• This can be tricky.  You should set the SMTP (outgoing) server to whatever is recommended by your ISP.  

SOLUTION: 
 

1. Configure your e-mail software to use your ISPs outgoing SMTP mail server. If you use one of the following ISPs try their SMTP server.    Road Runner smtp-server.bham.rr.com BellSouth mail.bellsouth.net (preferred) or try mail.bhm.bellsouth.net  mail.atl.bellsouth.net MSN  smtp.email.msn.com  Charter  smtp.charter.net  Earthlink  smtp.earthlink.net Telocity smtp.telocity.com AOL Contact AOL

2. Try our relay authorization screen If your ISP does not have a recommended SMTP server, then you can try using vera.dpo.uab.edu, but you may also have to do relay authorization in order to send mail to non-UAB addresses.  The relay authorization screen is https://chambord.dpo.uab.edu/relay-auth.html In some cases, however (you use a laptop both at work and home), it may make sense for you to continue using an SMTP server which is equally reachable whether you are on-campus or not.  This is available, but not without an extra step to authorize your access when you are off-campus. Also some ISP's (and getting to be most) block port 25 except to their own server (AOL comes to mind.)  Users of these cannot get to UAB for SMTP service; relay authorization/authentication on the web page does nothing.  You can see if they block SMTP by going to START/RUN and entering  telnet  vera.dpo.uab.edu  25 then click OK before you try to use UAB's SMTP service.  If you don't receive a line similar to this, it's not reachable and you must use step #1: 220 lilith2.dpo.uab.edu ESMTP Sendmail 8.9.3/8.9.3; Fri, 5 Jul 2002 15:49:03 -0500