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SMTP outbound mail relay
Does the AT&T Fixed Wireless Business service provide an outbound SMTP mail relay? What is the FQDN for that server and which protocol(s) does it support? Which credentials do I use to authenticate?
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Does the AT&T Fixed Wireless Business service provide an outbound SMTP mail relay? What is the FQDN for that server and which protocol(s) does it support? Which credentials do I use to authenticate?
_xyzzy_
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Does it support inbound POP/IMAP? If so why wouldn't you expect it to support SMTP? I am assuming that no matter how you access att/yahoo email (business and otherwise) the servers are the same, i.e., what's documented here. I don't know if there are separate servers defined for business accounts or not. Try the ones I referenced and if they don't work call tech support (800-288-2020, or is there another support number for business accounts?).
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thebillmania
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So, after more than four calls to AT&T Customer Service about this issue, I finally have a useful answer.
First, AT&T does have an outbound SMTP mail relay and it's at the FQDN given in the page you provided. It's smtp.mail.att.net and supports both 587 and the obsolete 465.
However, what I finally learned today, by posing leading questions to the Customer Service staff, was that Fixed Wireless Business service does NOT include E-mail service. Therefore, I can't use smtp.mail.att.net.
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_xyzzy_
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I sort of implied I didn't know anything about business accounts but them not supporting any email access is a bit surprising.
Just as well though. IMO, now you can go out and look for a real email service (i.e.,one that knows how to run an email service), with privacy, support, and decent spam fighting tools. All things att/yahoo email doesn't have (again IMO). I wouldn't recommend anyone running a business use yahoo as their primary email service provider.
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