Re: Verizon Smarthost ?/Confirmation

From: Merv Porter [SBS-MVP] (mwport_at_no_spam_hotmail.com)
Date: 08/24/04 

Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2004 07:23:44 -0500

When you specify the Verizon username in the smarthost authentication, are
you using username@verizon.net and then the password for the account? 

-- 
Merv  Porter  [SBS MVP]
===================================
"Matthew Greig" <mgreig@REMOVE.grounlevelconsulting.com> wrote in message
news:4c2a01c48990$ee7d1fd0$a301280a@phx.gbl...
> Arghggg, this is KILLING ME!
>
> So I dug up the Verizon account info for my client (that
> I've never looked at once since I originally set them up
> two years ago) and found the master account user name and
> password.  After calling Verizon's tech support to find
> out what the business portal site addy was, I found that
> I could login with the default E-mail POP3 ID and default
> password.  I then setup an assocaited Verizon User Name.
> I didn't want to change the password b/c it takes an hour
> or so (per Verizon's website) to be changed and I wanted
> to make sure that I could send email before I changed the
> password.
>
> I've tried using both the default email pop3 id as well
> as the verizon user name and I can't send email out with
> either in place.  I'm assuming that I can just stop and
> start the SMTP service, but when that hasn't worked I've
> rebooted the SBS2K3 server and I still can't send email
> from any account.  Receiving works just fine though.
> Here's the bounce back reply that I'm receiving with
> every email:
>
> **********************
> There was a SMTP communication problem with the
> recipient's email server.  Please contact your system
> administrator.
>             <CLIENTSDOMAINNAME.com #5.5.0 smtp;550
> relaying mail to comcast.net is not allowed>
> **********************
>
> It makes no difference what email address I try and the
> bounce-back is basically instantaneous, so the email
> isn't getting very far (I'm sure that verizon is refusing
> it when my Exchange server tries to send off the email).
>
> What am I missing here??!?
>
> Matthew Greig
> Ground Level Consulting
> >-----Original Message-----
> >I used my master account.
> >
> >-- 
> >Kevin Weilbacher [SBS-MVP]
> >"The days pass by so quickly now, the nights are seldom
> long"
> >
> >
> >"Matthew Greig" <mgreig@REMOVE.grounlevelconsulting.com>
> wrote in message
> >news:ba1201c48964$3978a7c0$a501280a@phx.gbl...
> >> Does it make any difference which id and password I
> use?
> >> Do I need to use the "master" account - the one my
> >> client's initially setup when they activated their
> >> Verizon account?  Or can I use any old email account..?
> >>
> >> thnx again
> >>
> >> Matthew Greig
> >> Ground Level Consulting
> >>>-----Original Message-----
> >>>you're so close ....
> >>>
> >>>After opening up the Properties for your connector,
> >> click on Advanced tab,
> >>>then click on Outbound Security button, click on Basic
> >> Authentication, then
> >>>click on Modify - and you will be able to enter your
> >> Verizon's email id and
> >>>password!
> >>>
> >>>-- 
> >>>Kevin Weilbacher [SBS-MVP]
> >>>"The days pass by so quickly now, the nights are seldom
> >> long"
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>"Matthew Greig"
> <mgreig@REMOVE.grounlevelconsulting.com>
> >> wrote in message
> >>>news:bcb001c4895d$57e78110$a401280a@phx.gbl...
> >>>> Kevin et al...
> >>>>
> >>>> One more question for you - in regards to the SMTP
> >>>> Outgoing authentication.
> >>>>
> >>>> Where do I set the outgoing authentication?  I'm
> >> assuming
> >>>> that I open up the properties of the SMTP connector,
> >> but
> >>>> I can't find anywhere to set any user info.  I
> >> obviously
> >>>> have user id info (account and password) set for the
> >>>> inbound POP3 connector, but I'm stumped as to where
> to
> >>>> set that authentication info for outbound SMTP.
> >>>>
> >>>> TIA
> >>>>
> >>>> Matthew Greig
> >>>> Ground Level Consulting
> >>>>>-----Original Message-----
> >>>>>yep, I'm using Verizon, and outgoing.verizonnet is
> >>>> correct
> >>>>>
> >>>>>Also - Verizon expects you to use SMTP outgoing
> >>>> authentication, so you will
> >>>>>need to go in and add your Verizon user id and
> >> password.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>-- 
> >>>>>Kevin Weilbacher [SBS-MVP]
> >>>>>"The days pass by so quickly now, the nights are
> seldom
> >>>> long"
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>"Matthew Greig"
> >> <mgreig@REMOVE.grounlevelconsulting.com>
> >>>> wrote in message
> >>>>>news:b98601c48930$fbb4c460$a401280a@phx.gbl...
> >>>>>> I'm in the process of setting up a client with a
> new
> >>>>>> SBS2K3 server and am looking for a quick
> confirmation
> >>>>>> from the SBS gurus....
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> They're using Verizon as their ISP, and for the
> time
> >>>>>> being, I'm going to setup a POP3 Connector for
> >> them.  I
> >>>>>> want to use a smarthost to send email, as getting
> >>>>>> constant bounce-backs when using DNS to route email
> >>>> gets
> >>>>>> old very quickly.  After doing a quick search
> through
> >>>> the
> >>>>>> newsgroups, it looks like Verizon's smarthost is:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> outgoing.verizon.net
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> but I'm not 100% sure of that fact - can someone
> >> please
> >>>>>> confirm that for me?  Additionally, this isn't
> >>>> something
> >>>>>> that my client has to subscribe to and pay an
> >>>> additional
> >>>>>> for, is it?  I'm assuming that it will function
> just
> >>>> like
> >>>>>> my Comcast smarthost @: smtp.comcast.net, where I
> set
> >>>> it
> >>>>>> up and I'm gtg.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> thnx
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Matthew Greig
> >>>>>> Ground Level Consulting
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>.
> >>>>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>.
> >>>
> >
> >
> >.
> >