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   Leonidas Jones to Jose   
   Re: changing outgoing SMTP server   
   23 Oct 06 01:59:58   
   
   From: Cap1MD@att.net   
      
   Jose wrote:   
   >> ...Click the Advanced button.  Add your new SMTP server there, and   
   >> make it default.   
   >   
   > No joy.  The new SMTP server shows up there, but when I go to send mail,   
   > the old server is the one that is (not) contacted.  There is no evidence   
   > of the old server in the settings.   
   >   
   >> In that same dialog, you can remove the old server.   
   >   
   > It wasn't even there any more.   
   >   
   > It's an AOL account, which uses IMAP and POP, but uses the SMTP to   
   > connect.  (I don't really know why).  AOL has indicated that it has been   
   > having trouble with its SMTP server, so I figured that using the yahoo   
   > one (I have a yahoo account) should work.   
   >   
   > Nope.   
   >   
   > Any other ideas?  Something in the about:config?  I see the old server   
   > settings showing up there.  (mail.smtpserver.smtp6.stuff...)   
   >   
   > What are all these mail identities, and which (if any) are safe to get   
   > rid of?   
   >   
   > Jose   
      
   The IMAP and POP protocols are both incoming only.  You need SMTP in   
   order to send.   
      
   Do you have both the Yahoo and AOL SMTP servers set up in Outgoing   
   Server?  If so, you should see them when clicking the Advanced button in   
   Server Settings for the account in question, and should be able to   
   select them.   
      
   Is AOL your only ISP?   
      
   Lee   
      
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