Verizon Wireless SMTP Server has Been Shut Down – An Alternative

Charlie Abrahamson
Charlie Abrahamson CEO

Verizon Wireless has shut down their SMTP service as of Saturday, August 29th, 2009.

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The announcement on their website said the following:

“After a careful analysis of email messaging, Verizon Wireless has decided to no longer keep and maintain the SMTP Mail Relay Service. As part of our commitment to ensure that our customers are provided with the best possible user experience, Verizon Wireless manages a wide variety of services offered to customers.  Verizon Wireless considered this service, along with the needs of our customers, and decided that there are better alternatives for our customers than the SMTP Mail Relay Service.”

The suggested solution is to use another SMTP server. SMTP2GO is an example of an SMTP server that would be able to take the place of Verizon’s old SMTP service.

Originally published September 16, 2009

Charlie Abrahamson
Written by Charlie Abrahamson
CEO at SMTP2GO https://www.linkedin.com/in/charlie-abrahamson-63a59a5/

Charlie is CEO and co-founder of SMTP2GO. He started the company in 2006 after a trip to Argentina left him locked out of his own email (every internet café and local ISP blocked his attempts to send). Twenty years later, SMTP2GO delivers email for businesses around the world from its Christchurch, New Zealand base. Charlie has personally configured SMTP relays, debugged deliverability incidents, and led migrations for senders ranging from small businesses to enterprises moving off AWS SES, SendGrid, Mailgun, and Postmark. SMTP2GO is ISO 27001 certified, GDPR compliant and an M3AAWG member.

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