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Earthlink mail problems

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dbrunsti

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Jul 5, 2007
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Anyone having trouble getting their earthlink mail? I keep getting an error connecting to pop.earthlink.net. Tech support did not help at all. I can send mail I just cannot get mail. HELP!
 
i have a mindspring account set up with my iPhone that works great. (earthlink bought mindspring many years ago).

i had to hunt around for the correct pop and smtp addresses but it works fine for me.
 
Found the problem. My SSL settings were incorrect.

Here's what I have:

Incoming Mail Server:
Host Name: mail.earthlink.net
UserName: lindaracine
Password:

Outgoing Mailer Server:
Host Name: smtpauth.earthlink.net
User Name: lindaracine@earthlink.net
Password:

Advanced
Settings:
Incoming Uses SSL-- OFF
Outgoing Uses SSL-- OFF
Authentation: MD5 Challenge-Response

Good luck!
 
Still nothing

I tried with the same settings as you and still nothing.

LindaRacine said:
Found the problem. My SSL settings were incorrect.

Here's what I have:

Incoming Mail Server:
Host Name: mail.earthlink.net
UserName: lindaracine
Password:

Outgoing Mailer Server:
Host Name: smtpauth.earthlink.net
User Name: lindaracine@earthlink.net
Password:

Advanced
Settings:
Incoming Uses SSL-- OFF
Outgoing Uses SSL-- OFF
Authentation: MD5 Challenge-Response

Good luck!
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Earthlink Email Problems

My email from Earthlink downloads fine...I just can't reply to emails from the Earthlink account. My gmail works fine both ways.

Anyone solved this problem?
 
Earthlink email problems Also

I have the exact same problem. I think if we all monitor this thread, we'll get a solution. This is my first Apple product, and I have already found that their tech support 800number is a JOKE, so I won't even go there, but hopefully somebody here can figure it out.

lizard
 
OK, That fixed it

LindaRacine said:
Found the problem. My SSL settings were incorrect.

Here's what I have:

Incoming Mail Server:
Host Name: mail.earthlink.net
UserName: lindaracine
Password:

Outgoing Mailer Server:
Host Name: smtpauth.earthlink.net
User Name: lindaracine@earthlink.net
Password:

Advanced
Settings:
Incoming Uses SSL-- OFF
Outgoing Uses SSL-- OFF
Authentation: MD5 Challenge-Response

Good luck!
Click to expand...

Thanks Linda, these settings fixed my problem Thanks!! Lizard
 
LindaRacine said:
Found the problem. My SSL settings were incorrect.

Here's what I have:

Incoming Mail Server:
Host Name: mail.earthlink.net
UserName: lindaracine
Password:

Outgoing Mailer Server:
Host Name: smtpauth.earthlink.net
User Name: lindaracine@earthlink.net
Password:

Advanced
Settings:
Incoming Uses SSL-- OFF
Outgoing Uses SSL-- OFF
Authentation: MD5 Challenge-Response

Good luck!
Click to expand...

Thanks for your help Linda....I did get to work!
 
Mindspring settings for iPhone

joelk said:
i have a mindspring account set up with my iPhone that works great. (earthlink bought mindspring many years ago).

i had to hunt around for the correct pop and smtp addresses but it works fine for me.
Click to expand...

Joel,

Can you provide the settings you used for mindspring on the iPhone? I can receive but I cannot send.

Thanks!

Rich
 
richa said:
Joel,

Can you provide the settings you used for mindspring on the iPhone? I can receive but I cannot send.

Thanks!

Rich
Click to expand...

I found my own solution. The iPhone set up in iTunes searches your computer for existing email accounts and imports the settings. Even when I tried to change them but my changes were to no avail. I deleted my Mindspring account and entered it manually instead.

Here are the settings used:

Incoming Mail Server
Host: pop.mindspring.com
User: myname@mindspring.com
Password: ******

Outgoing Mail Server (SMTP)
Host: smtpauth.earthlink.net
User: myname@mindspring.com
Password: ******

ADVANCED:
SSL off in both cases
Authentication MD5 Challenge-Response

I hope this helps any other new Mindspring users.

