Hi,

I've been using outlook for years, and a couple of days ago
it stopped sending email. I can still receive email.

This is what I get when I send somthing:

550 relaying mail to email address is not allowed

Can anyone tell me how to fix this?

Thanks,

Mike

Did you change anything about the configuration of the mail account? What
SMTP (outgoing mail) server are you using?

"Mike Hollywood" wrote in message
...
Hi,

I've been using outlook for years, and a couple of days ago
it stopped sending email. I can still receive email.

This is what I get when I send somthing:

550 relaying mail to email address is not allowed

Can anyone tell me how to fix this?

550 relay errors in general occure when you are not authenticating
properly to your SMTP server. Check to make sure your SMTP server
dosent require an SSL connection or authentication of some nature.
Then make sure in the preferences for that account that the same
requirements are indicated.

when i test accout settings, there are no errors,
"find outgoing smtp server ... completed"
all others are completed, too.
so... I removed the account, shut down outlook,
re-opened and reconfigured the account
and the same error msg pops up
when I try to send something.

here's what I get:

The following recipient(s) could not be reached:

' on 3/22/2006 3:33 PM

550 relaying mail to gmail.com is not allowed

??



"Mcspec" wrote in message
oups.com...
550 relay errors in general occure when you are not authenticating
properly to your SMTP server. Check to make sure your SMTP server
dosent require an SSL connection or authentication of some nature.
Then make sure in the preferences for that account that the same
requirements are indicated.

On Wed, 22 Mar 2006 10:02:18 -0500, "Mike Hollywood"
wrote:

I've been using outlook for years, and a couple of days ago
it stopped sending email. I can still receive email.

This is what I get when I send somthing:

550 relaying mail to email address is not allowed

Can anyone tell me how to fix this?

Are you using your ISP's connection when attempting to send mail?
--
Rich Cervenka
Chicago, Illinois, USA

Mike Hollywood wrote:

when i test accout settings, there are no errors,
"find outgoing smtp server ... completed"
all others are completed, too.
so... I removed the account, shut down outlook,
re-opened and reconfigured the account
and the same error msg pops up
when I try to send something.

The test message isn't conclusive evidence that your settings are configured
correctly. Click ToolsE-mail AccountsNext, select the account through
which you're sending, click Change, then More Settings. On the "Outgoing
Server" tab, check the box that says "My outgoing server (SMTP) requires
authentication" and see if that helps (which is what Mcspec was telling you
you should do).
--
Brian Tillman

sort of, I am connecting to the web via wifi from
various places, with a cat 5 cable from a dsl
router ocassionally, and also via dialup, and
then launching outlook. I get the same problem
no matter how I connect. I get on the net first,
then lauch outlook, then try to send. If I go
to the web sites where my email accounts are,
I can send from there.

You may be onto something. My ISP is in
florida, and now I'm in New Jersey. Does
that matter?

Mike


"Rich Cervenka" wrote in message
...
On Wed, 22 Mar 2006 10:02:18 -0500, "Mike Hollywood"
wrote:

I've been using outlook for years, and a couple of days ago
it stopped sending email. I can still receive email.

This is what I get when I send somthing:

550 relaying mail to email address is not allowed

Can anyone tell me how to fix this?

Are you using your ISP's connection when attempting to send mail?
--
Rich Cervenka
Chicago, Illinois, USA

I had an idea this moring, winsock. So I got the winsock2 repair utility,
ran it, rebooted, etc. Same problem. Receives fine, but won't send.
???
I set up the same email accounts in outlook express to see what happens
and the same thing happens. Receives, no send.

How is it that I can send via the newsgroup client?
There may be a clue there.

Thanks,

Mike

"Mike Hollywood" wrote in message
...
sort of, I am connecting to the web via wifi from
various places, with a cat 5 cable from a dsl
router ocassionally, and also via dialup, and
then launching outlook. I get the same problem
no matter how I connect. I get on the net first,
then lauch outlook, then try to send. If I go
to the web sites where my email accounts are,
I can send from there.

You may be onto something. My ISP is in
florida, and now I'm in New Jersey. Does
that matter?

Mike


"Rich Cervenka" wrote in message
...
On Wed, 22 Mar 2006 10:02:18 -0500, "Mike Hollywood"
wrote:

I've been using outlook for years, and a couple of days ago
it stopped sending email. I can still receive email.

This is what I get when I send somthing:

550 relaying mail to email address is not allowed

Can anyone tell me how to fix this?

Are you using your ISP's connection when attempting to send mail?
--
Rich Cervenka
Chicago, Illinois, USA

Thanks for the reply. Sorry I was'nt more clear about what I did. You said:

---"My outgoing server (SMTP) requires

authentication" and see if that helps----

I tried that when Mcspec suggested it.

I turned it of and on 3 or 4 times,

rebooted inbetween just in case.

I also tried every other combination of

checked boxes on that screen. That's why

I deleted the account, and set it up

again, etc.

I checked with bellsouth just to be sure

I had the smpt server name correct, and

it is what that say it should be. I also

use it, outlook, to manage a fastmail

account. fastmail.fm is the site. It

always worked, too, and it stopped working

the same way bellsouth did. Receives, and

no send. Both accounts worked flawlessly

for a long time.

Mike

"Brian Tillman" wrote in message
...
Mike Hollywood wrote:

when i test accout settings, there are no errors,
"find outgoing smtp server ... completed"
all others are completed, too.
so... I removed the account, shut down outlook,
re-opened and reconfigured the account
and the same error msg pops up
when I try to send something.

The test message isn't conclusive evidence that your settings are
configured correctly. Click ToolsE-mail AccountsNext, select the
account through which you're sending, click Change, then More Settings.
On the "Outgoing Server" tab, check the box that says "My outgoing server
(SMTP) requires authentication" and see if that helps (which is what
Mcspec was telling you you should do).
--
Brian Tillman

I am having a similar problem that started on the 22nd (actually happened
once before a week earlier and by a fluke it started working again) and have
tried everything I can think of. I posted an original message a little while
ago before I noticed you'd had a similar problem. I'll be watching to see if
you work this out and I'll let you know if I find a solution. I read on
another forum another lady was having similar problems.
--
CPA with an IT background


"Mike Hollywood" wrote:

Hi,

I've been using outlook for years, and a couple of days ago
it stopped sending email. I can still receive email.

This is what I get when I send somthing:

550 relaying mail to email address is not allowed

Can anyone tell me how to fix this?

Thanks,

Mike