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On 03/03/14 15:41, Neil Winchurst wrote:
On Mon, 03 Mar 2014 08:24:16 +0000 Martin Gautier <martin.gautier@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:On 03/03/14 08:15, Neil Winchurst wrote:My daughter is set up with Xubuntu 12.04 LTS. Until recently she has had no problems with emails. I have set her up with Thunderbird using IMAP. Sometimes she gets an error message when sending an email. This is asking for the SMTP server to be set up with authentication. Most of her emails are sent without any problem. I have done some research and I suspect that some email accounts are set up to refuse to accept an email if there is no authentication. This is probably meant to be a way to avoid spam. Can anyone tell me if this is correct? At the moment her SMTP server is set up to use port 25 without any authentication. Would it be a sensible move to change that? I note that the suggested port is 587. As I understand it that port is meant to be using STARTTLS. Any help gratefully received, NeilNeil Who is hosting the SMTP service? What credentials do they recommend? MartinNot sure, but I think it is BT. Will check it out with her. Neil
NeilSMTP through a BT Internet broadband connection can work with port 25 and no authentication.
The service can work through port 587 with authentication.I'd advise avoiding using BT servers completely, perhaps using the free services of www.Mailjet.com...
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