Secure Email & Vodacom

[HillBilly]

I'm trying to connect to my company email server using my laptop/vodafone datacard.

I can send send mail via unsecured smtp (ie. smtp.saix.net) without a problem so it's not a 'connectivity' problem.

My company email server uses SMTP (port 25) but requires TLS to authenticate me. The error message that I get from Thunderbird goes something like

..Unable to connect to SMTP server via STARTTLS since it doesn't offer STARTTLS in EHLO response...

When I connect using ADSL instead of Vodafone I can send mail via company email server without a problem.

Is this a problem with the datacard? Any advise?

 

[ic]

Which [post=171601]APN[/post] are you using?

 

[MacNabs]

I'm trying to connect to my company email server using my laptop/vodafone datacard.

I can send send mail via unsecured smtp (ie. smtp.saix.net) without a problem so it's not a 'connectivity' problem.

My company email server uses SMTP (port 25) but requires TLS to authenticate me. The error message that I get from Thunderbird goes something like



When I connect using ADSL instead of Vodafone I can send mail via company email server without a problem.

Is this a problem with the datacard? Any advise?

Are you sure its port 25 and not 465?

 

[vodacom3g]

Might it be that you're getting authenticated on source IP?

We don't block or shape any ports.

 

[HillBilly]

Thanks

Sorry to rehash an old topic.. but thanks for suggestions. The solution was to get Vodacom to change the APN from 'internet' to 'internetVPN'. I then changed it on the modem advanced options.

 

[vodacom3g]

Sorry to rehash an old topic.. but thanks for suggestions. The solution was to get Vodacom to change the APN from 'internet' to 'internetVPN'. I then changed it on the modem advanced options.

Strange that this fixed the problem. But glad it did.