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Sending email using your own domain

Introduction Email is evolving new methods to combat spoofing of email addresses.  While there used to be no checks on what email servers can be used by particular domains, that is no longer the case. Consequently when sending using your own domain u...

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ravenstar68 by Very Insightful Person
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Orphan Email accounts

IntroductionThis information applies to all four Virgin Media Email domains.virgin.netvirginmedia.comblueyonder.co.ukntlworld.comCustomers are increasingly coming on the Forum's after having email accounts locked/deleted.  This post looks at one of t...

ravenstar68 by Very Insightful Person
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Outgoing Authentication Issues? - Check Email Logs

IntroductionThere have been a number of threads on the boards lately where people have been seeing the password prompt pop up when trying to send e-mails.While the symptom is the same for many users, there are actually a number of possible causes.Bro...

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ravenstar68 by Very Insightful Person
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Ravenstar's Email FAQ's

The aim of this thread is to collate some of the stickies I have made in the past into one thread. In here you will find the following FAQ's Understanding Email Block ListsSPF, DKIM, and DMARC explainedGeneric/Dynamic host names prohibited - an expla...

ravenstar68 by Very Insightful Person
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Re: Unable to access Webmail

I have a similar issue. I have been unable to access my email via webmail but that didn't bother me as it always worked on apple mail. Now, suddenly I cant get in on apple mail either. Spent ages on the the chatline to be told they don't do email and...

adamsmc by Joining in
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403 Forbidden error

A secondary account on my Virgin Media email will not allow acces to webmail. The main account is OK.It is possible to log into the secondary account via MyVirgin Media but clicking either of the links to go to webmail produces a blank page with '403...

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Email account blocked

I cannot get into my emails, I get a message saying the account is blocked. I've tried following the instructions to unblock it but nothing works. Please can someone help me. Thanks

KAnitaS by On our wavelength
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Virgin webmail flagging bona fide senders as spam

Two senders are regularly getting flagged as spam by VM before they reach my email client.  One of them I have put into VM address book but it still does it. I always click not spam when I find them in VM spam, but they still get sidelined before rea...

mtndave by On our wavelength
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FRUSTRATING NTL email address

My very old ntlworld email address is being bombarded with dangerous spam, I have requested virgin to kill the a/c several times - no response or change. I am loath to simply delete the a/c on my PC in case this still leaves residual issues - any sug...

2medusa by Joining in
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Phishing

Received two emails advising me that my account will be closed soon. One also identified that potentially dangerous viruses had been detected. Are these scams?

Johnly by Joining in
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Unable to reset password for several days

Hi,I've been completely unable to reset my password for my virgin media account the last few days, I never seem to receive any sort email that im meant to get to recieve it. I've checked the entire mailbox, spam folders ect... Nothing seems to be get...

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incoming POP mail on ntlworld

This evening 19/11, my mailtool couldn't log in to ntlworld POP server over the space of a couple of hours. Now it can login, but there is no mail to download. I am still receiving mail using IMAP on the same account, but the mail is missing via POP.

rm09ba by On our wavelength
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Resolved! Help! Virgin closed my email account?

Today I suddenly can't access my virgin.net email accout that I've used for 20 years. It says that I'm not a Virgin customer but I am.This is devastaing, I've lost access to things that I need.What can I do? I need my email account back.

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