Road Runner Can't Send Email

I perform backups and maintenance on my pastors computer. We both got the IMAC G5's in December. At the time he had been using AOL for his mail. Everything worked fine with it. The parish decided to go to Road Runner for their internet/email. I use rr at home on my computer with no problems. My pastor's computer can receive but, would not send any emails from Road Runner mail. I've been following the discussions here on possible solutions to not being able to send mail. I tried everything suggested to no avil. Today I called Road Runner Tech Support and explained my problem. Tech Support had me check the "Server Settings" under the Mail, Preferences, Account Information, Outgoing Mail Server (SMTP), Server Settings, Authentication. It should read "None." My pastor's computer said "Password." With his User Name and Password filled in. Tech Support had me change the Authentication to "None" and that fixed the problem. I could immediately send mail. Tech Support said Road Runner Outgoing Mail doesn't require a password. Thought this might help someone and it did me. Tech Support suggested to pass it on, too.

IMAC G5 ISight, Mac OS X (10.4.7)

Posted on Aug 31, 2006 12:23 PM

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Aug 31, 2006 1:04 PM in response to KurtT

Kurt,

Welcome to the Discussions, and congratulations on making your first post informative. What you discovered is known and common problem with people trying to use separate authentication on the RoadRunner smtp -- the Mail setup assistant leads you that way, if you don't know what to watch for, and I have complained about that very thing to Apple. I am please to know that their support is Mac savvy enough to help you with this (although not really an exclusive problem to Mac).

The actual authentication that allows you to send with their SMTP is actually based upon the IP address of your modem, so it is not unprotected, and requires you to be at the venue where they are your ISP.

All the best.

Ernie

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