Problem with Apple iPhone Smartphone

IPhone Road Runner Issues

I recently purchased an IPhone and am having trouble sending and receiving e-mails from my Road Runner account. I have confirmed that the pop-server and smtp-server information for Road Runner is correct, but still have no success. Any help help is greatly appreciated.

Posted by avatar on Jan 05, 2008

    • By avatarGuest Apr 13, 2009
    • I can receive mail - but cannot send any.

    • By avatarGuest Mar 15, 2009
    • i can receive my roadrunner emails but cannot reply to them! help1

    • By avatartzori Mar 01, 2009
    • I setup my RR email account on iPhone using
      pop-server.roadrunner.com for outgoing
      smtp-server.roadrunner.com for incomming

      When using WiFi I have no problem sending and receiving. When using 3G only I can only receive emails. I get the following error when sending any emails "Cannot Send Mail The sender address was invalid"


    • By avatarKmoen Nov 29, 2008
    • I have the same problem with Road Runner (Time Warner). I verified (several times) the pop server was correct as well as the SMTP server info was correct. I went back to the AT&T store and they told me that TW does not support email to the iPhone. I then called TW (twice) and they confirmed this. Also they tried to refer me back to apple. The representative asked me "who is the manufacture of the iPhone? TW supports SPRINT as they are business partners. Anyway, to keep it simple I could not get the simple settings to work on my iPhone to get my RR email. I followed the advice of setting up a "Gmail" account and had my RR email forwarded. That works just fine. I am a little taken back by TW though! Just because they do business with SPRINT doesn't mean that everyone else wants to!

    • By avatar4thandLast Aug 26, 2008
    • thanks!!! I created a GMAIL Account and went to the RoadRunner WebMail page and checked the box that allows forwarding to GMAIL and keeping a copy at RoadRunner.



      That is a really klugey way to solve the problem - but, hey, it works great! Thanks VERY MUCH for the information

    • By avatarekurtz1 Aug 24, 2008
    • Can receive but not send from my road runner account. It worked fine at first and now will not work. Will not recognize server to send from road runner.

    • By avatarGuest Aug 15, 2008
    • AHHH, My friend just gave me her smtp and that worked fine. Now I can send mail However, I CAN"T RECEIVE Mail now. It says "cannot connect to pop-server@roadrunner.com." I'm usually on "edge" I;m ready to shoot someone!! Any help?

    • By avatarlinkeylegs Jul 29, 2008
    • I have the exact problem and the battery is wearing down way too quickly. AT&T suggested that I get a new phone if the battery keeps failing. They said to contact Time Warner for the e-mail issues.



    • By avatarGuest Feb 18, 2008
    • Roadrunner doesn't seem to use IMAP only POP, thus problems using Iphone which requires IMAP

    • By avatarblessednc Feb 15, 2008
    • I can get my incoming roadrunner email but even with the AT&T smtp address cwmx.com I can't get my email to go out on my Iphone

Solutions (21)

Best Solution


Setting Outgoing Server on iPhone
1. From the Home screen, tap Settings.
2. On the Settings screen, tap Mail, Contacts, Calendars.
3. On the Mail screen, under Accounts, tap your Roadrunner account.
4. Tap Outgoing Mail Server (SMTP).
5. Tap Primary Server (might say, smtp-server.roadrunner.com or some other rr server)
Host Name
Change Host Name to cwmx.com
User Name
Leave blank
Password
Leave blank

SSL
Make sure SSL is off
Authentication
Should say Password
Server Port
Should say 25, if not change to 25

As an alternate if the above does not work: After tapping Outgoing Mail Server (SMTP), look for AT&T SMTP Server, tap it, then turn Server to ON

Good Luck!


