Fix SMTP Email Problems For Time Warner Roadrunner Account

Well you need to intervene and take some help from the clients in order to access Time Warner Road Runner email accounts while they do not connect to the Time Warner Road Runner network. While it is possible for one to use the web mail given by the Time Warner to continue the use of Outlook, Outlook Express, Thunderbird, Apple Mail, and iPhone outside the runner connection. There is a ton of confusing misinformation about the issues on the internet.

In the beginning, Time Warner should change their policy that is able to block outgoing mail from the authenticated users that are not Road Runner now. However, at least they have the access, although it is non-intuitive, offering alternate settings can plug into the email program or iPhone.

The problem is not able to handle the incoming email. You can probably see the incoming email. The problem is with the outgoing mail, then through the SMTP outgoing mail service. The solution is to use customized settings for the outgoing SMTP email server –

The outgoing SMTP server setting will be something similar to the smtp-server.<your location>.rr.com, located where is <your location> . This will be something related to your geographic area. Here is a crude example –

Check the incoming POP settings to see the geographic portion of the server setting if you are not sure or contact the local Time Warner Road Runner office. The SMTP server requires password authentication but do not use SSL.

Unlike those user name for incoming POP, you will need to use the email address using the symbol. In contrast, the incoming POP user name setting only requires the first part of the email address. The password for SMTP will be the same as normal as the email account password.

The port setting for SMTP server will need to change to 587. Even if your email program states that 587 in one of the default ports, which works the best to choose the specifically designed port of 587.

One needs to fix these issues for the outgoing SMTP access. You might need to save the settings and restart the email application before it starts to work. The Road Runner email account since one cannot vouch for the long-term usage of these settings. If your email account is critical to your business it is better you switch on to another email account with your own domain name. If you choose to cancel the Road Runner service, it will mean that your account has been canceled.

But still there is hope because we are sure that before switching from roadrunner i would like you to try once roadrunner customer support service for technical help to fix roadrunner all errors because you will directly in touch with roadrunner expert and they are used to in fixing roadrunner issues.