zentara,
Most ISPs give an alternate port( i.e. 587, ... ) to their own users.
MTA to MTA traffic is on port 25, but many ISPs firewall port 25 to a spam/virus scanning machine(s), and use DNS 'MX' magic to make it work!
If an ISP completely blocked port 25, they wouldn't have many emails to worry about.
"Well done is better than well said." - Benjamin Franklin
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Hi Flex, Hi Zentara, Hi rpnoble419,
Well the general advice seems to be try another port, it sounds like good advice. I'll try one later today.
Another piece of info is that my current router is a '3' MyFi router (ie a sim card), so I guess ISP's spamming restrictions maybe harsher, I recall that when I used a t-mobile data card, they had to provide me with an smtp server, maybe 3 is the same, I'll check it out.
Regrads
Steve
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Steve_BZ,
Are you trying to connect directly to a MTA?
The preferred method is to send the email to your mail machine ( MTA ),
and let that machine (MTA) deliver the mail for you.
When using a dynamic IP address most ISPs will require Pop-before-SMTP or SMTP authentication before allowing you to send mail to their users
Thank you
"Well done is better than well said." - Benjamin Franklin
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As you are using a myfi router, your host may be blocking your ip address as it is a dynamic ip. When I travel in the US and use hotel ip addresses or my Verizon mifi I get blocked. I need to copy the task to my server inorder to send email.
use this url to see if your ip address has been blocked.
http://postmaster.rr.com/amIBlockedByRR
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Hi Guys,
Well port => 587 seemed to do the trick.
Thanks for all your help.
Mail::Sender really is a nice little tool try it out if you haven't already.
Regards
Steve.
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