Mine works now. Here is what I have.
under my mail account:
on mail account - now i have the new ipone g3 (do not think it matters)
incoming:
pop-server.tx.rr.com
my email & password

outgoing:
Primary server
smtp.server@tx.rr.com
advanced:
authentication password (your rr email password you must have this input for outgoing too)
Use SSL on
primary server smtp.server@tx.rr.com
other server at&t smtp server ON
att server was already set @ cwms.com (i could not modify this area) other than on/off
Hope this works for you!
I am a happy camper! :-)

  • By Author imagemssully Sep 02, 2008

    • By avatarRockfourd Mar 11, 2011
    • What this does is turns off using roadrunner for sending mail and turns on using att for sending mail. But it worked

With Roadrunner mail the outgoing server settings vary depending on wether or not you are processing the mail through your Roadrunner suppied modem or not. If your iPhone is connected through your Roadrunner modem (i.e. you are connected to your home wifi network) the SMTP server is set to port 25. If you are outside of your home network the SMTP server is connected through port 587. You can create an additional SMTP server and name it Roadrunner:587 (the colon will tell the setup to use port 587) and enable both servers. That way if you are at home and connected through your wireless lan (much faster than 3G) it will use the port 25 enables server and if you are on the road it will use the port 587 server.

Hope this helps....Enjoy

I just had the same problem today and here was my resolution without creating any other accounts.

I have a treo palm pro and was using time warner with no issues until last thursday when for some reason it stopped working and I couldn't send messages anymore even though i could receive all my emails.
instead of using the hyphans try for example for your incoming use pop.tx.rr.com yours would be pop.whatever.rr.com.For your outgoing use smtp.tx.rr.com and yours would be smtp.whatever.rr.com

for your username use the entire email address for example johndoe@tx.rr.com and make sure you select my server requires authentication,no ssl or anything like that but if you can change to outgoing port to 587 then do so,this should work for you.GOOD LUCK

    • By avatarSunninginHI Mar 15, 2011
    • Experienced this with Verizon iPhone, too. Tried all the solutions and this option helped! Thank you!

      It worked for me as follows:
      Host name: smtp-server.xx.rr.com
      User name: your name@xx.rr.com
      Password: enter your password
      Use SSL: off
      Authentification: password
      Server port: 587

In settings change in SMTP to smtp.server.***.rr.com
Use a dot instead of a dash. The *** would be your state. My setting is smtp.server.nyc.rr.com
I did this and mails coming and going with no problem. Leave the incoming setting alone. My setting would be pop-server.nyc.rr.com

To send Road Runner Web Mail from your iPhone & iPad:

  1. On your iPhone or iPad select Settings.
  2. Select Mail, Contacts, Calendars.
  3. Select Add Account... (or select existing Road Runner Email address if it has already been set up).
  4. Select Other.
  5. Select Add Mail Account and fill out your:

    • Name
    • Address: yourusername@tx.rr.com
    • Password
    • Description: Road Runner Mail (Name that displays in your Account list on the iPhone)
  6. Press the Next button
  7. Select POP and fill out the Incoming Mail Server and Outgoing Mail Server form:

      • Incoming Mail Server Host: pop-server.tx.rr.com
      • User Name: yourusername@tx.rr.com (You must enter your complete Email address).
      • Password: Your password
      • If needed, enter port 110 and set Secure Server to off

      • Outgoing Mail Server Host: mobile-smtp.roadrunner.com
      • User Name: yourusername@tx.rr.com (You must enter your complete Email address).
      • Password: Your password
      • If needed, enter port 587 and set Secure Server to off (or without SSL)

        NOTE: Apple may display the message "Do you want to try setting up the account without SSL?" User should select Yes. Apple may take a minute to verify settings and may ask again, "Do you want to try setting up the account without SSL?" Select Yes again and the setup will be complete.
    • Select Save.

I just got off the phone with Apple. They told me that the pop servers at road runner will only send the email to one place (your iphone OR your outlook). So I setup a gmail account and then went to the roadrunner webmail and set it up to forward to the gmail account. Tadaa! It works perfectly. Thanks for the suggestion applgeek!

I just set mine up and it was able to automatically configure. It's using pop-server.roadrunner.com and mobile-smtp. Roadrunner.com

I had the same problem and called the Apple support line at (800) 767-2775. The nice tech on the other end walked me through the setup. My problem was that my password had "&" included and for some reason the IPhone could not recognize the ampersand. Once I changed my RoadRunner password (www.selfhelp.nyc.rr.com), I could receive and send RoadRunner e-mail. Before you call, have your IPhone serial number, which you can find under setup. Hope this helps.

