Another thought is build your own mailserver for outbound email and connect it to a Cox smart host. Then use internal DNS to route to it. On Tue, Oct 15, 2019, 9:16 AM Donald Mac McCarthy wrote: > Mike, > Instead of turning off VPN to send email, you could put in a more > specific route so that you don't have to loose your VPN for all outgoing > connections while sending mail. > > Mac > > mike enriquez wrote on 10/15/19 6:38 AM: > > I found my Cox smtp problem. Cox was having trouble with reverse DNS > locating my IP address. I turned off my VPN and I can send out email. I am > going to turn on my VPN. If I have to choose I will select VPN over SMTP > problems. > > Thanks to all who replied. > > Mike Enriquez > On 10/14/19 7:38 PM, Thomas Scott wrote: > > Cox's email platform was recently upgraded, I'd check to see if you're > using TLS instead of the SSL 3.0 and below. I would third the > recommendation to get off of Cox's email platform, and I'm writing this > sitting in Cox's Atlanta NOC. From what I've seen, our IT/Data side is > moving away from anything customer facing that isn't automated and revenue > friendly - e-mail is a part of that bit bucket. > > > > Thomas Scott > about.me/thomas.scott > > > > > On Mon, Oct 14, 2019 at 10:26 PM mike enriquez wrote: > >> Cox has new policies. A friend in my area uses incredimail and he has the >> same issues with cox. >> >> I can receive email but I cannot send it out. I am currently using Cox >> Webmail. >> >> Thanks for the comments everyone. >> >> Mike Enriquez >> >> On October 14, 2019 at 8:52 PM Matthew Crews >> wrote: >> >> >> On 10/14/19 10:55 AM, mike enriquez wrote: >> >> I have a fresh install of Ubuntu and Thunderbird email client. The SMTP >> server keeps timing out. Cox cannot help me because I have a Linux >> computer. I changed the Port numbers and still I cannot send email out. >> >> I am sending this via Web-mail. >> >> Does anyone have and ideas I should try. >> >> >> That's odd. I used Cox email for years with Thunderbird without issues. >> Maybe they changed something on their back end? >> >> Are you sure you are connecting to the correct SMTP server? >> >> Also Cox should not care what operating system you are using. >> Thunderbird is OS agnostic software. Their instructions for using >> Thunderbird on Windows should be sufficient. >> >> -Matt >> >> ------------------------------ >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings:https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss