What kind of router do you have in the store? Have you checked the ports on it to see if something is being blocked all of the sudden? SMTP is port 25 if I remember correctly.
- Nicholas Mercer
Uh. Changed some router settings which forced a reboot (I think) and the iPhone was able to send it's email. But none after that until the router restarted again. Still can't send from the desktop. Could a little mousey be the culprit??
- Paul Reynolds
Netgear WNR834Bv2 going to reflash the firmware for giggles.
- Paul Reynolds
Direct connection to DSL modem doesn't change things. I guess I'll be calling Verizon. Sigh.
- Paul Reynolds
Oh, I guess I should check my Verzion email sometime. Apparently they block outgoing port 25 for smtp (as a spambot prevention "feature"). Not very convenient for folks that use their mail program on multiple networks. Glad I'm using a router!
- Paul Reynolds
That's a feature? That's probably one of the dumbest things I've ever heard! Dependent on your SMTP servers, you might can change the ports. Port 587 often times will work as well for SMTP servers.
- Nicholas Mercer
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Yeah it's horrible. If you're smart enough to build and deploy a botnet, I think you could add a "if (err && port == 25) { port = 587; tryAgain(); }" Looks like my router won't do port translation. Was hoping to avoid doing it on my machine.
- Paul Reynolds
It was easier to use alternative ports since my server host supports them port 26 FTW!
- Paul Reynolds
Another dumb situation like this is GoDaddy blocking sendmail() by default unless you use their "special script." I can understand if it's some random port number that's getting abused by a script, but something such as a default SMTP port being blocked by anyone is just silly. It also seems as if the mail clients would be smart enough to look at 587 as a secondary SMTP port if 25 fails.
- Nicholas Mercer
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