AOL provides SMTP servers for the iPad's Mail app and other email programs. Simple mail transfer protocol servers function differently than POP servers; every action you take with your AOL email on ...

Many users have reported to be getting a long error message saying: Send test e-mail message: The connection to the server was interrupted. If the problem continues ...

Verizon is one of the many Internet Service Providers that require you to authenticate when sending mail. The purpose of SMTP authentication is to reduce email spamming and abusive mailing behaviors.

When it works correctly, email can feel seamless. But a failure reveals its two separate components: one kind of server handles your mail app retrieving messages; another sends them out. These ...

More on authentication Readers sent us feedback about the suggested "authentication" work-around for the Earthlink SMTP issue covered here this week: Frank Tansey contends: "Using an authenticated ...