On Fri, 10 Oct 2008 00:19:16 +0100, obmember wrote:
Bruce Hagen;269315 Wrote:
"obmember" wrote in message
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I've used Outlook Express for several years and recently it stopped
"Sending" my emails. My service provider couldn't help and I couldn't
figure out what went wrong so I got talked into using "Webmail" by
Comcast. Well....I'd like to try "Outlook". Do I have to purchase a
package of some sort? Thanks.
Please post the error message in its entirety. You can left click on it
to highlight and then right click to copy and then paste it into this
thread.
How do I set up/configure Outlook Express for Comcast email?
http://www.comcast.net/help/faq/inde...=Emailtop17686
The error message looks too private to reveal but the first part said...
"The message could not be sent because the server rejected the sender's
e-mail address." Then it gave my email address and all the numbers that
my not be good to reveal.
Here is a sample error from MS Outlook Express:
| The message could not be sent because the server rejected the sender's e-mail address.
| The sender's e-mail address was '.
| Subject '[TEST] Just checking.',
| Account: 'Forge Test',
| Server: 'smtp.att.yahoo.com',
| Protocol: SMTP,
| Server Response: '553 From: address not verified;
| see http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/mail/original/manage/sendfrom-07.html',
| Port: 465,
| Secure(SSL): Yes,
| Server Error: 553,
| Error Number: 0x800CCC78
I have obscured the only sensitive information in this error message. For
the record, this error message was induced by using a different "From:"
email address than the one I used to log in to the server. I deliberately
picked an email address that I knew wasn't verified per the link in the
message because I wanted a sample error message to post. Also, I edited it
for readability; MSOE doesn't place the parts on separate lines, it just
runs it all together on one line.
I already suspect that a lot of spam outfits (LifeScript for one?) are selling my email
address as they ignore my un-subscribe messages. They just "Unsubscribe" to verify my
address I suppose.
It is common knowledge that many spammers do not honor unsubscribe requests,
treating them as verification that an email address belongs to a "spam
reader".
My sister told me this morning that she didn't have to buy Outlook but
we didn't have time to talk more about it.
Some employers provide MS Outlook as part of a package for use by employees
who work from home. In such cases, employer has paid Microsoft for the
license. If you aren't employed by such a company, you have to pay. Some
schools offer student discounts on MS products.
I appreciate what you're trying to do to help me. When I used Outlook
Express I also used Mailwasher to screen emails to me, which was nice
because they didn't land in my email until I approved them, and I could
blacklist the ones I didn't ever want to hear from again.
I've gone off on a tangent....sorry. I'd rather do "Outlook" than go
back to Outlook Express. Now the baby's crying...oh geez....
Comcast has the propensity to put a port 25 block on user modems for the
flimsiest of reasons. The solution is to use port 587 instead. This change
requires authentication, so you will need to mark that box in the server
section. Just the one labeled, "My server requires authentication". Your
user ID is your Comcast user name, without the ' part.
--
Norman
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