(Answer) (Category) Accessing Services at OA5 / YASK / Irial : (Category) My Email : (Answer) My ISP blocks outgoing mail not sent through their servers
That is because people can send SPAM if the port is left open. There is another port used for sending your mail for the first hop which accepts authenticated connexions

That port is 587

When you set up your mail you should set this as the submission port for SMTP on SMTP.your.dom.ain

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andrewATknotsDOTnet
2004-Jun-03 16:28
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