Help Authentication error sending...

[waldo1963]

I have configured my DX for my work email. POP3 incoming mail works, is sent to my phone.

Problem is I can not send an email using that account. I get an "Authentication error sending" message on my phone. I have checked the Outgoging Server settings, and the SMTP server and port are correct. The username and password are correct. I have tried just username and username@domain.com.

I didnt not have any problems configuring my work email account on my Blackberry.

The email Server is IPSwitch Imail 11.

Please help, I hate having to send work related emails through my gmail or yahoo accounts.

Thanks,

Walter

 

[kejlyCZ]

Are you sure, that smtp username and password is right? (some servers need just 'username' instead of 'username@domain.com')
Have you tried different authentification methods (none=port 25, SSL=port 465, TLS=port 25)
Have you tried to send emails without login (some SMTP servers need login with username and password, some don't)

If your server uses self-signed certificates, you have to allow use of self-signed certificates in email client ( Issue 1016 - android - Email app should allow connecting to servers with untrusted certificates - Project Hosting on Google Code ), sometimes install of certificates is not possible ( Issue 6207 - android - Cannot import CA certificates - Project Hosting on Google Code )

Nice how-to for Droid SMTP can be also found on DROID X - Can't Send an Email

When nothing works, you can try to use k9mail instead of built-in client, its working fine on my (and thousands of others) phone.


hope it helps
best regards
David

 

[BeerRun13]

Yeah, this was a big let down. I use Netfirms for our e-mail server, and they confirmed that the Droid X does not support their authentication requirements... ugh.

Speaking to Verizon, it is a known issue, and Motorola/Google intends to fix, but there is no date set for this.

I went ahead and installed K9, and it seems to work for me, except for one issue... I have an email address from an organization that I'm in that uses their POP, with my SMTP for outgoing... I can't seem to set a different username/password for each server.

Yeah, work e-mails through google/yahoo/aol, etc. are terrible IMO as well. Try K9 email client.

 

[ginapbrad]

After banging my head on this one for a while I noticed that in the outgoing & incoming servers have "moto-android.stmp.mail.yahoo.com" or "moto-android.imap.mail.yahoo.com" for example. I removed the "moto-android." from both the outgoing and incoming servers and it worked the first time! Hope this helps you guys.

 

[atlantafalcon]

After banging my head on this one for a while I noticed that in the outgoing & incoming servers have "moto-android.stmp.mail.yahoo.com" or "moto-android.imap.mail.yahoo.com" for example. I removed the "moto-android." from both the outgoing and incoming servers and it worked the first time! Hope this helps you guys.

I did research on various forums that sent me in many different directions. This post was the answer. Thanks a ton for taking the time to post the solution.

 

[lextune]

After banging my head on this one for a while I noticed that in the outgoing & incoming servers have "moto-android.stmp.mail.yahoo.com" or "moto-android.imap.mail.yahoo.com" for example. I removed the "moto-android." from both the outgoing and incoming servers and it worked the first time! Hope this helps you guys.

I created an account just to say thanks for this post. I also tried virtually everything on my new Droid 3 and nothing worked until this. Thanks again. -Lex

 

[RangerGord]

I checked the account setting and had forgotten i had changed the password earlier. Corrected it and works as it should.

 

[TriniP73]

This was quite a daunting task, particularly for someone who is mediocre at best with this android business but I fixed the authentication error...Here is how I did it. Go to your Google account settings and click security, then turn off the 2-step verification, you will be asked for your password. Follow the instructions to disable the 2-step verification, save changes and that's it. Reboot your phone and everything should be back to normal. Good luck!!