On 02/18/16 3:30 PM, [email protected] wrote:
Thee Chicago Wolf MVP .@.> - wrote:
On Wed, 17 Feb 2016 21:48:13 -0500, Keith Thompson
<[email protected]> wrote:
On 02/17/16 11:18 AM, Thee Chicago Wolf (MVP) wrote:
On Wed, 17 Feb 2016 10:52:19 -0500, Keith Thompson
<[email protected]> wrote:
Paul in Houston, TX wrote:
Keith Thompson wrote:
My ISP (WOW!) has just changed mailing securities and now I have to
use a password on the
smtp. I cannot get the entry to take when trying to send. I am using
SM 2.39. I have
gone through a number of trials. Their requirement is that I use no
connection Security,
Port 587, and Password. I have set the smtp to these conditions, but
the password will
not enter. I have cleared the password file of these and then tried
the entry again. It
did not take, but the password was now in the password file. For some
reason, it appears
that the password file cannot communicate with the smtp. What am I
missing here? The mail
sending was working fine until WOW changed their requirements. Wow, of
course, wants me to
change to Windows Mail and IE. SM security is exactly the reason that
I avoided MS Products.
Keith Thompson
Does WOW webmail work? Often web and smtp use the same p/w.
Have you tried with firewall and anti-virus turned off?
Yes, I can read and send when on the wow webmail site. I have also
turned off my firewall with no effect. I have checked my AV and and it
is clear.
One thing to check, just to be sure. Done a Malware scan with
Malwarebytes or something similar? It's possible some email malware
could have hijacked your PC.
Or, got to C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\etc\ and open hosts in Notepad
or Wordpad. On Windows 7 (or newer), If it looks *anything* other than
this:
# Copyright (c) 1993-2009 Microsoft Corp.
#
# This is a sample HOSTS file used by Microsoft TCP/IP for Windows.
#
# This file contains the mappings of IP addresses to host names. Each
# entry should be kept on an individual line. The IP address should
# be placed in the first column followed by the corresponding host
name.
# The IP address and the host name should be separated by at least one
# space.
#
# Additionally, comments (such as these) may be inserted on individual
# lines or following the machine name denoted by a '#' symbol.
#
# For example:
#
# 102.54.94.97 rhino.acme.com # source server
# 38.25.63.10 x.acme.com # x client host
# localhost name resolution is handled within DNS itself.
# 127.0.0.1 localhost
# ::1 localhost
Could be it as well.
I had a somewhat different host file as I use an app called checky. This stops
those addon installations. As such, I changed back to the backup, stored host
and set the flags to readonly and system file. Still did not accept the
password for sending an email.
Well, when in doubt, you could always see if there is a firmware
update for your router but I am not sure that's it anymore. You said
you successfully set up a GMail account right? If there's a firmware
update, you could try that. Otherwise, factory reset your router and
start over. If it still fails, it's got to be WowWow. Or try your
portable thunderbird at someone else's house and see if it works
there. That will eliminate the possibility of it being a router
problem.
Trying from someone else's house might not work anyway. Some ISPs allow you to
send through their SMTP server only when connected via their service, to avoid
it being used for sending spam.
That's especially the case for the ones which don't require any authentication
- the authentication is done by connecting to their service. Wow aren't using
SSL/TLS or password encryption as far as I can tell, so the login is pretty
weak and may just an additional check, still requiring you to connect through
their service anyway.
Mark.
Good point. I know that when traveling, I could receive mail, but could not
send over the hotels wifi. I had to use gmail for any that I wanted to send.
That is basically the situation now, just as if I'm on a non-friendly system
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