Accessing smtp on Telecom Xtra network.

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AnfieldBoy

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#78219 1-Mar-2011 14:21

Hi, I often work from home. To do so I use my work e mail address, which is a maxnet.co.nz address

POP3 maxnet.co.nz incoming works fine.

SMTP out if I changed to smtp.xtra.co.nz using port 25 used to work fine, recently we have had our lines updated in my region however over the past three weeks I have only been able to send e mails using smtp.xtra.co.nz intermitently over my home network. Most of the time Outlook cannot access the smtp to send my maxnet address.

However if I tether my i pnone to my computer and use that internet connection everything is fine.

I have tried calling Telecom support but seem to get no where, maybe I am missing something? Any advice?

I am using Outlook 2010 on a HP using Win 7, my work address is a maxnet.co.nz address using password and user i.d to log on.

Thanks for your help.

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#444455 1-Mar-2011 14:23

try send.xtra.co.nz?

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#444458 1-Mar-2011 14:33

Have you logged into Xtra webmail and added your maxnet address into Accounts? I always have to do that, or just won't work for sending....change to SSL and ports etc too of course.

There is actually some helpful info on the Xtra webmail page for this.

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#444494 1-Mar-2011 16:36

I highly advise registering a domain name (.co.nz) for your work/business instead of using an isp provided email address.

Firstly, it looks more professional and secondly it means it's much easier to change ISP if you ever want/need to.

A .co.nz is ~$20 / year, there are various options you can use to "host" your email.

Google Apps for domains standard (free), Google apps for domains business ($50 USD per user per year) and Microsoft BPOS ($10 per user per month) are very popular now.

There are plenty of IT consultants and network companies that could give you a hand setting this up, or if you are relatively tech savvy you can have a go yourself (it's not that hard MS and Google have good help online).

You can basically set it up in parallel and switch over to it gradually too.

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#444495 1-Mar-2011 16:37

Ask Maxnet for an alternative SMTP port to use

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AnfieldBoy

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#444496 1-Mar-2011 16:50

Hi, yip I have tried send.xtra.co.nz and added the account to xtra mail and tried using officemail.co.nz to no avail.

smtp.xtra.co.nz used to work fine up untill 3 weeks ago...has anything changed at xtra to stop this being the case?

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#444501 1-Mar-2011 17:05

Maxnet may support connecting on port 465 or 587, so you wouldn't need to use xtra's smtp server for that account.

Google and MS services supports this fyi ^

AnfieldBoy

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#444533 1-Mar-2011 19:11

Ragnor: Maxnet may support connecting on port 465 or 587, so you wouldn't need to use xtra's smtp server for that account.

Google and MS services supports this fyi ^

Thanks I tried those ports but no result.

When using smtp.xtra.co.nz and testing account settings in Outlook 2010 I get connection but once I confirm the account and try sending a e mail I get a error saying cannot find smtp server.

What is annoying is that using my i phone tethered to the computer I can send no problem.

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#444537 1-Mar-2011 19:23

I use a similar set up with Xtra when I'm at my mother-in-lays and she is on xtra and I'm on Orcon,

In My Outlook 2010 these are the settings.

Go to accounts >More Settings>outgoing server.
Check "My outgoing server (SMTP) Require authentication"
Enter your email login and password

Go to Advanced
Set Outgoing SMTP server to port 587
Leave the rest in default

Good luck. This worked for me but Maxnet may block this access..

Regards,

Old3eyes