"Relaying Denied" E-Mail Error Message

Check with the network administrator for your department. Ask him or her to check to see if there is a valid reverse within ufl.edu for the IP address (campus computer) you were using.

When you go home, if you are dialing up with GatorLink, check to see if you are using SMTP.UFL.EDU as your outgoing mail address. In November 2001, we stopped allowing variations of SMTP.UFL.EDU and required the outgoing mail server to be exactly specified as SMTP.UFL.EDU.

One of our security rules is that the SMTP server (outgoing mail) you use must match your Internet service provider. This means that if you dial up using AOL or Earthlink or some other Internet provider, the SMTP server you use must come from the company who provides your dial-up connection. If you are dialing up with some other company (not UF) but using SMTP.UFL.EDU as your outgoing mail server, this would explain why you are getting a Relaying denied message. Call your service provider and get the correct SMTP address that you should use. Regardless of your Internet provider, it is OK to use a UF incoming mail address. It is just the outgoing server that must match your Internet service provider.