AOL (what fools) POP3 email problems.

[Mathew]

Can anyone answear this. I use aol as my ISP if you are thinking of using them dont. But I send my email via my own servers using Outlook. Somtimes AOL ping my emails back as spam. What can I do to stop this.

Mathew

[Rob Holmes]

Hi Mathew,

Yes AOL have some funny practices.

Having never used AOL I can only guess that you need to change your smtp server in your Outlook to aol's mail server whatever that is. I'm also unsure if you it needs authentication or not.

But that should solve the problem.

Rob

[gary]

You need to read the error message AOL gives you to see what the problem is. If necessary post it here and we can decipher it for you.

[Mathew]

Rob

Yes I have this information but wont that be a problem in trying to pick up my own domain email.

Mathew

[Rob Holmes]

Rob

Yes I have this information but wont that be a problem in trying to pick up my own domain email.

Mathew

Hi Mathew,

No I don't think so. You'll need to put your own mailservers pop3 address in for the pop3 section and AOL's for the SMTP.

Although you titled the thread pop 3 problems it seems to be smtp problems?

Pop3 = incoming
SMTP = outgoing

Rob

[Webstuff]

If you're recieving through your own POP3 server, AOL has no control over it... or if you're sending throught your own SMTP, AOL will have no control over it either.

If you're using AOL's servers for either of these though, check you have all your login information correct, and that you have AOL mail configured correctly for your needs.

I was a bit confused by the thread, but if you mean AOL won't let you have emails because it thinks they're spam, turn of spam filtering for your AOL account.

[Rob Holmes]

or if you're sending throught your own SMTP, AOL will have no control over it either.

If AOL is Mathews connection to the internet they may well block him connecting to a different mail server to send his mail. My ISP does this to me too.

Rob