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I am having a problem that Godaddy says is with my host.

I use an automated email program to send emails to people who fill out forms on our website. This program accesses my email to do that. It works great with my yahoo email, but it won't work with my @domainname.com email.

When I try to set that up, I get a "No SMTP relays have been set up for this account" message.

Here is a link to a screenshot of the issue: https://www.screencast.com/t/jSHgTxbvvOw

How can I set up these relays?

Rockerfeller

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Posted 5 months ago

5 months ago

Drew N, Community Manager

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So, your configuration shows you trying to use Godaddy email server to send. The MX records on your domain control who hosts your email. I see mx records for both Homestead and Outlook.com. First thing is to make sure what mail service you want to use, then we need to get the records correctly configured. If you choose Homestead mail, then you will need to use the Homestead smtp server. If you choose Outlook, you will likely need to use their smtp server. This is because most mail administrators set up their servers so that you must have an account to send through a server. This helps prevent spam from being sent over a server.

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5 months ago

Rockerfeller

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Thanks Drew!

I want to use Outlook.com. What do I need to do to configure it correctly?

5 months ago

Rockerfeller

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Hi Drew,

I realized that I needed to set my other program up for Outlook and not GoDaddy. You helped me to see that. It is working now. Problem solved!

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2018-01-03T17:53:30+00:00

Drew N, Community Manager

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Great.

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