Sorry, Katie, but I don't understand what you are trying to recommend.
Eric
On Monday, October 12, 2026 at 08:12:36 p.m. EDT, Katie via linux <linux [ at ] linux-ottawa [ dot ] org> wrote:
I recommend Web Hosting Canada.
-Katie
On 2026-10-12 17:39, Jean-Francois Messier via linux wrote:
> As Rogers is a large corporation, I doubt that they will even listen
> to your legitimate (!) requirements, that you paid for during the last
> 16+ years. I always refused to use the email services from my internet
> provider. I have my own domain, hosted in Ottawa for the email, and I
> also have Proton, located in EU, as we are trying to cut cords with
> Google. I always wanted to consider Rogers/Bell/Telus/Videotron as a
> connection provider, nothing else. Gimme a connection, and lemme deal
> with my services,, the way I see fit.
>
> JFM
>
> On Mon, Oct 12, 2026 at 3:40 PM Eric Marceau via linux
> <linux [ at ] linux-ottawa [ dot ] org> wrote:
>
>> I've attached a PDF of the FAQ where Rogers apparently "announced"
>> the discontinuation of the service.
>>
>> When I spoke to a Supervisor, they told me that they don't cut you
>> off (strategy to avoid the heat), they just won't reinstate once you
>> have issues that break the connection !!!
>>
>> SMTP/IMAP servers are still online and will continue until the last
>> one drops off!
>>
>> I had an issue that I tried to start an NNTP connection, got
>> confused, messed up my SMTP connection setup, couldn't resolve, was
>> stupid enough to delete my existing "App Password" setup to create a
>> new one, only to discover that they don't allow that. Should have
>> tried that before deleting the old one, but live and learn.
>>
>> So, any chance that rattling the cages at the upper end of the
>> hierarchy will get my setting sreinstated or not? Opinions?
>>
>> Eric, 70
>>
>> On Monday, October 12, 2026 at 03:20:07 PM EDT, Ron via linux
>> <linux [ at ] linux-ottawa [ dot ] org> wrote:
>>
>> On 2026-10-12 11:58, Eric Marceau via linux wrote:
>>
>>> As of last night, not sure what triggered it, I am *no longer
>> allowed to
>>
>>> use Rogers SMTP*
>>
>> I haven't heard of them cancelling that service, although I don't
>> use it
>>
>> so my knowledge (or lack thereof) isn't meaningful.
>>
>> What's the error message you're seeing?
>>
>> Rogers says these settings work:
>>
>>
> https://www.rogers.com/support/internet/shaw-email/pop-and-imap-email-server-settings#outgoing-mail-server-with-authentication
>>
>> Also, Rogers uses Yahoo for email:
>>
>> resolvectl query --type mx rogers.com [1]
>>
>> rogers.com [1] IN MX 10 mx-rogers.mail.am0.yahoodns.net [2]
>>
>> Maybe escalate with Yahoo?
>>
>>> I need my desktop client to automatically forward various emails
>> from
>>
>>> paid Service Providers to my wife. That is not possible for me
>> thru
>>
>>> the default Webmail client.
>>
>>>
>>
>>> Is there a solution here?
>>
>> Yet another reason to look at moving to a Canadian host like North
>> Mail
>>
>> recently mentioned here:
>>
>> https://northmail.ca/
>>
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> Links:
> ------
> [1] http://rogers.com
> [2] http://mx-rogers.mail.am0.yahoodns.net
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