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wannabegeek Posts: 62

aaargghh!...have a challenge here. am able to receive my e-mails on my P910i but sending shows the "percentage sent" bar and then "could not send, disconnected" am a newbie on this wonderful fone and would appreciate some assistance.TIA,geek.
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Posted: 2005-11-11 18:42:11
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masseur Posts: > 500

most likely you have setup your P910 to use the same settings as your pc or mac including the pop3 and smtp settings.

Unfortunately most ISPs only allow use of SMTP server for sending emails if you are actually connected to their service at the time so therefore most phone service providers provide an SMTp server you can use for this purpose

if this sounds like your scenario let us know who you phone service provider is and perhaps we can tell you the correct smtp server to use
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Posted: 2005-11-11 18:44:51
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wannabegeek Posts: 62

sounds like you have hit the nail on the head masseur
am online at the mo(dial-up) and now when i try to send mail from the phone it is quite simply:"access denied"(meaning they think their is now unauthorised use of my mail service i suppose)
my ISP is Telkom (South Africa) and my cellphone service provider is MTN (South Africa)
i had thought it was to do with my outgoing port number(25) so i called my ISP techies and he confirmed that my service provider would have to help me on the "send side" (hence the fact that i am sure you are spot-on) a HUGE thank you for the help.geek
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Posted: 2005-11-11 19:10:20
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masseur Posts: > 500

a quick google suggests the SMTP (outgoing) server you need is mail.mtn.co.za

good luck!
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Posted: 2005-11-11 19:24:09
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wannabegeek Posts: 62

ok...did as you suggested....(and have HUGE amount of egg on my face again, considering my homepage is Google and ALL things begin and end at Google...lol) BUT am now still denied access...it seems pretty sure to me it is becaue i am online to Telkom at the same time...(only one connection allowed at the same time?)

and somewhat off the subject...howcome my avatar is so pale...get darker as we post more? lol...or did ipick the wrong one...will go to chec however...thanks again for the help

[ This Message was edited by: wannabegeek on 2005-11-11 18:38 ]
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Posted: 2005-11-11 19:35:10
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wannabegeek Posts: 62

well maybe this post will work. from the ES l!

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Posted: 2005-11-11 23:03:18
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masseur Posts: > 500

did you get this working? I've done a couple more searches and still only come up with mail.mtn.co.za as the smtp server name

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On 2005-11-11 19:35:10, wannabegeek wrote:
and somewhat off the subject...howcome my avatar is so pale...get darker as we post more? lol...or did ipick the wrong one...will go to chec however...thanks again for the help

your avatar gets brighter as you post and becomes full at 50 posts
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Posted: 2005-11-12 08:23:48
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wannabegeek Posts: 62

Yes thank you squire....see post above...e-mail and internet (SE browser and Opera) are working to perfection.Your advice paid off.
It is a real treat to surf and e-mail when you are used to really tiresome dialup(which i am on at present-and which is killing me due to a new spate of disconnections! Telkom due to come in on Mon or Tues)
BUT now i have an enormous issue with the sync function which i will post in the main forum.Hope you or one of the other boffins will be able to help....i have "hit the wall" on this one.
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Posted: 2005-11-12 13:25:27
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Kryptik Posts: > 500

Yo Geek, welcome to Esato, boet. Nice to have ya

Have a look under Regional, you'll find quite a few countrymen around, and possibly the solution to your problem lies there too...
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Posted: 2005-11-12 20:43:00
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wannabegeek Posts: 62

Yo Kryptik, good to see you to boet. Will come around to regional but kip now.
Yeah the "big" prob has me a bit stumped.Have mailed SE tech...got ref no...let's see wot they say.
The e-maoil browsing thing sorted though. Awsome phone, first that i have owned whis isn't a Nokia.(played around with a few others in my last business though) Nothing BUT nothing has fired my rocket like this one though.
c u soon.Geek
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Posted: 2005-11-12 23:05:24
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