won't send mail My droid is using localhost in the helo field

[ellarsee]

It turns out that my droid won't send email through my imap account:

The log message reads:
Client host rejected:
Access denied; from=<lrc@redxyz.com> to=<dkw@redxyz.com> proto=ESMTP
helo=<localhost>

Does anyone know how to fix this?

 

[MichaelM]

I'm no IMAP expert, but have you, in Outgoing Settings, checked "Require Sign-in" and entered a valid username and pasword? Without that, most mail servers will indeed reject an attempt to send through them.

 

[ellarsee]

That was the problem.

 

[MichaelM]

I'm glad all (or at least mail) is now well. I've had my droid for about a week and loved it, except that my outgoing mail would not work. Problem was solved yesterday, thanks to help from Motorola (Verizon couldn't do it), so I know how frustrating it is to have a fatal problem with an otherwise really nice phone. Happy Thanksgiving.