FUUUUUUUUUU Microsoft Office

[w1z4rd]

So just learnt today when I changed the IP of one of my mail servers, that every single client who uses Microsoft Outlook had to have their email settings configured because it loses the ticked setting for "My outgoing server requires authentication"

FU Microsoft and your ****ty product. 1000 Phone calls for me.

 

[The_Unbeliever]

:wtf:

I was under the impression that you can change your IP as often as you want, and any email client (yes, it also do include m$ orifice) will keep on getting emails as long as the MX and other records point to the correct server.

There should be absolutely no need to set password/account settings up with every new IP change.

What new devilry is this?

 

[w1z4rd]

It still continues to receive email, everyone with Office 2010 lost the tick option for "My outgoing server requires authentication". So everyones sending broke. The receiving continues

 

[TheGuy]

It still continues to receive email, everyone with Office 2010 lost the tick option for "My outgoing server requires authentication". So everyones sending broke. The receiving continues

Clearly you are not using exchange as then you won't have this problem. Also you can just fix it with Group Policy

 

[w1z4rd]

Clearly you are not using exchange as then you won't have this problem. Also you can just fix it with Group Policy

Yeah, I use real email servers and not ****. Sorry about that.

Im not sure Exchange and group policies are ideal for shared hosting environments that have hundreds of domains and thousands of emails on one server. Perhaps if I setup a small office network Ill consider it, but not for this thanks.

There is nothing wrong with the server, only ****ty client side software.

 

[TheGuy]

Yeah, I use real email servers and not ****. Sorry about that.

Im not sure Exchange and group policies are ideal for shared hosting environments that have hundreds of domains and thousands of emails on one server. Perhaps if I setup a small office network Ill consider it, but not for this thanks.

I see what you mean but there is always hosted exchange.

 

[bullzeye.za]

Clearly you are not using exchange as then you won't have this problem. Also you can just fix it with Group Policy

He's talking about clients, ones who would probably not want to join his domain just to get email.

 

[stricken]

microsoft.... there's your problem.

 

[ld13]

I'm still confused here ... how does the client lose the ticked setting when you change the IP of the server? Mail.server.co.za just resolves to a different IP now unless you had the full IP set up on the client side to begin with?

 

[guest2013-1]

I'm still confused here ... how does the client lose the ticked setting when you change the IP of the server? Mail.server.co.za just resolves to a different IP now unless you had the full IP set up on the client side to begin with?

That's my question. I've used many servers (even exchange) and many clients (Thunderbird through to the newest Outlook) and have never had this issue and always authenticate the outgoing server for all my clients. I've changed mail servers 3 times and none of theirs broke otherwise I would have hung myself as my clients were dumb as ****