Cant get email notifications to work.

[SEANHAWG 1]

Well, here I am again trying to figure a basic networking skill. I am sure this has something to do with my funky ATT internet network connection but I cant get email notifications to work on my DVR.

 

I know I have everything setup correctly. I am using the same email configuration that my regular email uses which is working fine:

 

outgoing mail Server: smtp.att.yahoo.com

Port: 465

Uses SSL and requires authentication

From: nellyssurplus5762@att.net

To: snelson@nellyssurplus.com

 

I cant get it to send me an email. Is there anything else that I can check to see what the problem is?

 

Do I have to forward port 465? If so, I did and it still didnt work. But I did check at canyouseemee.org and port 465 says its closed. Which is odd because that is the same port I use to send emails out everyday.

 

What on earth could it be? Is there anything else I can check and where do I need to look?

[tomcctv 190]

Hi Sean. for AT&T sending mail by yahoo your port needs to be 587.

 

sending email, you may need to use port 465 (recommended) or 587 when sending email via Yahoo!'s SMTP server. (If your Internet connection is provided by AT&T or one of AT&T's partners, please read about

 

http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/smallbusiness/bizmail/pop/pop-32.html

[SEANHAWG 1]

You da man Tom! Thanks! That worked!

 

Aint nothing better than finding out the solution you have been working 2 hours straight on to find out.

[SEANHAWG 1]

I wonder why it wouldnt work on the port 465 SSL version? Because that is the same settings my regular email use.

[tomcctv 190]

I wonder why it wouldnt work on the port 465 SSL version? Because that is the same settings my regular email use.

 

 

its a problem that both gmail and yahoo have .............. it gets a bit complicated to explain ...... but its to get passed the port 25 problem. (blocked by most isp) glad it worked for you.