Windows Mail; Receive but not send?

I have windows vista on an emachine. I just started work with this new
company, and they gave me the servers for windows mail. I receive every
message that gets sent to me, but I cannot send any mail at all.... I dont
understand because the ceo of my company said it was the same server. If
anyone can help that would be great, because i cant send email from my work
account. I dunno if i'm just a dummy or my boss doesn't know what he's
talking about.

Grahama2121 wrote:
> I have windows vista on an emachine. I just started work with this new
> company, and they gave me the servers for windows mail. I receive every
> message that gets sent to me, but I cannot send any mail at all.... I dont
> understand because the ceo of my company said it was the same server. If
> anyone can help that would be great, because i cant send email from my work
> account. I dunno if i'm just a dummy or my boss doesn't know what he's
> talking about.

The most common problems for people having trouble sending email are:

1. You are using the wrong smtp settings. Check your ISP's website for
the correct mail server settings.
2. You have "outgoing mail server requires authentication" checked when
it does not. Or vice versa.
3. You are trying to send mail through an smtp server that isn't your
regular ISP; i.e., you are trying to send mail through AT&T's server
when your ISP is Comcast.

Solution:

Check all of the above. Go to your ISP's website, or that of your web
hosting company if your mail host is other than your ISP, and find the
mail server settings. Most ISP's will also have a "walkthrough" to show
you how to set up mail using popular email clients such as Outlook
Express, Eudora, and Thunderbird. If they don't have instructions for
Windows Mail yet, use the ones for Outlook Express.


Malke
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Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic!"
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User

When you are home, you are probably accessing the internet via a different
service provider than at work.
Most ISP's won't allow mail to be sent thru their server from a different
network. You can usually receive ok.

Maybe your boss uses the same ISP at home, or maybe he doesn't send email
from home.

If you had a VPN connection to your work PC, then you could connect via
Remote Desktop, and control your work PC from home.


"Grahama2121" <Grahama2121@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I have windows vista on an emachine. I just started work with this new
> company, and they gave me the servers for windows mail. I receive every
> message that gets sent to me, but I cannot send any mail at all.... I dont
> understand because the ceo of my company said it was the same server. If
> anyone can help that would be great, because i cant send email from my
> work
> account. I dunno if i'm just a dummy or my boss doesn't know what he's
> talking about.