news + mail servers...

[mrrisotto]

how do i find out the EXACT address of my mail and news server if im using @Home? i tried "ping www" and i got the following results:

Pinging home-www.excite.com [199.172.146.81] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 199.172.146.81: bytes=32 time=40ms TTL=247
Reply from 199.172.146.81: bytes=32 time=41ms TTL=247
Reply from 199.172.146.81: bytes=32 time=40ms TTL=247
Reply from 199.172.146.81: bytes=32 time=60ms TTL=247

Ping statistics for 199.172.146.81:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 40ms, Maximum = 60ms, Average = 45ms

would the server be "home-www.excite.com"? i tried putting that into Outlook and it said that it was unable to connect to the server. how else could i find out the server address besides callimg Comcast and asking those *******S?

-brandon

[BlueJetta]

Just ping MAIL and NEWS. That's it. http://www.speedguide.net/ubb/wink.gif

[mrrisotto]

yes i just figured that out, on the review of the linksys router on speedguide.net he says to ping www, so i tried mail and it worked fine. thanks anyway bro!

-brandon

[IndyOST]

Here's another tip to get alternate mail server addresses: goto www.mailstart.com (http://www.mailstart.com) and type in your email address, but type in an incorrect password. It will error out and come back with a list of alternative mail servers you can use. Pretty much any of those servers will work http://www.speedguide.net/ubb/smile.gif

[JL Sparks]

IndyOST:

Very slick, thanks.

[IndyOST]

No problem http://www.speedguide.net/ubb/biggrin.gif