Rich
 
Thanks! I had tried that but didn't see the Advanced.... So this time I saved the info even though the iPhone was saying it couldn't send or receive, then checked again and saw that this time there was the section for advanced.... Did that. Still no joy in sending or receiving messages, though. Possibly because right now I am at home with my Cox account and wireless connection. When I am away from home I will try this again. Thanks!
 
I had the same problem with my Earthlink email account, and for me it turned out that iTunes hadn't imported my password after the initial sync. I just added that and it's worked ever since.
 
This worked for me

Account - ON

POP Account Information:
Name (name you want to use)
Address: <name>@earthlink.net
Description: (name you want to see on the list of e-mail accounts)

Incoming Mail Server:
Host Name - pop.earthlink.net
User Name - <name>@earthlink.net
Password - <your password>

Outgoing Mail Server (SMTP)
Host Name - smtpauth.earthlink.net
User Name - <name>@earthlink.net
Password - <your password>

ADVANCED - (select to open)

Deleted Messages - (your preference)

Incoming Settings
Use SSL - OFF
Authentication - password
Delete from server - (your preference)
Server Port - 110

Outgoing Settings
Use SSL - ON
 
My settings for Mindspring

Here are the settings used:

Incoming Mail Server
Host: pop.mindspring.com
User: myname@mindspring.com
Password: ******

Outgoing Mail Server (SMTP)
Host: smtpauth.earthlink.net
User: myname@mindspring.com
Password: ******
Use SSL: ON
Authentication: Password
server Port: 587

Advanced> Incoming Settings
Use SSL: OFF
Authentication: MD5 challenge-Response
Delete from Server: Never
Server Port: 110

Good Luck!
 
sprintmail setup on iphone pblms

I tried the settings in this thread for mindspring after calling iphone support and earthlink support but so far no luck.

Anyone with a 3G iphone and sprintmail succesfully connected?
 
mindsprng email

dbrunsti said:
Anyone having trouble getting their earthlink mail? I keep getting an error connecting to pop.earthlink.net. Tech support did not help at all. I can send mail I just cannot get mail. HELP!
Click to expand...

The new iPhone is the worst. It just loses the connection to the pop. I noticed in responses that some people used mail.earthlink.net and some used pop.mindspring.com
I have to literally delete the account and start over. Then it doesn't matter which one I use. It works again. I never had this problem until the 3GS.
 
mindspring email on iPhone

The new iPhone is the worst. It just loses the connection to the pop. I noticed in responses that some people used mail.earthlink.net and some used pop.mindspring.com
I have to literally delete the account and start over. Then it doesn't matter which one I use. It works again. I never had this problem until the 3GS.
 
Opening attachments sent from mac to earthlink.

Hello All,

This is not exactly a mac rumor but I can't find anywhere else to post my question. I receive email from clients who have macintosh machines which have pdf attachments. I have an earthlink account and prefer to read my mail on webmail. Unfortunately these attachments do not register with webmail, so it is impossible to open the attachment on-line. When I download the email, the attachment shows up. I have tried to report the problem to earthlink but it does not seem likely they will fix it because I suspect it is a problem deep in their system. In any case, what I need is a workaround. I am hoping there is some sort of work around on the mac end. If there was something I could tell my clients to do change, their settings or something, so that the message are handled differently.

By the way, so far as I know there is no problem the other way. I.e. when I send an attachment to someone with a mac I have never had a complaint about not being able to see it.

Thank you for your time to read this question.

Best Wishes, Bob Taylor
philologos at mindspring dot com
 
Same prob on my IPhone 5. I deleted the email account and set up the identical account again and works fine now. What I discovered was when deleting the account, a question popped up "do you (screen name here) really want to do this? Here's the key point--it listed an old screen name deleted from Apple/I Tunes long ago which somehow slipped back in and was the prob. Even though the right screen name appeared in my settings the screen name at Apple was diff. When deleting the acct I lost my drafted emails which couldnt be sent but nothing else.
 
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