Some time on 4th january 2008, pipex homecall changed their rules.. without any notice.. i have been a homecall customer since before pipex became involved.. and have had no trouble sending email on various freeserve, fsmail and other accounts by using the homecall smtp server.. yet today they see fit to block any third party emails.. below is the error message ( identifying bits XXed out)
so far no reply to my complaint about it.. but this will lose them customers faster than they can say "oh sh'ONE't".. if their own pop email and webmail actually worked properly this would ot seem such an irony...
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The message could not be sent because the server rejected the sender's e-mail address. The sender's e-mail address was 'XXXX@XXXXXX.freeserve.co.uk'. Subject 'Re: PC Problem', Account: 'pop.freesrve.net', Server: 'smtp.homecall.co.uk', Protocol: SMTP, Server Response: '553 Envelope sender <XXXX@XXXXXX.freeserve.co.uk> rejected from 79.65.123.XXX. Connect to Freeserve/Wanadoo/Orange if you want to send with this email address.', Port: 25, Secure(SSL): No, Server Error: 553, Error Number: 0x800CCC78
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