on 25-07-2023 14:11
Cannot send emails for two days now. Error states ‘cannot connect to smtp.virginmedia.com outgoing server’. Nowhere in the virgin help is there an answer to this
on 25-07-2023 16:51
Hi @szkopy
Welcome back to the community forums
Sorry to hear you're having issues with sending emails at this time.
Do you get the same error sending emails when using our webmail or when you use an email client such as Gmail or Outlook?
How are you accessing our webmail, it is through the website or through an app?
on 25-07-2023 16:56
Through ‘mail’ using Mac and IPhone…same issue.
Receiving emails is fine….just the connection to the outgoing server fails.
on 25-07-2023 17:29
Can you try resetting your App password by going through your online account following these steps to see if this resolves the issue? MyVM > Account Settings > Account Details > Mailbox App Password Management ~CS~
on 25-07-2023 20:01
before I try that……emails send when the virgin wi fi is turned off? Is the password route still valid?
on 25-07-2023 20:02
Discovered this when I popped out of the house.
on 25-07-2023 20:55
I have flagged this to the team to see if there are any issues at our side.
If you wish to hold off changing the password at this time to see if an issue is identified, then you can.
If not, then we can try the password change as advised above.
25-07-2023 21:59 - edited 25-07-2023 22:00
Oh for crying out loud, a customer can receive emails but not send them. But it works when not connected to a VM system, ie a cellular connection or someone else’s WiFi!
Now there have been many, many reports on here of this and exactly what it means. Why it seems to be such a mystery to forum team members is a little odd as this has been going on for years!
Your IP address is listed on one of the Spamhaus blocklists and as such VM are actively and deliberately preventing you from sending email. You have some device on your home network which has become infected with some malware and is sending out spam messages. This has been picked up, reported to Spamhaus, your IP address has been listed and VM (for better or worse) have blocked you from sending emails.
Absolutely nothing you can do about it, other than find out the underlaying cause and fixing it. VM will not, indeed cannot help you with this, it’s down to you to do it. There are, I believe, some sticky messages at the top of this section regarding tracking down spambots on your network.
Again, why this seems to be such a mystery to the forum team members, I couldn’t properly say!
on 26-07-2023 08:27
Hello szkopy.
Thanks for your post.
Sorry to hear about you not being able to send emails over your WiFi Network.
As @Omadawn has advised it will be your IP address that has been blackiisted.
You can check it here
Also it would be wise to run a full virus scan on each device that has access to your home network.
Once that has been done it can take up to 24 hours for the IP address to be removed off the Blacklist.
Can you please let me know how you get on.
Gareth_L