Hi chaps, not sure what I’ve done, any advice welcome, I have created a very simple home page for a friend to keep him going until we discuss further his requirements, in case anyone happens on the site I’ve included a “contact” link, he says though that when he clicks on it he gets this message:
The host ‘SMTP’ could not be found. Please verify that you have entered the server name correctly. Account: ‘POP3’, Server: ‘SMTP’, Protocol: SMTP, Port: 25, Secure(SSL): No, Socket Error: 11001, Error Number: 0x800CCC0D
It works fine on my local computer … any advice please. Regards Roger
Sometime around 5/10/08 (at 10:50 -0400) Roger Burton said:
The host ‘SMTP’ could not be found. Please verify that you have
entered the server name correctly. Account: ‘POP3’, Server: ‘SMTP’,
Protocol: SMTP, Port:
Sounds like the email link isn’t set up correctly. All you need to do
is make an external link that begins with mailto: and is followed
with an email address, with no spaces anywhere. SMTP is not at all
relevant to this task.
I am guessing that this is a client-side (and client-specific) error.
If the browser is not properly configured to hand mailto: links off
to the e-mail client, then you might see such an error. This is one
of the many many reasons I strongly discourage using mailto links in
professional sites. You’re putting responsibility for the “last mile”
in the hands of the end user, who may or may not have messed things
up beyond recovery. When you use a form, you not only cut down on
spam, but you reduce by googolplex the number of possible failure
points.
Walter
On Oct 5, 2008, at 1:00 PM, Keith Martin wrote:
Sometime around 5/10/08 (at 10:50 -0400) Roger Burton said:
The host ‘SMTP’ could not be found. Please verify that you have
entered the server name correctly. Account: ‘POP3’, Server:
‘SMTP’, Protocol: SMTP, Port:
Sounds like the email link isn’t set up correctly. All you need to
do is make an external link that begins with mailto: and is
followed with an email address, with no spaces anywhere. SMTP is
not at all relevant to this task.