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Port Number to access mails

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ranjithbajpe Original post #1
Jul 27, 2005 at 10:10 PM
Hi all..!
I want to know from which port number we can access the pop mails. I mean i know the server name of my email id and user name and password also. Thats mine only. But i dont knwo the port number. But default 110 we cant access. So which may be the port number?
Can anyone please ..
alib_i
alib_i #2
Jul 27, 2005 at 10:24 PM
it could be 995 .. pop3 over SSL
or 109 .. older pop2
or it could be 143 .. if its imap !
depends on what you system admin has set .. you've gotta ask him

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alibi
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digen #3
Jul 27, 2005 at 11:30 PM
Which email provider are you using ? Cause as alib_i wrote above it depends Gmail uses pop3 over SSL.Tell us which email provider it is to be precise.
R
Jul 28, 2005 at 9:49 PM
I dont knwo the server. But whenever i get error mails then message will come like
Code:
MSBAIN-DOM-02/mycompany@mycompany.com

pls help me
expertno.1
Jul 28, 2005 at 10:00 PM
whats ur e mail address ?

email provider ?
alib_i
alib_i #6
Jul 28, 2005 at 11:42 PM
if it's your company's email .. then only your system admin can help you.
or tell us what software is used for creating and receiving email account !!


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alibi
djmykey
djmykey #7
Jul 29, 2005 at 7:42 AM
If it is ur company's own mail server then u gotta ask ur sys admin he might be more than helpful for ya. If it is some commercial mail sites like hotmail, gmail etc then we can help if ya tell us the site name.