[X4U] Damn Comcast

Aron S.Spencer aron at r8ix.com
Fri Oct 10 08:49:59 PDT 2008


probably need to use password authentication at least. I'm pretty  
sure .mac (mobile me) requires authentication.

On Oct 10, 2008, at 9:29 AM, Charles Howse wrote:

>
> On Oct 9, 2008, at 7:56 PM, Daly Jessup wrote:
>
>>> How about someone detailing the steps to changing the port # in  
>>> Mail.app?  Seems like the 'secure' thing to do...?
>>
>> I already did that once, at least for Tiger, but I can do it again.
>> Open Mail.app.
>> Go to Mail menu, choose Preferences. Choose the Accounts category.
>> In Accounts, select your account at the left.  Then choose the  
>> Account Information tab.
>>
>> At the bottom of that pane, see, in the "Outgoing Mail Server  
>> (SMTP)" section, click the "Server Settings" button.  In there, you  
>> can choose the Server port.
>
> Hi Daly, I should have mentioned I'm getting into this thread late.
> In Loepard's Mail 3.5, when I navigate to Preferences/Accounts/ 
> Charter/SMTP Server/Edit Server List/Advanced, the option to use the  
> default ports (25, 465, 587) is already ticked.  Do I need to choose  
> "Use Custom port" and enter 587?  What about "Use SSL" and  
> "Authentication"?
>
> --
> Later,
> Charles
> http://bubbabbq.homeunix.net
>
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Aron S. Spencer
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