MWEB Outgoing Mail Server.

[Totempole]

Can anyone tell me why I'm unable to successfully send emails with MWEB?

I'm using Outlook 2007 smtp.mweb.co.za as my outgoing server. It's set to port 25 and "My Outgoing Mail Server Requires Authenication" box is unchecked. Setting port 587 doesn't help.

When I try to send emails, they appear to go through with no errors, but the recipients aren't receiving anything. I tried sending to some of my own email accounts, but nothing gets through.

I have no problems sending emails from my Afrihost account using smtp.afrihost.co.za or my IS based account using smtp.isdsl.net.

Any advice would be much appreciated.

Thanks.

 

[Iamnotageek]

Try enabling Authentication?

 

[Nikkel]

Maybe a poke in the dark here but I had the same issue with mymtnmail a while back when I switched to Afrihost. Could receive mails but not send any and only then found out later that I'll only be able to send MTN mails when I'm using MTN data... Maybe Mweb want them to use their data...?

 

[MWEBHelp]

Can anyone tell me why I'm unable to successfully send emails with MWEB?

I'm using Outlook 2007 smtp.mweb.co.za as my outgoing server. It's set to port 25 and "My Outgoing Mail Server Requires Authenication" box is unchecked. Setting port 587 doesn't help.

When I try to send emails, they appear to go through with no errors, but the recipients aren't receiving anything. I tried sending to some of my own email accounts, but nothing gets through.

I have no problems sending emails from my Afrihost account using smtp.afrihost.co.za or my IS based account using smtp.isdsl.net.

Any advice would be much appreciated.

Thanks.

Hi Totempole

Could you please advise if you are still experiencing trouble with sending mail.
If so, please drop me a PM with your MWEB email address in question.
Also let me know which ISP you are connecting with.

Thanks

 

[envo]

MWEB probably got on the blacklist again, which makes it a biatch for delivering mails as no mail server will touch them.

Get an ISP-independent mail server, off the top of my head, Gmail. Use Port 587 since MWEB (and other ISP's) tend to "hijack" port 25 and try and route it through their own servers anyway, causing all kinds of SPF conflicts and headaches

 

[blunt]

not being sarcastic here but you should rather switch to something like gmail and just use their incoming/outgoing. ISP emails are always a fail.

 

[Totempole]

Hi Totempole

Could you please advise if you are still experiencing trouble with sending mail.
If so, please drop me a PM with your MWEB email address in question.
Also let me know which ISP you are connecting with.

Thanks

It's not an MWEB email. Incoming is fine. Outgioing with MWEB is the problem

not being sarcastic here but you should rather switch to something like gmail and just use their incoming/outgoing. ISP emails are always a fail.

It's a work related email. Had it since 2002. Can't change it now.

 

[blunt]

It's not an MWEB email. Incoming is fine. Outgioing with MWEB is the problem



It's a work related email. Had it since 2002. Can't change it now.

forward all your mweb mail to your new gmail account and just respond from your gmail until eventually nobody emails you on mweb anymore.. or even if they still do at least you don't have to worry about your emails not getting delivered.

 

[Totempole]

Tested email today. Everything works fine. The problem seems to be isolated to last night.

 

[envo]

If you have your own domain name (which, as a "work related email", you should have), it's easy changing mail providers.

Otherwise, FWD your email and stop using ISP email entirely. The problem is, you've been with MWEB since 19-voertsek and can't really change ISP's now that your business is relying on the mweb email address (I'm assuming)

Become more independent and switch to an independent mail provider, doesn't have to be gmail, and so much easier if you already have your own domain. also avoid hosting providers that offer email. go for a company who offers email as a service, they're usually more clued up and don't get blacklisted left right and center.

FYI, the temporary glitch was that mweb's outgoing servers were once again blacklisted

 

[Totempole]

If you have your own domain name (which, as a "work related email", you should have), it's easy changing mail providers.

I don't have my own domain, the email is private, but I receive work related emails from here.

Otherwise, FWD your email and stop using ISP email entirely. The problem is, you've been with MWEB since 19-voertsek and can't really change ISP's now that your business is relying on the mweb email address (I'm assuming)

I have been an MWEB member for all of 3 days, I don't rely on MWEB at all, and I'm not a business owner. I like using my good old Outlook 2007, I'm not a fan of webmail interfaces.

Become more independent and switch to an independent mail provider, doesn't have to be gmail, and so much easier if you already have your own domain. also avoid hosting providers that offer email. go for a company who offers email as a service, they're usually more clued up and don't get blacklisted left right and center.

FYI, the temporary glitch was that mweb's outgoing servers were once again blacklisted

If I really need to, I can just use the webmail interface with my email provider (not MWEB, Vox). I have various free email accounts that I use for receiving spam (Gmail, Outlook.com (Hotmail), Mail.com). I don't really like any of them very much.

 

[MWEBHelp]

Tested email today. Everything works fine. The problem seems to be isolated to last night.

Thank you for letting us know.

If you need assistance in future then you know where to find him

 

[seaqn1]

I got a problem old crappy laptop with Windows 7 and Outlook 2007.

And I currently have this problem where I receive email but cant send.
Password, username is fine.
Tried the smtp port 25 and 587. Doesnt work.
I am using pop3, havent tried IMAP yet.. but I would prefer pop3 to work....
Also im using mweb vodacom 3G thing...

Can anyone help?