I got the same telnet failure to connect on port 25.
Strange in that BellSouth's instructions still call for using port 25:
http://support.att.net/bellsouth/asp...2D0d48454ef01d
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Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (Mail)
"Dave" <dave@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:%23dmbx%23NHJHA.4080@xxxxxx
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>I tried to telnet to mail.bellsouth.net port 25, and can't connect.
>
> So it appears to be a server problem, but you should call them to find out
> if there is a problem or if they've changed something.
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> Vista Home Premium 32 SP1
> http://get.live.com/wlmail/overview
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>
> "JeanneP" <JeanneP@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:01B79AF9-5AD1-437B-AD84-08F62EB770B1@xxxxxx Quote:
>> I see there have been other posts with this same heading, but I still
>> haven't
>> found a solution that works.
>>
>> I was using Outlook Express on my old computer and my husband was using
>> Windows Mail on his computer. We had both been sending and receiving mail
>> without problems. Then one day we went in to do emails and neither of us
>> could send anything. None of the setting had changed. Last week I set up
>> my
>> new computer using Vista Windows Mail (same as his), double checked the
>> ATT
>> site just to make sure I had all the settings as thet require. We are
>> still
>> both receiving mail with no problem, but cannot send. Here is the error
>> message we are receiving:
>>
>> "An unknown error has occurred. Subject 'test msg', Account:
>> 'mail.bellsouth.net', Server: 'mail.bellsouth.net', Protocol: SMTP, Server
>> Response: '421 Cannot connect to SMTP server 204.127.217.17
>> (204.127.217.17:25), connect error 10060', Port: 25, Secure(SSL): No,
>> Server
>> Error: 421, Error Number: 0x800CCC67"
>>
>> Any suggesstions would be appreciated. Just don't understand why it would
>> be
>> working one day and not the next when we did not change any of the
>> settings.
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