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503 START TLS command used when not advertised Port: 25 Secure(SSL)
Last updated 2020-04-05
Email sending via email-client failing with error An unknown error has occurred. Account 'mail.domain-name.net'. Server: 'mail.domain-name.net'. Protocol: SMTP, Server Response: '503 START TLS command used when not advertised'. Port: 25 Secure(SSL): Ues, Server Error: 503, Error Number: 0x8000CCC65
This error is due to the email client (outlook, xmail, thunderbird, outlook express... etc) trying to use "SSL" SMTP connections to connect to mail-server using mail.domain-name.net. Currently the domain mail.my-domain-name.net DOES-NOT have SSL enabled on it.
To verify check,
https://mail.domain-name.net - ssl page will not load
http://mail.domain-name.net - non-ssl page loads fine
There are two options to resolve this;
1. You can user the server's hostname as POP , SMTP or IMAP server in your email client settings (mentioned in your 'Account Activation' email)
2. You could disable the SSL checkboxes / selections in the email client account-settings and connect to mail server without SSL encryption.
This error is due to the email client (outlook, xmail, thunderbird, outlook express... etc) trying to use "SSL" SMTP connections to connect to mail-server using mail.domain-name.net. Currently the domain mail.my-domain-name.net DOES-NOT have SSL enabled on it.
To verify check,
https://mail.domain-name.net - ssl page will not load
http://mail.domain-name.net - non-ssl page loads fine
There are two options to resolve this;
1. You can user the server's hostname as POP , SMTP or IMAP server in your email client settings (mentioned in your 'Account Activation' email)
2. You could disable the SSL checkboxes / selections in the email client account-settings and connect to mail server without SSL encryption.
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