Port Blocking by ISP's

Recently my friend was having trouble sending e-mail. So, and went over to help him out. I found an e-mail from Comcast saying they had blocked port 25 essentially because they thought he was a spammer (which he is not). Port 25 is the default port by most e-mail providers to send mail. ISP's (or Internet Service Providers) are blocking Port 25 on people's modems in an effort to crack down spammers. There is a easy and legally to get your sending capability back. This is meant for the innocent people who's sending capabilities have been taken away, not for spammers. The following tutorial is for Windows Mail (The e-mail program that comes with Vista). This should work on Outlook Express as well.



1: Open up Window's Mail and go to the tools menu.

2: Click on the account you want to fix and then click properties.

3: Go to the Server tab and under where it says "Outgoing Mail Server" check the box that says "My Server Requires Authentication"

4: Now go to the advanced tab and under where it says "Server Port Numbers" change the outgoing server to 587.

This should work. If it doesn't leave me a comment and I'll help you out.