Roadrunner users...any luck in sending emails?

Roadrunner only allows users who are on their network to use their SMTP servers.

You will need to use a secondary source SMTP server, I have been using www.authsmtp.com on my iphone and it has been working well so far.

I used to have this issue on my old MotoQ - but for some reason, I can send without a problem from RR on my iPhone. I have it set up as pop-server on the incoming side and smtp-server on the outgoing side.

I am having the same problem sending email on RR. I have never had a problem using my macbook "off" of roadrunner net. Iphone works fine on my Wifi, but won't work on Edge. If I change the smtp server to cwmx.com (att smtp server I was told) it works fine on Edge but won't work on WiFi. My work around is to use gmail to check my RR account and gmail works on both. Thanks

Try the following

Outgoing Mail
Host Name: cwmx.com <---for EDGE Connections
Host Name: smtp-server.hawaii.rr.com <---for WiFi connections
User Name: Leave Blank
Password: Leave Blank

mokeiko

do you sign onto your RR account with a username and pw?

I had this issue with Comcast and just told the phone to require authentication for the outgoing smtp server, then put in a username and password for my Comcast account and now it works fine. Comcast doesnt let you use the smtp unless on their network, however, if you authenticate, they know you are really a customer and will let it send.

Try that.

If you have a gmail account, under settings you can have gmail to gather all of your pop accounts into your gmail account. You have to enable pop3(under Forwarding and POP) and add your RR acounts (under accounts). Works well. Make sure when you add the gmail account on the iphone to disable "Use Recent Mode" or you will have a copy of each email you send in your inbox. Hope this helps

Most rr ISP's allow access to your email accounts via web email. In North Carolina I go to webmail.nc.rr.com. In California it's webmail.ca.rr.com and in New York city it's webmail.nyc.rr.com.

This will open a page in Safari that prompts for your rr user name and password. Once in, you can read and send roadrunner email.

After spending an hour on the phone with an AT&T representative who knew nothing but eventually transfered me to a "product specialist", I'm now able to send e-mails from my Road Runner account.

The problem seemed to be that unless you are connected to your Road Runner account via wi fi, you need to use the AT&T server to send them out. That means you have to go to your settings, select mail, then your RR account, and under "Outgoing Mail Server (SMTP)" erase the information found ONLY on the "Host Name". Type instead cwmx.com, which is AT&T. It will work well as long as you are connected to AT&T Edge.

I don't know what is going to happen when you try to connect wi fi. Probably you will have to tell it to use AT&T Edge to send the e-mail every time you are on wi fi.

I don't know what is going to happen when you try to
connect wi fi. Probably you will have to tell it to
use AT&T Edge to send the e-mail every time you are
on wi fi.

CORRECT!
That is why I use
http://www.authsmtp.com

OR
In Mail.app on the computer, setup 2 accounts.
One called WiFi, the other EDGE.
In WiFi use the smtp-server and in EDGE use cwmx.com

ajm

I went to www.fastmail.fm and paid the ONE TIME ONLY charge of $14.95 to get the "member" level service. This gives you an smtp server to use with authentication to check pop mail from any account.

I have my RR accounts working perfectly and seamlessly between wifi and edge. I can send and receive at all times.

Why is it that putting the exact same settings used in my powerbook to access e-mail do not work when used in an iPhone? I love a good workaround, but shouldn't this just work?



iPhone and Mac Book Pro Mac OS X (10.4.10)

If you don't want to mess with changing SMTP settings every time you switch between EDGE and wifi, and you don't want to pay someone to relay your mail (you already pay your ISP for email priveliges!), just mix your POP and SMTP settings.

If you don't already have one, set up a Gmail account at gmail.com. Gmail kindly lets you use their SMTP server for sending mail any time, from any place.

Then create an "Other" email account on your iPhone. Use the standard POP settings for rr.com (pop-server.yourcity.com, or in this case, pop-server.nyc.rr.com.) Enter your user name and password.

For the SMTP server, use smtp.gmail.com, enter your Gmail user name/password, check "Outgoing uses SSL" in "Advanced", and voila, you're checking mail directly from your Roadrunner account (I find the connection faster and more reliable than forwarding mail to Gmail or having Gmail poll your POP account) and sending mail via Gmail with no IP or location restrictions.

Once you verify this setup works for you, you can delete the original Roadrunner account that the iPhone sync created for you (with its useless-outside-of-your-home-network SMTP settings). You may also need to disable sync for email in itunes, as the account you just create doesn't exist on your computer, and itunes will probably just make a new account with the previous settings you just deleted.

-rkny

Forgot to add that you may want to log into your Gmail account, go to settings and add your rr.com email address and set it as the default "from" address. This option is found under Settings>Accounts>Send Mail As:

Otherwise, all the mail you send from your iPhone will come from yourname@gmail.com.

This setup also creates a copy of all the mail you send from your iPhone in your sent box at gmail.com. This may or may not matter to you...you know who you are!

Doh! I just realized that I'm fine when sending from my iPhone when I'm at home, connected to my wifi, connect to roadrunner. Doesn't work when I'm using Edge.