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Unable to send emails on iphone

I have access to my Hotmail account and have had no problems with it until now. I can receive messages, but can no longer send. I have not made a change to any of the settings, so cannot understand what the problem is. When I try t send a message I get this message; the connection to the outgoing server smtp.live.com failed. I am not particularly technical so am not really sure how to proceed. I have switched off wi-fi and restarted the phone without any joy. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Posted on Mar 9, 2010 2:12 PM

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Posted on Mar 9, 2010 2:15 PM

Check with Microsoft, as it could be as simple as a server problem at their end.
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Mar 9, 2010 6:42 PM in response to madmum

Sorry for the delay. Seems that you aren't the only one with iPhone Hotmail problems. Here are a few sites that discuss this (some may be old)...
http://email.about.com/od/iphonemail/qt/etgethotmail.htm
http://www.mydigitallife.info/2009/01/16/hotmail-free-pop3-and-smtp-access-and-s erver-configuration-settings/
http://www.iphonedownloadblog.com/2008/10/11/how-to-set-up-hotmail-on-the-iphone /

FWIW, GMail works very well on the iPhone, it's free and I can access it from just about any device anywhere. I know it's a pain to switch email addresses but the pain is relatively short-lived. You could keep your Hotmail address and just forward it to a GMail account. I made the switch about 2 years ago and don't regret it.

May 14, 2010 1:50 PM in response to ts24hrzoo

Got it fixed!

Got this from an old post (recommended from tech support since I was out of warranty)

http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1597227&tstart=255 - on pg 2...

basically I just went to settings/mail/account (mine was comcast)/outgoing mailserver(smtp)/ turned off comcast - but made sure ATT was ON - then I turned off the iphone - then when it came back on the mail in my outbox sent!
Hope it works for you too!

iPhone OS 3.1.3

Unable to send emails on iphone

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