Mark Christopherson

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Mark
"Melanie" <Melanie@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:FFE56B86-C17A-4D25-AFCD-7C453E74840C@microsoft.com...
> Anyone out there using Earthlink and Vista that can successfully send
> email?
> I can receive but not send, regardless of wether I use Elink's Mailbox or
> Window's Mail. This is a new PC that came with Vista installed, when I
> downloaded Earthlink I used the download for Vista. I have already tried
> all
> the things in various "help" sites and none have helped. When I try to
> send
> mail I get the following error message....
>
> The message could not be sent. The authentication might not be correct for
> your outgoing mail (SMTP) server.
>
> The rejected email address was (whoever I used).
> Acct:'pop.mindspring.com',
> Server:smtpauth.earthlink.net', Protocol:SMTP, Server Response:'550 Please
> configure you mail client to use authentication', Port:25, Secure(SSL):No.
>
>
>
> Has anyone been able to solve this problem between Vista and Earthlink?
> --
> Melanie