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  Re: SMTP Relay Question
  By: Eastside75 to All on Fri Oct 17 2025 02:56 pm

 > When I first started the board a few months ago, i included the relay
 > through DM offers. Nothing has changed in my setup, still have
 > mail.synchro.net and credentials set as my QWK info. But I had a user send
 > me Email today i am getting error messages in my mail server window.
 >
 > Error 10061 connecting to SMTP server: 127.0.0.1

That's your loopback (aka "localhost") address.

 > I dont have anything on my system pointing to any address in the 127 range.
 > my system is based on 192. I have even looked in ini files for a reference
 > to 127 and there is nothing there.
 >
 > My router has the relevant ports routed to my board including SMTP, POP,
 > TLS, Submission etc.
 >
 > Any ideas on what could be making it point to 127 ranges?

Maybe mail.synchro.net is resolving to that address for you? I had an Internet
outage for about 6 hours last night, maybe it's related.
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