Cox Cable also blocking outbound email to outside SMTP servers!!!

[JamesM3M5]

Man, this sucks. For a long time I've been accessing a personal webspace email address and a business email on another webspace. I can check my emails on those servers, but since this week I can't send mail via those same servers. I was on a tech support chat with "Brad" earlier yesterday, and he said that they now block outbound mail utilizing other servers to prevent spam originating on the Cox network. F**king spammers are screwing us all over. I don't know how I'm going to send email to offices and clients from home with my Yahoo email account. Cox wants $20 more per month for business access.

Is there a way around this like the Cox/FTP issue experienced by our colleague?

Thanks.
JamesM

 

[skyking]

Use cox's SMTP servers for all outgoing mail. They are set up as an open forward from within their domain, and it will work perfectly.
I have done this many times, you can still retrieve your mail from the external server.

 

[dexter333]

Originally posted by: JamesM3M5
Man, this sucks. For a long time I've been accessing a personal webspace email address and a business email on another webspace. I can check my emails on those servers, but since this week I can't send mail via those same servers. I was on a tech support chat with "Brad" earlier yesterday, and he said that they now block outbound mail utilizing other servers to prevent spam originating on the Cox network. F**king spammers are screwing us all over. I don't know how I'm going to send email to offices and clients from home with my Yahoo email account. Cox wants $20 more per month for business access. Is there a way around this like the Cox/FTP issue experienced by our colleague? Thanks. JamesM

Add another account to your email client using Cox's smtp server but with your yahoo account as the email address.

 

[nightowl]

As mentioned, just use Cox's e-mail servers to send mail. It will not affect your mail whatsoever but it will allow you to send your mail from your accounts. This is what I had to do when I moved off campus to use my school e-mail account. Also, it may not be Cox that is the problem. Your other mail servers should be blocking send requests from IP addresses that are not in its domain. This is how mail servers should be set up as the servers are not open relays and not a way for spammers to send their spam through other servers.

 

[JamesM3M5]

Cool thanks for the suggestions fellas. I wonder why Cox Tech Support "Brad" didn't mention this??

JamesM

 

[dbwillis]

'Brad' probably didnt have that paper to read from while you were on the line...

 

[JamesM3M5]

It works like a champ! Thanks for the tip!

I hope Cox doesn't shut that down, too...