How to setup my email in iphone? im using xxx@nyc.rr.com

Incoming server
pop-server.nyc.rr.com
Outgoing server
cwmx.com

no username
no password
Unfortunately tWC is quite adimant about not allowing outgoing mail from off the Roadrunner network. So you cannot use the same settings as you would at home…
(for those following, that would be smtp.nyc.rr.com)
Also unfortunately, ATT will not allow anyone to use the CWMX.com server off the EDGE network.
What does this mean? You should use the cwmx.com server as much as possible, but it means that if you are off the edge network (on wifi) at that exact moment, your mail will not go out. Once you get off wifi (manually, or leave the range of the hotspot) your mail will send out.
Another way to do this would be to forward your email to google.com. Google’s interface is free, connects just fine, and will hold EVERY email there until you delete it. So you could forward your email to the gmail server, checking the setting to leave copy of mail in your roadrunner account. This will send a copy of the mail to google while leaving a copy at home.
Set up your iphone to it the gmail server (it has preset settings in the mail setup).

RR email does not support relaying. that is the problem. Many unhappy iPhones users out there, Apple & att!!

Try putting another email account on it. I suggest making an account at gmail and putting it on there. If it works, forward your roadrunner email to the gmail account and use that on your iphone.
Also, do you use pop or IMAP?

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  • By Author imageeyumr May 13, 2009

Forwarding through Gmail is a solution however there is a slightly different, but I think better solution. You should have no problem receiving mail on your iPhone from Roadrunner, but sending out wo't work unless you're on your home network. Here's how to fix it.

1) Setup a Gmail account and add the account to your iPhone
2)In the email setting on the iphone navigate to your Roadrunner account settings. Assuming your incoming mail is working, leave the Incoming Mail Server Settings alone.
3)In the Outgoing mail server dialog enter the host name (smtp.gmail.com), Under user name enter your Gmail user name NOT your Roadrunner, and finally enter your Gmail password in the password field.
4)You've got mail

The reason it works is because once you've setup a Gmail account you have access to the server via your username and password. There's the added bonus of Gmail saving copies of any mail you send from your roadrunner account. BTW this technique works for any pop accounts you might have.

Hope this helps someone. =)

  • By Author imageGuest Feb 27, 2008

    • By avatarnash24 Aug 02, 2011
    • I am a former adelphia user, and I have found that
      incoming works with pop-server.roadrunner.com, and
      outgoing works with mail.adelphia.net
      On a iMac, user default ports in the Advanced settings, and uncheck SSL, Authentication: none
      On the iPad, it automatically set it up for mobile-smtp.roadrunner.com, and worked!
      Have not yet checked the iPhone, but will report soon...

The problem is that RR does not allow relaying. Level 2 Apple support told me so. The cwmx server is the old EDGE SMTP server for cingular, at&t. NOT for wifi use. You would think that Apple & Time Warner would come up with a solution ASAP! *I've had 2 clients with this issue. Yes, forwarding is a semi-annoying "fix" at best. IMAP mail is much more preferred if you have email AND mobile email.

  • By Author imageGuest Jan 23, 2008

I had the same problem. I called Apple. There is a completely different server for road runner accounts, for outgoing mail. It is something like smtp-cwmx (not the same as the one on your computer), but I would call your provider to make sure. Once I entered the new info under settings, it worked well.

  • By Author imageGuest Jan 11, 2008

I tried a lot of the methods mentioned above, but none worked. finally I went to the apple support web page. Looked up the iphone and email setup. I use RR in the Dallas area, entered my email address, user name and password as requested and it connected right up. I dont know, but when all else fails read the directions dont know what else to say about it. Good luck everyone.

Have you tried solution #8?

  • By Author imageGuest Sep 14, 2008

I have always heard that the relaying problem is the issue, but that you could fake it out by using a different SMTP port with password authentication. I will research more just because I'm like that. Thanks for the GMail suggestion as a fallback though.

  • By Author imageGuest Mar 25, 2008

I was able to make Solution 3 work. However, when I send an email via my Road Runner account, it has my Gmail address as the sender. Is there a way it can go out as my RR account?
Thank in advance

  • By Author imageGuest Mar 01, 2008

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