Outlook not sending when away from home

[looslib]

I have Outlook 2007 on my laptop and connect to earthlink for my email accounts. When at home, I can send and receive with no problems. When away and connected to a different ISP (ISP is Comcast at home) I can only receive messages. Any emails I write are held in the Outbox until I get home and connect back to my home network and are then sent automatically.

Win 7-64 OS, if that makes a difference.

 

[kjv1611]

Possibly the way your software firewall is configured? Surely you're using a software firewall while you're away from home.

Here's something you could try: Using OpenDns as your DNS provider while at home and away. See if it works right then, b/c that would e always constant - if you set it up on your laptop vs on the router.

Look at

http://www.opendns.com/

for info and instructions. But basically, you just find their DNS addresses, and plug them into the network settings on your PC.

 

[kjv1611]

Here's another thought. If you're using Comcast's email, perhaps there's an issue there - I have no idea, as I've never had any dealings with Comcast.

You could try Gmail, have Gmail handle all your Comcast mail, and see how it works with Outlook - well, I can tell you it works VERY well with or without Outlook. You can set it up as either IMAP or POP3 with Outlook. If you've got a lot of mail, though, I'd suggest using POP3 for performance reasons - at least I've had some issues using IMAP, particularly with large email messages (with attachments).