Comments on: Delays Sending Mail via SMTP

By: andrew

andrew — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 08:36:14 +0000

I have tried this solution and it works. But what worries me is the effect of unchecking the encrypted connection (SSL) boxes. Could anyone explain the consequences.
Thanks

By: Ayonza

Ayonza — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 13:55:45 +0000

i am happy to be connected to yahoo smtp world, in fact it’s a great joy to me, thanks yahoo for making things easy.

By: fred o'brien

fred o'brien — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 05:20:15 +0000

mail is fine now,it’s spam that needs looking at,a lot of my spam is going into my inbox even though i have marked it spam previously

By: Wodewik

Wodewik — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 10:02:41 +0000

I have, as others been foxed by this for weeks - Just got things working with Thunderbird see my post at http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?p=3397507#3397507

By: MW

MW — Thu, 22 May 2008 22:23:37 +0000

I have the same problem, Thunderbird support are stumped.

Has anyone from Yahoo commented on this? Anyone managed to solve this yet??

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 21 May 2008 14:00:57 +0000

I have tried the fix suggested without success and have been using the Web mail during that time but this means setting up email addresses rather than using my address book. Can you tell me when the problem is likely to be fixed as it has gone on now for over 6 weeks?

—
Hi Chris,
Sorry that the fix didn’t work for you. I don’t know why for some, setting the outgoing port to 587 doesn’t work. I assure you we’re working on fixing the underlying reason for the delays. It should be sometime soon, but I can’t promise a day (you know how things work sometimes). As soon as it’s fixed, I’ll update this post to let you know.

You know you can always upload your contacts from a .csv file into your Yahoo! Mail addressbook.
Thanks,
Andrew - Yahoo! Mail Team

By: James

James — Mon, 12 May 2008 20:31:11 +0000

I tried the fix suggested, and changed them back. I am running thuderbird, and can’t remeber the last time it actually worked.
Any update on when the problem will be fixed?

Like JJ, I get the same errors, and sometimes retrying later has been fine.

There isn’t any logic to it when it works or not.

By: JJ

JJ — Thu, 08 May 2008 21:38:19 +0000

(I attempted to post this previously, but it did not appear on the blog…)

IF we MAKE the CHANGES to Server PORTS you suggest (POP3 110, and SMPT 587),
and UNCHECK “This server requires an encrypted connection (SSL)”
will email STILL be ENCRYPTED / SECURE?

SETUP:

Windows XP (Home Edition)

Windows Firewall [off]

Norton Internet Security 2008 (”NIS”) [auto protect on]
(NIS) Outgoing Email Scanning [on, defaults, protected against timeouts]
(NIS) Firewall Program Control [Outlook: Auto]

Outlook 2003
pop.mail.yahoo.co.uk
smtp.mail.yahoo.co.uk
“My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication” [checked]
“Use same settings as my incoming mail server” [checked]
“Connect using my local area network (LAN)” [checked]
“Incoming server (POP3):” [995]
“This server requires an encrypted connection (SSL)” [checked]
“Outgoing server (POP3):” [465]
“This server requires an encrypted connection (SSL)” [checked]
“Server timeouts” [1 minute]
“Leave a copy of mail on server” [checked]

ERRORS:

Receiving: is fine.

Sending: I receive one of two errors.

The sequence in which the two errors occur varies, but often Error #1 (0×8004210B) occurs first, and subsequently Error #2 (0×800CCC7D).

Error #1 (0×8004210B): Task ‘Yahoo ( yahooID ) - Sending’ reported error (0×8004210B):’The operation timed out waiting for a response from the sending (SMTP) server. If you continue to receive this message, contact your server administrator or Internet service provider (ISP).’

Error #2 (0×800CCC7D): Task ‘Yahoo ( yahooID ) - Sending’ reported error (0×800CCC7D):’Your outgoing (SMTP) server does not support SSL-secured connections. If SSL-secured connections have worked in the past, contact your server administrator or Internet service provider (ISP).’

Confusingly, on one occasion, an email refused to send one day (due to these errors), but then sent with no problem the next day, without me changing any settings.

Thanks for trying to fix the problem for us.

Could you please answer the question about SECURITY, at start of post.

Thanks. JJ

By: Andy

Andy — Tue, 06 May 2008 18:45:42 +0000

Worked for me!!

By: juanita

juanita — Mon, 05 May 2008 12:56:41 +0000

my incomming mail works very well but still strugle with outgoing, and i need it very bad to work,