Sky smtp server down ?

I'm just getting a "cannot connect to server" message when I try to
send mail.

I can collect mail fine though...

Colin Wilson wrote:
> I'm just getting a "cannot connect to server" message when I try to
> send mail.
>
> I can collect mail fine though...

Same here. I'm trying to send a message via their server as they appear to
be ignoring my tech support emails which are sent via non-Sky servers.

My mailer attempts to send the message every ten minutes. It's been trying
since 6pm yesterday.

C:\>telnet smtp.sky.com 25
Connecting To smtp.sky.com...Could not open connection to the host, on port
25:
Connect failed

> Same here. I'm trying to send a message via their server as they appear to
> be ignoring my tech support emails which are sent via non-Sky servers.

mail.sky.com "works" but bounces all external posts back as unknown.

On 9/6/07 21:05, in article (E-Mail Removed),
"Colin Wilson" <(E-Mail Removed) o.uk>
wrote:

> I'm just getting a "cannot connect to server" message when I try to
> send mail.
>
> I can collect mail fine though...
As someone who is thinking of switching from BTYahoo to Sky I was wondering
if this happens very often. I am presuming that you are unable to send any
email at all which isn't very satisfactory.
Lynn

On Sun, 10 Jun 2007 14:44:57 +0100, Lynn Williamson
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>As someone who is thinking of switching from BTYahoo to Sky I was wondering
>if this happens very often. I am presuming that you are unable to send any
>email at all which isn't very satisfactory.

I can't recall it happening before and I've been with sky for 6 months
or so.

You may find that BT don't close your account but downgrade it to a
free BTYahoo dial up account. It is always handy to keep that going
for times like these. Just dial up for a few seconds to BT once every
couple of months to stop the account getting closed.


Jim.

"James Egan" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>
> On Sun, 10 Jun 2007 14:44:57 +0100, Lynn Williamson
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>>As someone who is thinking of switching from BTYahoo to Sky I was
>>wondering
>>if this happens very often. I am presuming that you are unable to send
>>any
>>email at all which isn't very satisfactory.
>
> I can't recall it happening before and I've been with sky for 6 months
> or so.
>
> You may find that BT don't close your account but downgrade it to a
> free BTYahoo dial up account. It is always handy to keep that going
> for times like these. Just dial up for a few seconds to BT once every
> couple of months to stop the account getting closed.
>
>
> Jim.

Or go in via broadband to the BT portal http://home.bt.yahoo.com/ and use
webmail.
It still works for me after nearly three years.

George

James Egan wrote:
> On Sun, 10 Jun 2007 14:44:57 +0100, Lynn Williamson
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>> As someone who is thinking of switching from BTYahoo to Sky I was
>> wondering if this happens very often. I am presuming that you are
>> unable to send any email at all which isn't very satisfactory.
>
> I can't recall it happening before and I've been with sky for 6
> months or so.
>

I've been with them nearly a year & I've never had a satisfactory
email service from them. One of the few emails I did get on that
account (& I had to use webmail to get it)was asking me why I wasn't
using it & when I explained why all they did was change my email
address on their records, so now everything goes to my 'own' server.

If you go to http://www.skyuser.co.uk/ you may just find the reality
about the email service..

> Jim.

On 10/6/07 16:09, in article (E-Mail Removed), "George
Weston" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>
> "James Egan" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>>
>> On Sun, 10 Jun 2007 14:44:57 +0100, Lynn Williamson
>> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>>
>>> As someone who is thinking of switching from BTYahoo to Sky I was
>>> wondering
>>> if this happens very often. I am presuming that you are unable to send
>>> any
>>> email at all which isn't very satisfactory.
>>
>> I can't recall it happening before and I've been with sky for 6 months
>> or so.
>>
>> You may find that BT don't close your account but downgrade it to a
>> free BTYahoo dial up account. It is always handy to keep that going
>> for times like these. Just dial up for a few seconds to BT once every
>> couple of months to stop the account getting closed.
>>
>>
>> Jim.
>
> Or go in via broadband to the BT portal http://home.bt.yahoo.com/ and use
> webmail.
> It still works for me after nearly three years.
>
> George
>
>
I presumed that I would lose my 'btinternet' email address though once I
switched to Sky?
Lynn

On 10/6/07 17:33, in article f4h963$14u$(E-Mail Removed), "Kraftee"
<kraftee@b&e-cottee.me.uk> wrote:

> James Egan wrote:
>> On Sun, 10 Jun 2007 14:44:57 +0100, Lynn Williamson
>> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>>
>>> As someone who is thinking of switching from BTYahoo to Sky I was
>>> wondering if this happens very often. I am presuming that you are
>>> unable to send any email at all which isn't very satisfactory.
>>
>> I can't recall it happening before and I've been with sky for 6
>> months or so.
>>
>
> I've been with them nearly a year & I've never had a satisfactory
> email service from them. One of the few emails I did get on that
> account (& I had to use webmail to get it)was asking me why I wasn't
> using it & when I explained why all they did was change my email
> address on their records, so now everything goes to my 'own' server.
>
> If you go to http://www.skyuser.co.uk/ you may just find the reality
> about the email service..
>
>> Jim.
>
>
>
I will actually be using a yahoo.co.uk email address that I have already set
up so I am presuming that I will be okay using that.
Lynn

Lynn Williamson wrote:
> As someone who is thinking of switching from BTYahoo to Sky I was
> wondering if this happens very often. I am presuming that you are
> unable to send any email at all which isn't very satisfactory.

I've been with Sky for a few months. Apart from a test at the beginning, I
don't use them for email - I've paid Clara £10/yr for yonks so I can send
from wherever I happen to be.

PS The email to Sky finally went through at 13:30 - had a reply by 17:45.