   gahhh smtp
  gawab.com. smtp. thunderbird. no firewall. not working. why??!??!?!?! it hurts   
  Your ISP is most likely blocking your outgoing traffic on port 25 to any host except their own mail server.  If you want to connect directly to another SMTP server elsewhere, you can try using port 587 instead; that port is used for communication between mail servers, but it's the exact same protocol.There are too many email worms nowadays that make their own connections to mail servers to mail themselves out; blocking port 25 at the ISP's client end cuts down on a lot of this.  I think it's only a matter of time before port 587 suffers from the same problem and is likewise blocked.   ;Quote:Original post by F-Kopgawab.com. smtp. thunderbird. no firewall. not working. why??!??!?!?! it hurtsYou could have taken the time to actually write a better post than that... I mean, if we all formulated our questions like that, this forum would go to hell.Toolmaker   ;Quote:Original post by ToolmakerYou could have taken the time to actually write a better post than that... I mean, if we all formulated our questions like that, this forum would go to hell.ToolmakerAgreed. If you cant be arsed writing a decent question, then I cant be arsed writing a decent answer.