Keep getting this error.. ( 550 relaying mail to gmail.com is not allowed)... on gmail, hotmail, etc. Using Outlook but don't know how to configure Cpanel to accept.....
Tried looking in the forum but that keeps giving me an error so here i am writing a letter.
sorry, I'm a newbie.
I have tried to find it in tutorials, etc. no luck.
HELP PLEASE !!!!

http://www.internut.ca

thanks

Well, First - Puting the error aside: What exactly are you trying to accomplish?

1) Trying to simply use gmail.com as a pop3 to read mail from outlook,
2) Trying to forward mail from gmail.com to your HOSTONY account,
3) Trying to forward mail from your HOSTONY account to gmail.com

Please answer this and I'll try to help you out. We might need Martin for this one...

I can receive mail no problem.
It's only when I try to send mail from my Outlook, hostony pop3 (smtp) that I get the error message.
It is only affected by hotmail, gmail, yahoo, etc.
I went into Cpanel and sent some email using both squirrel and Horde and they went through no problem, but no luck through outlook.
thanks for helping.....

hmmm, seems to be working all of a sudden, must have been hostony...
Thanks alot for your help,
Me

Do the following steps in outlook express. May be slightly different for the regular Outlook:

1) In Outlook, Click "tools" and select "accounts"
2) Go into the properties for the email account with HOSTONY
3) Under the "Servers" tab, select "My Server Requires Authentication"

That should do the trick. If not, fill out a trouble ticket.

Also, it will always work through webmail as it is running right from the server. There are no settings and it is being transmitted differently through the web.

Webmail= Data through a webpage
Outlook = Complete email, more complex.

Also, some DSL or Cable Internet ISP's such as SBC Global, block out the mail port, so you must switch the SMTP to their's.

Incase you're with them, SBC's is: smtp.sbcglobal.net

Atleast 2 of my customers ask me this per week. It can cause problems just like you're having, where mail will sometimes send, but not usually.

Thanks for all your help. I did both of the suggested things and things seem to be working now.
Thanks again,
Greg

Ah. No problem at all!

I hope you do well with your online endeavors. HOSTONY is here to support you, and so are we, the forum members.