Question re: email using sbcglobal.net and Moto Droid

[jblackfish]

I have this email issue in that I can get email and everything seems to be normal and functioning EXCEPT I cannot get a sent email to send. It ends up in the out box with a "email not sent" msg.

My email account settings are:

Incoming Server settings:

Server: android.imap.yahoo.com (followed by user name, which is email address, and password)
Advanced settings: (set by the phone) are port 143, etc. and verify certificate is checked.

Outgoing server settings:

Server: android.smtp.mail.yahoo.com (followed by same as above.)
Advanced settings: (set by the phone) are port 25, etc.

I have deleted and readded the account using other server settings but they are all worse. This one works except for being able to send. Can ANYONE help? PLEEEEEZE!

 

[vey]

Ports are wrong.
From another forum:

IMAP Server:
android.imap.mail.yahoo.com
Server Port:
993

SMTP Server:
android.smtp.mail.yahoo.com
Server Port:
465

 

[jblackfish]

Ports are wrong.
From another forum:

IMAP Server:
android.imap.mail.yahoo.com
Server Port:
993

SMTP Server:
android.smtp.mail.yahoo.com
Server Port:
465

Those ports are what my Android tablet has on it and they were "assigned" automatically by the tablet. I copied the server definitions from my tablet but those port designations, which I entered manuallly on my phone, didn't work at all - no email, nothing, until I let it "assign" its own ports which were 143 and 25 respectively as listed above. Then the email (incoming) and all the folders, etc. worked except for outgoing emails. Thanks.

 

[Dave Lister]

Port 465 is used for SMTP with SSL. If you don't have SSL enabled it won't work.

 

[jblackfish]

The answer for me (finally!) was to simply DL the Yahoo application and let it define the email address. I don't like the operation of the Yahoo app as much as doing it the other way but it works...completely.
Thanks for all the help and comments.