To all networking geeks ... I need your help.

• O-Trap

  

  I am trying to set up Mozilla Thunderbird to access one of my E-mail accounts which is hosted on my own server. However, my ISP has blocked both port 25 and port 26 and will apparently make no exceptions to those.
  
  I spoke with my host, and they initially were going to switch port access to 587, but because I am on a shared server, and others were complaining about port 26 being disabled (apparently, only two ports can be used to access the server, 25 and whichever other one is chosen, which is in this case, 26).
  
  So, the only two ports I can use to access the server are the same two ports that my ISP will not allow me to use for SMTP connection.
  
  Is there anything I can do here? Would it be possible to use an HTTP or SOCK proxy in Thunderbird to access the server? How would I configure that?
  
  Thanks!
• Nate

  This is what I came across when googling
  
  http://www.authsmtp.com/faqs/faq-4.html
• j_crazy

  
• O-Trap

  

  Vid isn't loading.
• j_crazy

  

  it's cause i suck at it. it wasn't helpful. it was the dale earnhardt jr. this is sportscenter commercial where he shuts out the power trying to fix a screensaver.
• O-Trap

  

  No big. I just tried something that didn't work yesterday, but is working today: using SSL.
  
  Thanks!
• WebFire

  O-Trap wrote: I am trying to set up Mozilla Thunderbird to access one of my E-mail accounts which is hosted on my own server. However, my ISP has blocked both port 25 and port 26 and will apparently make no exceptions to those.
  
  I spoke with my host, and they initially were going to switch port access to 587, but because I am on a shared server, and others were complaining about port 26 being disabled (apparently, only two ports can be used to access the server, 25 and whichever other one is chosen, which is in this case, 26).
  
  So, the only two ports I can use to access the server are the same two ports that my ISP will not allow me to use for SMTP connection.
  
  Is there anything I can do here? Would it be possible to use an HTTP or SOCK proxy in Thunderbird to access the server? How would I configure that?
  
  Thanks!

  Your host just needs to open port 587. It won't disable 25 or 26. This is a common thing for a host to do.
• I Wear Pants

  I have no idea how to help you on the server side but I can say that you should like Thunderbird when you get it set up. Quick, easy and extensible like Firefox.
• O-Trap

  

  Oh I've used T-bird before. Just never with my own mail server.