The Vodafone SMTP server

After trouble with very slow e-mails some while back it seems that the Vodafone SMTP server may be gone for good.

You can never tell with phone network SMTP servers as they are the least loved part of a mobile phone operators system (at least by the management and staff - possibly because people won't pay £5 a month extra for it !).

To use my legacy POP3 account on my Orange San Francisco I needed a Vodafone SMTP server (network of the month before I go to T-Mobile).

I thank the excellent blog post at :-

http://blog.brightpointuk.co.uk/sending-email-smtp-vodafone-uk

for the following hint.

Sign up for a free Vodafone 360 account at www.vodafone360.com

The settings are then as follows:

SMTP (Outgoing) server - smtp.360.com
Username - username@360.com - where "username" is what you selected when you signed up for the 360 account
Password - your 360 password
Security - SSL / TLS
Port - 465

You should now be able to send email via SMTP.