and now email set up

[nezw0001]

Guys

Anyone know if I can do the email from a homestead mail account? I tried setting it up and it won't go through.

Here is a screen shot of the diagnostics.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/49709142/email%20diagnostics.tiff

Here is a screen shot of my network set up screen

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/49709142/network%20set%20up%20email.tiff

I will do a GMX account but the website says try back later.

[aquamanic]

Enable email authentication and try again (obviously make sure your userid and password are correct for your email account - your 'from' address needs to be your homestead address).

[nezw0001]

yup tried that and no joy. will try the GMX account.

[aquamanic]

repost screen shots of the diagnostics and your network page.

Update: looks like this requires SSL which the Apex does not support.

[RussM]

homesteadmail.com doesn't require SSL/TLS according to their FAQ. What you see is the offer that TLS is available to the sending system.

Please post another diagnostic output screen shot.

[nezw0001]

Here you go

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/49709142/diagnostic%20screen.tiff

network set up screen

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/49709142/email%20set%20up%20screen.tiff

[RussM]

Looks like a password error... try re-entering your email password in the Apex.

[nezw0001]

tried it and no luck. Got an error message from homestead saying my email is blocked due to too many authentication failures. Will contact them to see if I can get it figured out. Will also try GMX account later today.

[RussM]

Make sure there are no stray spaces before or after the username and password.

[nezw0001]

Sorry for taking so long to respond but it was a password issue. I ended up having to reset the password on my email account then replug it into the apex and now it works. Thanks for all the help, really appreciate it.

[RussM]

Were you using a complex password containing special characters (like symbols and/or punctuation, such as p@$$w0rd or c&'3#*%)?

[SteveWong]

A question: why doesn't Neptune support SSL encryption for the email? Most devices do this day and age, and I was surprised to see this isn't supported on such an otherwise-capable device.

[RussM]

SSL and TLS are resource hogs. They require a comparatively large amount of code space and use alot of CPU & RAM - resources which can be better utilized in other ways.