BTBroadband SMTP access?

I'm having problems obtaining a free SMTP account for the over priced BT
Broadband service which comes without a free SMTP email account.

For the past 9 months or so I've been using a BT Openworld email address and
connecting occasionally via WAP mobile dial-up just to keep the account
alive (it otherwise expires after 90 days of non dial-up charged use).

In the past few weeks WAP dial-up doesn't seem to be working - I've tried
using a couple of different phones and despite the fact that my settings
haven't changed it doesn't work anymore.

Does anyone know if BT Openworld has recently changed dial-up authentication
so that WAP access is no longer possible?

Gareth.

"Gareth" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I'm having problems obtaining a free SMTP account for the over priced BT
> Broadband service which comes without a free SMTP email account.
>
> For the past 9 months or so I've been using a BT Openworld email address
and
> connecting occasionally via WAP mobile dial-up just to keep the account
> alive (it otherwise expires after 90 days of non dial-up charged use).
>
> In the past few weeks WAP dial-up doesn't seem to be working - I've tried
> using a couple of different phones and despite the fact that my settings
> haven't changed it doesn't work anymore.
>
> Does anyone know if BT Openworld has recently changed dial-up
authentication
> so that WAP access is no longer possible?
>
> Gareth.
>
try using smtp.btopenworld.com

"mutley" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>
> "Gareth" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>> I'm having problems obtaining a free SMTP account for the over priced BT
>> Broadband service which comes without a free SMTP email account.
>>
>> For the past 9 months or so I've been using a BT Openworld email address
> and
>> connecting occasionally via WAP mobile dial-up just to keep the account
>> alive (it otherwise expires after 90 days of non dial-up charged use).
>>
>> In the past few weeks WAP dial-up doesn't seem to be working - I've tried
>> using a couple of different phones and despite the fact that my settings
>> haven't changed it doesn't work anymore.
>>
>> Does anyone know if BT Openworld has recently changed dial-up
> authentication
>> so that WAP access is no longer possible?
>>
>> Gareth.
>>
> try using smtp.btopenworld.com

No, I'm having problems with the actual dial-up authentication which was
working a few weeks ago but isn't working anymore.

BTOpenworld seems to have changed something which now means that WAP dialup
isn't possible. Can anyone confirm that this is the case?

I think with the new usage limits and the lack of included SMTP access I'm
going to have to look elsewhere.

Gareth.

"Gareth" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I'm having problems obtaining a free SMTP account for the over priced
> BT Broadband service which comes without a free SMTP email account.

You can use something like http://www.hotpop.com/index.jsp ?

Regards
Sunil

"Sunil Sood" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> "Gareth" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:412f708b$0$69674$(E-Mail Removed)
>> I'm having problems obtaining a free SMTP account for the over priced
>> BT Broadband service which comes without a free SMTP email account.
>
> You can use something like http://www.hotpop.com/index.jsp ?

Thanks - I didn't know about that service.

I guess I'll have to kiss the BTOpenworld account goodbye. They've changes
something that all the WAP dial-up phones I've tried don't like but I can't
figure out what. It could be something as simple as an IP address I suppose
but there's no information available and, of course, the support service is
as much use as a chocolate teapot (telling me at one stage that they only
support Windows dial-up).

Gareth.

On Fri, 27 Aug 2004 18:34:19 +0100, "Gareth" <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>I'm having problems obtaining a free SMTP account for the over priced BT
>Broadband service which comes without a free SMTP email account.

Indeed... I don't think there are any good options. BT seem to be
getting rid of their mail servers.

We have a help document explaining the issue and suggesting some
alternative things you could do/use to send email which you may find
helpful.
http://www.gradwell.com/knowledge/bt-broadband-smtp.php

peter

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In message <412f74b3$0$62213$(E-Mail Removed)>,
Gareth <(E-Mail Removed)> writes
>
>No, I'm having problems with the actual dial-up authentication which
>was working a few weeks ago but isn't working anymore.
>
>BTOpenworld seems to have changed something which now means that WAP
>dialup isn't possible. Can anyone confirm that this is the case?

Are you saying that BTY provided you with a dial up number for the use
of WAP, which you could access their smtp server from? What company is
your mobile with? I access them through GPRS but can't use smtp because
I am with vodafone. I use voda's own server for this. BTY have just
changed their settings (you must know this, they sent a million emails)
and only authenticated smtp can be used now. Details on their web site.
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Kaiser Wilhelm

On Fri, 27 Aug 2004 19:41:13 +0100, [Peter Gradwell] said :-

>On Fri, 27 Aug 2004 18:34:19 +0100, "Gareth" <(E-Mail Removed)>
>wrote:
>
>>I'm having problems obtaining a free SMTP account for the over priced BT
>>Broadband service which comes without a free SMTP email account.
>
>Indeed... I don't think there are any good options.


> BT seem to be
>getting rid of their mail servers.

What does that mean ?

On Fri, 27 Aug 2004 18:34:19 +0100, [Gareth] said :-

>I'm having problems obtaining a free SMTP account for the over priced BT
>Broadband service which comes without a free SMTP email account.
>
>For the past 9 months or so I've been using a BT Openworld email address and
>connecting occasionally via WAP mobile dial-up just to keep the account
>alive (it otherwise expires after 90 days of non dial-up charged use).
>
>In the past few weeks WAP dial-up doesn't seem to be working - I've tried
>using a couple of different phones and despite the fact that my settings
>haven't changed it doesn't work anymore.
>
>Does anyone know if BT Openworld has recently changed dial-up authentication
>so that WAP access is no longer possible?
>
>Gareth.
>

What have you got set in your mobile for the mail servers ?

"pete devlin" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> In message <412f74b3$0$62213$(E-Mail Removed)>, Gareth
> <(E-Mail Removed)> writes
>>
>>No, I'm having problems with the actual dial-up authentication which was
>>working a few weeks ago but isn't working anymore.
>>
>>BTOpenworld seems to have changed something which now means that WAP
>>dialup isn't possible. Can anyone confirm that this is the case?
>
> Are you saying that BTY provided you with a dial up number for the use of
> WAP, which you could access their smtp server from? What company is your
> mobile with? I access them through GPRS but can't use smtp because I am
> with vodafone. I use voda's own server for this. BTY have just changed
> their settings (you must know this, they sent a million emails) and only
> authenticated smtp can be used now. Details on their web site.

I mean I used a mobile phone to dial-up via WAP so that I could keep a
BTOpenworld account live without using PC dial-up.

It seems that the settings have recently changed and it appears that oddly
it's no longer possible to be authenticated via WAP dial-up. I imagine that
there must be other people who used WAP dial-up to BTOpenworld and I wonder
if anyone has found a workaround or the changed settings.

Gareth.