Why does it say my email was "rejected by the server because it does not allow relaying" when I try to send it?

I'm able to download/get my email just fine but when I try to send an email, I get the message that my email was "rejected by the server because it does not allow relaying." What gives?

If you try to send an email from your iPhone and get an error message that says "A copy has been placed in your outbox. The recipient was rejected by the server because it does not allow relaying," chances are you need to check your outgoing mail server settings. Here's how:

1. Go to Settings -> Mail, Contacts, Calendar and tap on your email account.

2. Tap on "Account," then go down to the "Outgoing Mail Server" section and tap on "SMTP."

3. Tap on your Primary Server.

4. Even though it says "Optional," fill out both user name and password under Outgoing Mail Server.

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5. Tap "Done" in the top right to save your changes.

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Anonymous replied on

Brilliant! Big thanks

Anonymous replied on

Thank you for the tip!

J Kenneth replied on

Thanks. Problem solved.

Anonymous replied on

Best! :-)

Peggarama replied on

I tried to change the setting for my Yahoo account but the whole Outgoing mail server part is grayed out. I can't make any modifications at all in that section. Anyone else has this problem?

Lisa replied on

I have the same problem.

Anonymous replied on

I have the same problem too... Anyone figure it out?

Harmeet replied on

I am also facing the same problem please help me out.
I cant send mails and in my settings everything is greyed out.

Madelyn replied on

Mine is the same way, help????

Trevor replied on

Excellent! The message I received did not reference "relaying" but simply said the email address "was rejected by the server" (very helpful as usual with error messages, no hint what to do next!) But this fixed it so thanks a lot it would have taken me ages to work this out.

Anonymous replied on

Excellent.

Anonymous replied on

This worked. Thank you!

Anonymous replied on

Thanks. It worked.

Anonymous replied on

Perfect adivice...Thanks so much!!!

Anonymous replied on

This hint saved my day! Many thanks

Jim replied on

It worked! Thanks

Anonymous replied on

Worked perfectly. Thank you!!

Don replied on

thanks. Great help!

Punam Nanda replied on

Brilliant!! Was struggling with outgoing mails of Rediffmail. This worked. Many thanks.

ruth mccreery replied on

Same problem, but when I try to add my user name and password for the outgoing mail server, it won't let me. Tapping on "Optional" or "User Name" or "Password" produces no response.

Suggestions?

Anonymous replied on

Worked perfectly. Thanks.

Arethria Turner replied on

At one point in time my iPhone 6 plus was sending emails, but for some reason it stopped. I followed all the steps above except for when I got to number four. My phone wouldn't except the optional password because it said the server doesn't use password authentication. So I left it blank, selected "SSL", and done. Immediately, my phone started sending emails again.

Anonymous replied on

So simple, works! Thank you!

Anonymous replied on

Followed above steps and My issue got resolved . Thank you

Peter TheRed replied on

Thanks so much for this fix.

Eb replied on

Amazing. That's been driving me nuts. Such a simple solution. Thank you VERY much!!!

Nan replied on

This worked great!!!!! Thanks so much for sharing.

Anonymous replied on

Thank you!!! This is the only thing that worked!!! Finally!!

Fushia replied on

Thank you!! I went to the Apple Store and they could not figure it out, to think it was as simple as this.

John replied on

Totally fixed. You get a gold star!

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