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websquadza said:
We're on it. Seems to be a fault in the DC in KZN - Techs are on site already and investigating.
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And an update on this one. The issue was found and resolved earlier this morning. Looks to have been a damaged cross connect in the DC (very rare, but can happen). Cable was re-run and is sorted.
 
clickingbuttons said:
Any plans to ever locally peer with SEACOM again?
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Not ignoring this one - we are making some changes to our transit paths (Ironic that we need to talk about connecting to a local ISP as transit rather than free an open peering which we all participate in), and these decisions are being finalised over the next few days. As soon as I have this finalised, I'll be able to tell you about any potential plans we've made in this regard.
 
websquadza said:
And an update on this one. The issue was found and resolved earlier this morning. Looks to have been a damaged cross connect in the DC (very rare, but can happen). Cable was re-run and is sorted.
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Thank you
 
websquadza said:
Not ignoring this one - we are making some changes to our transit paths (Ironic that we need to talk about connecting to a local ISP as transit rather than free an open peering which we all participate in), and these decisions are being finalised over the next few days. As soon as I have this finalised, I'll be able to tell you about any potential plans we've made in this regard.
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yeah free and open peering is what this should be about, not sure why seacom made such a poor decision and cut SA off from their network, now having to route to london and back is CRAZY to say the least.
 
I want to use my webmail email on outlook. but i need an SMTP server for sending of emails
 
Napalm said:
I want to use my webmail email on outlook. but i need an SMTP server for sending of emails
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You can use your mail provider's SMTP, just authenticate against it,this allows you to roam between isp providers without having to change SMTP servers everytime.
 
jvrs said:
You can use your mail provider's SMTP, just authenticate against it,this allows you to roam between isp providers without having to change SMTP servers everytime.
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Think he means actual webmail.co.za. They don't provide a SMTP service based on their info pages.
 
Sending webmail.co.za mail from your own SMTP will probably end up with undeliverable/rejected mail, they have SPF records, authough set to SOFTFAIL
 
Napalm said:
correct. it says we must use our own ISP's smtp.

My isp is websquad.
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We don't have an open SMTP relay - these are mostly redundant these days as 99% of mail services have their own, secure mail servers. The problem with using an open SMTP relay (besides the obvious source spam risk) is that the mails will originate from an IP which is not linked to your email address's SPF/DKIM, which will result in most emails being sent to the spam box or flat out rejected.

Our recommendation to clients who use legacy mail services that don't have their own SMTP service is to use Gmail - link your account to Gmail (Accounts and import tab (link your account using POP3 and configure send-as). You get the added benefit of your mails being backed up and 15GB of storage for your emails. In addition, decent IMAP support for your desktop/mobile clients.
 
Napalm said:
correct. it says we must use our own ISP's smtp.

My isp is websquad.
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I sorry but this is rather silly from them. Change it everytime you are on a different network, they need to get with the times and provide authenticated SMTP.
Your issue is more a stuck in stone age issue than a Websquad issue.
 
My internet keeps dropping out every couple of minutes, downloads completely stop to 0 mb/sec and websites time out then comes back for a few minutes. Tried restarting the router, same thing....
 
Zodiak said:
My internet keeps dropping out every couple of minutes, downloads completely stop to 0 mb/sec and websites time out then comes back for a few minutes. Tried restarting the router, same thing....
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Iv had this issue before. Generally when I download big files.
 
Napalm said:
correct. it says we must use our own ISP's smtp.

My isp is websquad.
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Personally,using either Gmail's for the goog,and for generic email SMTP I use mailjet,free up to couple thousand messages PM and works across ISPs
 
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