Hi, I changed the port to 576, still no good, left it overnight and he
presto, working this morning?? So many thanks to those of you who have
helped me with this matter! It is good to know there are people out there
who are so helpful.
Regards
Peter
"Peter" <peter.newsuser@talk2one.com> wrote in message
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> Hi guys, this is driving me crazy. I have just put together a new computer
> and thought I would use Vista as my OS. I installed it OK, had a bit of
> trouble installing AVG virusguard but eventually got it working. I got the
> system working nicely and downloaded my emails, all OK until I tried to
> send one!! I tired using Outlook and Windows Mail but both failed in a
> similar fashion, Outlook tells me that the SMTP port is wrong?? set to 25.
> It works on my other computers(XP) on my small home network. I use BT
> internet as my ISP and it is a BT email address. I saw one of the posts
> saying try port 587, but that didn't work on either email programme?? I
> have already stripped it out and re installed from scratch and it is
> exactly the same? I have removed the AVG, still the same, I have switched
> off the Firewall, no difference?? Any ideas or suggestions, I feel like
> ditching Vista and going back to good old XP, at least it works!!
> Regards and living in hope of salvation
> Peter
>