fox: my left eye.  "ceci n'est pas une fox." (thin ice)
fox ([personal profile] fox) wrote2004-10-04 03:48 pm

PHE4R MY CONFIGURATION SKILZ

yeah, so, i got the internet hookup in my room sorted, as they say. w00t!

that's all for now. oh, except: british banks SUCK. do you know they wanted a two thousand pound minimum balance to give an international student a checking account? TWO THOUSAND POUNDS. that is not a misprint.

because every student i know has four grand free to leave sitting around doing nothing.

[ETA: slight glitch -- i can receive e-mail, but not send it, evidently. i get the following error message: "Your server has unexpectedly terminated the connection. Possible causes for this include server problems, network problems, or a long period of inactivity. Account: '[earthlink user name]', Server: 'smtp.earthlink.net', Protocol: SMTP, Port: 25, Secure(SSL): No, Error Number: 0x800CCC0F". any thoughts?]

[identity profile] jgesteve.livejournal.com 2004-10-04 08:08 pm (UTC)(link)
Aside from what Farrah said, if that still doesn't work, it might be that in order to control spam and what not the University or ISP's connection may only allow SMTP connections to their SMTP servers... For instance, even though my empiredc.com server is capable of sending SMTP, I have to route my SMTP through vzavenue.net (my ISPs SMTP server)