PDA

View Full Version : Information to assist in resolving email issues


imported_digital
02-21-2004, 09:15 AM
Email settings in some programs such as outlook express have changed for some clients, if your email program is not responding correctly when attempting to retrieve emails from our servers you may need to make these adjustments



Having email issues ? Try these steps:

1a. If using Outlook express or similar program try checking settings off and back on again, this sometimes resolves issues.

If that fails to resolve the issue, try:

1.b. Remove the email account from Outlook express or similar program, Then set it up again using Standard settings

incoming pop3 mail.yourwebsitename.com
outgoing smtp mail.yourwebsitename.com

incoming pop3 server Port 110
outgoing smtp server Port 25

My Server requires authentication ticked YES!

Log On using secure password authentication ticked NO!


------------------------------------------------------------

2. Can your ISP actually reach our servers?

To confirm that the mail server is online and responding you can perform the following:

On your computer
From the 'Start' button click 'Run'
Type in 'telnet yourdomain.com 25'
You should receive something to the effect of:

220-servername.domain.com ESMTP Exim 3.35 #1 Thu, 23 May 2002 22:31:23 -0400
220-We do not authorize the use of this system to transport unsolicited,
220 and/or bulk e-mail.

This confirms there are *no problems* with the SMTP server

To confirm the POP server is online and responding:

From the 'Start' button click 'Run'
Type in 'telnet yourdomain.com 110'
You should receive something to the effect of:

+OK POP3 [DarkORB cppop 1.2] at [66.197.198.81] (yourdomain.com)

This confirms the POP server is online and there are *no problems* with the POP server.



To confirm the IMAP server is online and responding:


From the 'Start' button click 'Run'
Type in 'telnet yourdomain.com imap'
You should receive something to the effect of:



* OK [CAPABILITY IMAP4REV1 LOGIN-REFERRALS STARTTLS AUTH=LOGIN] nsurl.com IMAP4r
ev1 2001.315rh at Sun, 15 Feb 2004 21:25:29 -0700 (MST)


If the above tests prove ok, then the issue lies with your ISP connection to our server and you might try:

In some instances changing your outgoing smtp server port to 26 from 25 resolves some sending issues.

In Outlook express go to

Tools / Accounts / Properties / Advanced

change the Outgoing smtp port number from 25 to

26

Retry now.

------------------------------------------------------------

3. Try changing your incoming pop3 server, smtp outgoing mail server settings or both to use your local ISP's routing.

In outlook express go to

Tools / Accounts / Properties ( of the email account your having the issue with ) / Servers

change the incoming or outgoing mail server name from

mail.yourdomain.com to
mail.yourisp.com ( find out the setting from your ISP )

------------------------------------------------------------

4. Try Using IMAP as an alternative which connects directly to our servers.

Open Outlook Express.

Click 'Tools' from the menu at the top of the screen, then click 'Accounts'

Click the 'Add' button to the right then click 'Mail'
The 'Your Name' window displays. On the 'Display Name' line type your real name and then click the 'Next>' button.

This displays the 'Internet E-mail Address' window. Click 'I already have an e-mail address I'd like to use' to select it, then on the 'E-mail Address' line type in your pilot e-mail address in the format: admin@digitalhost.net Then click the 'Next>' button.

This displays the 'E-mail Servers' window. This is where you will tell the computer specific information about the mail server. Fill in the information as below:

My Incoming mail server is a: IMAP
Incoming mail server: yourdomain.com (example digitalhost.net)
Outgoing mail server: yourdomain.com


Click the 'Next>' button.


The 'Internet Mail Login' window displays. On the 'Account Name' line type your user name. On the 'Password:' line type in your password. Click the 'Next>' button.
Click the 'Finish' button to complete the wizard and begin using Outlook Express.



Finally click Properties of this account and ensure 'My Server Requires Authentication' is checked.



NOT 'My Server Requires Password Authentication'



Still Having Issues, Webmail is a direct connection to your email accounts here

http://www.yourwebsite.com/webmail

Login: username@yourwebsite.com
Password of the particular email account your checking.

More Issues try some of the Hints listed here

http://www.digitalhost.net/outlook.htm

http://www.digitalhost.net/outlook2.htm

Still Unsuccessful, please submit a support ticket with full details of problem including email account username and a password so our support staff can test the account for you.