O2 or Three won't connect to NTL email server

Simon wrote:
> I cannot access my NTL smtp email server through my mobile phones,
> i.e. O2 and Three. The phones will access their own smtp server OK and
> they will access the NTL pop server (i.e. collect email). My smtp
> settings are definitely correct.
>
> I am able to access NTL's smtp server through non-mobile phone
> broadband conenctions, e.g. Blue Yonder.
>
> I have noticed from newsgroups that there are others who have the same
> problem. Has anyone managed to fix the problem and send NTL email
> through O2 or Three?

It's not uncommon for ISPs to silently redirect outgoing port 25 (SMTP)
requests to their own SMTP services. This is, they tell us, to stop
spam problems. Causes havoc with SMTP Auth etc.

Sounds like O2 and Three are doing the same for some reason.

D

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"Simon" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>I cannot access my NTL smtp email server through my mobile phones,
> i.e. O2 and Three. The phones will access their own smtp server OK and
> they will access the NTL pop server (i.e. collect email). My smtp
> settings are definitely correct.
>
> I am able to access NTL's smtp server through non-mobile phone
> broadband conenctions, e.g. Blue Yonder.
>
> I have noticed from newsgroups that there are others who have the same
> problem. Has anyone managed to fix the problem and send NTL email
> through O2 or Three?
>

Three's technical slugs are well known, but I wasn't aware O2 were doing the
same.