This announcement only applies if you use Telecom as your ISP.
We have read recently in various places on the internet, that Telecom / Xtra / Yahoo maybe switching off their smtp.xtra.co.nz outgoing mailserver (using port 25), in the near future. Most people will now be using the new version which is send.xtra.co.nz, which uses an authenticated connection, and if you are using the old version you should consider switching to their new setting now. If you are not sure on how to do this, please contact your ISP Telecom for support. If you do start to have trouble sending email, this will likely be the reason why. You can also use our outgoing mail server to send out email on most of our hosting plans.