ARGHH!! Does anybody know what e-mail settings I need to use for SBC/Ameritech DSL? *SOLVED*...thanks to LoveDoc

[MaxDSP]

I tried their help on ameritech.net but it doesnt give any answers as far as what servers to use for my email software. I wouldve tried email tech support, but they automatically use my @ameritech.net email addy, which I cant even get to.

 

[RossMAN]

try these first

mail.ameritech.net
pop.ameritech.net
smtp.ameritech.net

Those are the 3 most common

 

[MaxDSP]

I tried all those, since theyre the most common like you said, but a search on Google showed these settings.

According to that, my incoming is pop.ameritech.yahoo.com and outgoing is smtp.ameritech.yahoo.com

I put those in, but Outlook still rejects them, saying I have a bad password. I dont understand how that is, since Im on using that same username and password on my DSL connection.

 

[LoveDoc]

its gonna be mailhost.xxx.ameritech.net for both the incoming and outgoing...
xxx being the city abbreviations of where you are or the closest large city...
for example, if you are in chicago, you would be mailhost.chi.ameritech.net -- if you were in kalamazoo, you would be mailhost.kal.ameritech.net --- and so on... hope this helps...

 

[MaxDSP]

Originally posted by: LoveDoc
its gonna be mailhost.xxx.ameritech.net for both the incoming and outgoing...
xxx being the city abbreviations of where you are or the closest large city...
for example, if you are in chicago, you would be mailhost.chi.ameritech.net -- if you were in kalamazoo, you would be mailhost.kal.ameritech.net --- and so on... hope this helps...

Just tried this and it still doesnt work. Where did you get this info from?

 

[RossMAN]

Why not call their tech support at 1-877-722-3755?

 

[tokamak]

uh...i have swbell (sbc) DSL, and mine are:

postoffice.swbell.net (pop3)
mail.swbell.net (smtp)

 

[LoveDoc]

take your pick, mailhost.chi.ameritech.net, mailhost.det.ameritech.net, mailhost.col.ameritech.net
if none of those three work, then you are doing something incorrectly....
what is the error message you are getting?

 

[MaxDSP]

Originally posted by: RossMAN
Why not call their tech support at 1-877-722-3755?

everyones sleeping rite now, and dont wanna wake anyone up. (daddy has work at 5 am)


Im gonna call tomorrow but Im not doing anything now anyway, so I thought about giving it a shot.


BTW, RossMan, I caught your dixisys link just in time. I signed up at 11:45, but I may have put wrong info on the registration form. When they asked for the domain password, I thought they were asking me to create a password for the site. Were they asking for my domain registrant password (GoDaddy?)

 

[MaxDSP]

Originally posted by: tokamak
uh...i have swbell (sbc) DSL, and mine are:

postoffice.swbell.net (pop3)
mail.swbell.net (smtp)

I have SBC DSL but my email addy is @ameritech.net

 

[RossMAN]

Originally posted by: MaxDSP
BTW, RossMan, I caught your dixisys link just in time. I signed up at 11:45, but I may have put wrong info on the registration form. When they asked for the domain password, I thought they were asking me to create a password for the site. Were they asking for my domain registrant password (GoDaddy?)

I believe the Dixiesys July 2 for 1 sale ended a few hours ago because it was no longer listed on their website when I checked recently

They are asking you to choose a password for your website hosting, it has nothing to do with your domain (GoDaddy) password ... entirely different.

After setting up your account, you should receive an "all set" e-mail with your settings, reply to Sales and tell them you applied for hosting on July 31st at 10:50 PM and would like to verify that you will receive the free 2 for 1 upgrade ... you'll probably get it.

 

[MaxDSP]

Originally posted by: LoveDoc
take your pick, mailhost.chi.ameritech.net, mailhost.det.ameritech.net, mailhost.col.ameritech.net
if none of those three work, then you are doing something incorrectly....
what is the error message you are getting?

Thats a no-go on the other cities (Im 10 minutes from Chicago BTW)

This is the error:

There was a problem logging onto your mail server. Your Password was rejected. Account: '*******@ameritech.net', Server: 'mailhost.chi.ameritech.net', Protocol: POP3, Server Response: '-ERR invalid user name or password.', Port: 110, Secure(SSL): No, Server Error: 0x800CCC90, Error Number: 0x800CCC92

 

[MaxDSP]

Originally posted by: RossMAN

Originally posted by: MaxDSP
BTW, RossMan, I caught your dixisys link just in time. I signed up at 11:45, but I may have put wrong info on the registration form. When they asked for the domain password, I thought they were asking me to create a password for the site. Were they asking for my domain registrant password (GoDaddy?)

I believe the Dixiesys July 2 for 1 sale ended a few hours ago because it was no longer listed on their website when I checked recently

They are asking you to choose a password for your website hosting, it has nothing to do with your domain (GoDaddy) password ... entirely different.

After setting up your account, you should receive an "all set" e-mail with your settings, reply to Sales and tell them you applied for hosting on July 31st at 10:50 PM and would like to verify that you will receive the free 2 for 1 upgrade ... you'll probably get it.

When I signed up, they still had the deal up, and they had a box for doubling my storage and bandwidth. I guess you didnt see it was still up since your in the pacific time zone (I think) and Im in central

 

[LoveDoc]

Originally posted by: MaxDSP

Originally posted by: LoveDoc
take your pick, mailhost.chi.ameritech.net, mailhost.det.ameritech.net, mailhost.col.ameritech.net
if none of those three work, then you are doing something incorrectly....
what is the error message you are getting?

Thats a no-go on the other cities (Im 10 minutes from Chicago BTW)

This is the error:

There was a problem logging onto your mail server. Your Password was rejected. Account: '*******@ameritech.net', Server: 'mailhost.chi.ameritech.net', Protocol: POP3, Server Response: '-ERR invalid user name or password.', Port: 110, Secure(SSL): No, Server Error: 0x800CCC90, Error Number: 0x800CCC92

Thats not incorrect server addresses then, it just means you are entering in the wrong userid and/or password.... make sure you have both in all lowercase and that in the userid field it just has your userid... meaning make sure it just has maxdsp, not maxdsp@ameritech.net

 

[MaxDSP]

Originally posted by: LoveDoc

Originally posted by: MaxDSP

Originally posted by: LoveDoc
take your pick, mailhost.chi.ameritech.net, mailhost.det.ameritech.net, mailhost.col.ameritech.net
if none of those three work, then you are doing something incorrectly....
what is the error message you are getting?

Thats a no-go on the other cities (Im 10 minutes from Chicago BTW)

This is the error:

There was a problem logging onto your mail server. Your Password was rejected. Account: '*******@ameritech.net', Server: 'mailhost.chi.ameritech.net', Protocol: POP3, Server Response: '-ERR invalid user name or password.', Port: 110, Secure(SSL): No, Server Error: 0x800CCC90, Error Number: 0x800CCC92

Thats not incorrect server addresses then, it just means you are entering in the wrong userid and/or password.... make sure you have both in all lowercase and that in the userid field it just has your userid... meaning make sure it just has maxdsp, not maxdsp@ameritech.net

HOLY CRAP IT WORKED!!!!!!! Stupid SBC online help told me to use username@ameritech.net for the account name

Thanks a lot LoveDoc

 

[LoveDoc]

anytime