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LPCaillouet
New Contributor
2 years ago

Cox SMTP Access Blocked for Vacation Home IP Address

Cox is the ISP at home in Louisiana.  On Cox WiFi there, I am successful in using either Microsoft Outlook on my Windows 10 laptop or Mail on my iOS 15.7 iPhone (with cellular data either on or off) ...
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IP blocked
SMTP access
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LPCaillouet
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I checked PTR for my IP address and got "DNS not found".

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WiderMouthOpen
Esteemed Contributor
2 years ago

Yea, that's a problem. No amount of blacklist removal will fix that. Think you are stuck using webmail when away from home. I would suggest creating a email with another carrier to use when away. Something like Gmail or Proton. I don't have any experience with sending with them without a PTR but it's worth a shot if you really hate webmail.