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RBR850 does not allow POP/SMTP email on WiFi
We just set up an Orbi RBR850 with three RBS850 satellites. All three satellites are connected via ethernet to the RBR850. The RBR850 has Firmware Version V3.2.10.11_1.2.12, which is current. Satelli...
All41 wrote:My suspicion is that Netgear's firmware is messed up, and will not pass POP and SMTP requests that come in on WiFi.
Do you have telnet on the Mac?
In the "old days", we would test POP and SMTP by connecting to the server with telnet, as in:
telnet smtp.roadrunner.com 25
telnet pop.roadrunner.com 110
The <space>25 tells telnet to connect to port 25 rather than the default telnet port and the "110" to connect to the pop port.
I just now used this technique to connect to my old Time Warner "Roadrunner" email account on both ports 25 and 110.
Connecting to the encrypted ports can't be done with telnet.
Since you have one mail service using "regular pop" (110), can you try to connect to it with telnet?
CrimpOn wrote:
"Since you have one mail service using "regular pop" (110), can you try to connect to it with telnet?"
No. That's Earthlink, which for reasons they cannot explain refuses to set up an encrypted connection to download POP email. They did set it up for SMTP to send email. As a result, I forward all my Earthlink mail to Gmail. So there's nothing there to download. Even if it worked, I would not use it. All the connections I actually use for email are encrypted. But thanks for the thought.