Can't send email to {Phone#}@vtext.com

[TheKackler]

Using 'SMTP Email Send Message' and I am getting errors when email address is {Phone#}@vtext.com. If I put quotes around it, I don't get an error, but I also do not get a text message.

I have verified that I can receive text messages from outlook.

[_Bryan]

The first question will be what are the errors?

Have you tried using the example programs?  Networking > Internet and Web > E-Mail Notification.vi (for ver 7.1, I am not around a 8+ machine)

(EDIT: I just read your post again, I guess you are using one of the canned vi's)

Try sending it to another address just to make sure it is working.

Bryan

Message Edited by _Bryan on 10-22-2007 03:17 PM

[lmtis]

Often people have problems with this because they enter the wrong emsil server address.  Double check to see that it matches what you have on your email client.

[MeghanK]

I would also suggest that you try using the same VI to send an e-mail to your personal mail account (gmail, yahoo, etc.).  If this does not work, then your mail server is probably configured to only send e-mails within your company's domain.  If this is the case, you will have to go to your company's IT department.

Meghan M.

[TheKackler]

Thanks for the repllies. Some info to add.

• I am using the canned .vi
• I put it in an array and fire it first for my work address and then my cell phone's email address
• I am able to send emails to my work address via my work server

I am out of the office today (because of San Diego fires) so I'll try to verify ability to send to personal account when back in office.

I am assuming the vi doesn't like me sending an email to an address with a phone number before the '@' sign. will need to verify.

[RavensFan]

I don't think the VI cares what address you sent it to.  It is more likely that the e-mail server you are posting it to would care.

[rolfk]

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@Ravens Fan wrote:
I don't think the VI cares what address you sent it to.  It is more likely that the e-mail server you are posting it to would care.

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I fully agree. In these days of spam email servers often get configured to not send messages to certain domains or use blacklists of servers not to allow connections from nor contact ever.

Rolf Kalbermatter

[nathand]

The VI definitely works fine for email addresses that are entirely numeric for the local part (everything before the @).  I've used it this way to send messages to my cell phone.  As others have mentioned, your problem is probably that your mail server is configured not to relay SMTP messages outside your local network; Outlook may use a different, authenticated protocol.  One simple approach, if you'll always be sending to a vtext.com email address, is to look up the MX (mail exchange) record for vtext.com, and use that as your SMTP server.  Since you'll then be connecting directly to the remote mail server, rather than relaying, the message should go through. On Windows, you can use the nslookup command as follows:

C:\>nslookup
Default Server:  
Address: 

> set q=mx
> vtext.com
Server:  
Address:

Non-authoritative answer:
vtext.com       MX preference = 50, mail exchanger = smtpsp1.vtext.com
vtext.com       MX preference = 50, mail exchanger = smtpsp.vtext.com

smtpsp1.vtext.com       internet address = 66.174.3.30
smtpsp.vtext.com        internet address = 66.174.76.30

So, use smtpsp.vtext.com or smtpsp1.vtext.com as your SMTP server and your message should go through. However, this approach is not as fault-tolerant as using a real relaying SMTP server, since a real server will handle the MX lookup automatically and will retry failed messages.

[TheKackler]

Thanks for your suggestion nathand. I tried what you said and it works.

I verified that i CAN NOT send an email to any other address than my work domain. I don't understand all the particulars, but I am using the same mail server as Outlook so i dont know why one works and the other doesn't.

Thanks everyone for your help.