPRS provider, or authenticate to your provider's mail
server, if they allow for that.
Subject: "External" authentication
From: Alex
Date: 31 Dec, 2002 18:02:50
Ah, that explains why I had to switch on authentication on my
xda - it would be okay dialling from my PC where I am connecting
direct to the ISP, but obviously through O2 GPRS it thinks it is
coming in from outside.
Cunning.
Happy New Year,
Alex.
Subject: Email Probs
From: Si
Date: 02 Jan, 2003 13:00:14
I tried the Authentication option, and if thats on it refuses to
recieve emails aswell as not sending them. I think as suggested
that the mail servers (ntlworld and totalise) dont allow me to
send unless connected through them.
Does anyone know where i can get a mail account that i could use
to send outgoing mail without having to be connected through
there ISP?
Cheers for all the ideas.
Subject: free popmail
From: Alex
Date: 02 Jan, 2003 13:39:14
For a free mail account that you can use for POP downloading,
try
www.softhome.net
rgds,
Alex.
Subject: Email problem
From: FintonK
Date: 06 Jan, 2003 12:03:58
The XDA is like most POP3 email clients like Outlook in that if
you do not have an email account with the ISP you are using to
connect (either dialup or GPRS operator) you have to change your
SMTP server to that of your email address e.g. if you are on
GPRS with O2 in Ireland but have an Eircom.net account your
email setup would be:
Incoming: pop3.o2.ie
Outgoing: mail1.eircom.net
[email protected]
Subject: email
From: tabbycat
Date: 09 Jan, 2003 08:59:36
You don't say what network you are on.
As others have said, most SMTP servers won't allow access from
another ISP or require authentication.
For O2 UK, users should specify smtp.o2.co.uk for outgoing SMTP
email.
Subject: O2 uk mail
From: Alex
Date: 09 Jan, 2003 10:43:10
Sorry a bit off topic but tabbycat, you seem to have an O2 smtp
connection. Do you have a special O2 account? I wasn't offered
anything when I signed up for mine, but I'm wondering if it's
just because they're crap or I've missed the point! I currently
just use my O2 GPRS cxn to connect to softhome POP mail.
Can you tell me what path you followed to get O2 access?
cheers,
Alex.
[email protected] - take out the nopams!
Subject: O2 UK email
From: tabbycat
Date: 09 Jan, 2003 23:22:55
Hi Alex,
No, you don't need to set up an O2 account.
As long as you connect the mobile.o2.co.uk APN (which you are
doing by the sound of it) then you can use the smtp.o2.co.uk
server.
I'm sorry to hear that the information is poor. As I work in O2
I'll see that this is noted.
Incidentally, if you use the O2 Mobile Web software (not
recommended for xda unfortunately) then the smtp settings are
configured automatically.
Subject: Email problems
From: Andrew Farrell
Date: 17 Jan, 2003 15:04:29
My fix:: I had E-mail faults, even when I had contacted o2 to
fix the problem. They said to to a hard reset!!!. I found that
deleting the account and reinstalling the account settings from
scratch worked!!!

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I think there is an easy solution to be found at freenet.de. You'll find a step by step instruction how to configure the MDA/XDA for emails in and out. In case that you can't find it ( and it's hard to find) I could provide you with two pdf-files which describe the settings.
Regards Kai
[email protected]

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PocketPCs generally not being able to use the majority of SMTP servers is a known issue - PPC tends to make them fall over so most ISPs block mails being sent from PPCs.
smtp.o2.co.uk (for example) is an open relay provided as a work-around to this issue.