Comments on: Fixing SMTP errors from Yahoo!/AT&T/SBCGlobal DSL

By: Gbar457442

Gbar457442 — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 19:39:00 +0000

I send my e-mail the same way i used to but I keep getting reports that it is not being delivered because they are going to the wrong email contact addresses. The contacts are correct but the mail goes undelivered. I still receive incoming, but no outgoing. GPB

By: Hans

Hans — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 17:52:00 +0000

all out going port 25 on sbc/dsl are blocked. if you have a mail server you need to relay it to there smtp server through port 465 with authentication. you can send up to 250 email a day.

This is to stop spammers from using there servers.

By: Boycott ATT

Boycott ATT — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 05:06:00 +0000

Yes, I think you are correct! We should take them tho court, if we have a chance!. Meantime, I will switch ISP!.

By: Hancockshazard

Hancockshazard — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 15:54:00 +0000

Link to Yahoo help page is gone but if you go to Options, More Options, Accounts there is a button in menu bar to ‘Add Account’.

By: madhatterleather

madhatterleather — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 02:55:03 +0000

I was on the phone with the idiots for 3 hours. At first my send and receive didn't work one morning. After three hours of dicking around with 2 levels of support i can recieve but not send. The said the problem was on my side because I didn't have the Outlook 2003 sp3.

I tried to install the sp3 but my outllook was OEM with my computer so I had no key. works out the Outlook sp3 has nothing to do with email.

I upgraded my computer and bought an office with Outlook 2007 but it still won't send with the settings and servers they told me to use. I really dread getting on that phone to get to a level three support. What a bunch of assholes.

By: Darryl

Darryl — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 05:45:08 +0000

Called ATT tonight. Got a very helpful tech with an @2WIRE.COM email address. He had me go into the router's firewall. I went and UNchecked SMTP "allow" and that stopped the block. He was confused. He actually went and checked on it and replied: "I apologize. I know the SMTP issue is counter-intuitive with our router. There was a change in the firmware for your device and the option is in fact reversed. The only thing I can tell you is that it is being worked on and AT&T will provide updates when available. Thanks again!"

Try REMOVING the check to ALLOW SMTP traffic. That permitted free flow. Also, this is on ATT UVERSE. Thanks for your posting here!

By: missy sanford

missy sanford — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 20:52:48 +0000

I can’t go to http://helpme.att.net/servabuse.php to opt out of port 25 because they are blocking all e-mails. Doesn’t att.net have another way to reach in this instance??

By: Chad

Chad — Sat, 09 May 2009 03:18:15 +0000

Thanks Enny, I just setup using port 587 and things are working so far.

By: Enny

Enny — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 02:40:55 +0000

I use also port 587 as normal smtp port. That is the message-submission-port. Some email providers may not support/offer that.

By: Sandeep

Sandeep — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 01:41:21 +0000

Ah! What a chronicle here. I just got off the phone with At&T tech support and am fuming as they said I will need to upgrade my account! I have had this account for a few years and recently started working on an SMTP program. For local testing I needed to send stuff to myself and lo and behold IT doesnt work. TRaced it to this port issue.

Now, when I signed up for DSL, they didnt disclose this at all. That I wont get all the ports! Is this legal? they can just take away ports at will? Why should I need to upgrade to a business account for a port?

I m PO!