Is SMTP down?

[Alex Bischoff]

Hi everyone,

Is CESMail's SMTP server down for anyone else?

(I’m still able to receive my email through IMAP, and while SMTP was working fine yesterday, it doesn’t seem to be accepting my passport today.)

— Alex

[Dave_L]

I just tried and got this:

Sending of message failed.

The message could not be sent because connecting to SMTP server smtp.cesmail.net failed. The server may be unavailable or is refusing SMTP connections. Please verify that your SMTP server settings are correct and try again, or contact the server administrator.

[Alex Bischoff]

I just tried and got this:

Can I ask which settings you’re using?

When I try to send through smtp.cesmail.net on port 587 with TLS, I get this:

Login to server smtp.cesmail.net failed.

(I’m using the same password settings as I always have, and it had been working fine until this morning.)

— Alex

[Dave_L]

Can I ask which settings you’re using?

Server name: smtp.cesmail.net

Port: 465

Connection security: SSL/TLS

Authentication method: Normal password

Actually I haven't been using CES's SMTP lately. I only tried it today to confirm your problem.

Since the service will be gone completely in another week, I don't see much point in investigating it further.

[email_support]

Can I ask which settings you’re using?

When I try to send through smtp.cesmail.net on port 587 with TLS, I get this:

(I’m using the same password settings as I always have, and it had been working fine until this morning.)

— Alex

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