[RESOLVED] My Winsock method vs Outlook Express

[jmsrickland]

I created a very simple Winsock app that uses SMTP protocol commands to send an email to my Yahoo email account. No problem whatsoever. I get the email in my Yahoo email inbox.

Now, if I use Outlook Express to send an email to my Yahoo inbox it wont work. Outlook Express returns an error message like this:

The connection to the server has failed. Protocol: SMTP. Port 25, Secure(SSL): No, Socket Error: 10060, Error Number: 0x800CCC0E

How can that be? If a very simple Winsock app can do it then why can't a sophisticated app like OE do it? It doesn't make any sense.

There are no usernames or passwords involved. Also, my Winsock app sends the SMTP to my regular email server to be sent on to my Yahoo email and so should OE but OE can't get it done. I don't even see where OE is even trying to connect to the Yahoo email server.

I ran a packet sniffer on my Winsock app and I can see the SMTP stuff going both ways (sent and received) but when I run the packet sniffer using OE I don't see anything; no SMTP data is being sent or received

How do most people send email to [email protected]? What do they use? For some reason OE just can't do it.

Is there something I need to do to OE, like configure it or something to allow email to Yahoo?