email help req

[bramswell]

I am having problems with my emails.i have checked all the other posts but am unable to resolve the problem.
It has been working fine until a day or two ago.
this is the result from testing network settings

Actinic Mail Test completed successfully
server: passed
connection: failed
sockets: passed
communications: failed
authorisation: failed
message: Connection refused

also i can not get emails from the website via the contact form, this is the result

Unable to connect to the mail socket (Connection refused)

here is the info from the export on network settings

HTTPPROXYMODE 0
HTTPPROXYADDRESS
HTTPPROXYPORT 80
HTTPPROXYUSER
HTTPPROXYPASSWORD
FTPPROXYMODE 0
FTPPROXYADDRESS
FTPPROXYPORT 21
FTPPROXYUSER
FTPPROXYPASSWORD
SCRIPTID 1
SCRIPTEXT .pl
SMTPHOST localhost
WEBSITEURL http://www.bestdogbakery.co.uk/
IGNOREPASSIVEERRORS true
USERELATIVECGIURLS false
PATHTOPERL /usr/bin/perl
USEENHANCEFTP true
FTPCLIENTTIMEOUT 15000
FTPRETRYDELAY 3000
FTPSILENT false
FTPMAXRETRIES 3
FTPCONNECTTIMEOUT 25000
SMTPAUTHREQUIRED false
SMTPUSERNAME darkside32.freeserve.co.uk
SMTPPASSWORD xxxxxxxx
CATALOGURL http://www.bestdogbakery.co.uk/acatalog/
CGIBINURL http://www.bestdogbakery.co.uk/cgi-bin/
PATHFROMCGITOCATALOG ../acatalog/
CODEBASE ./
FTPHOST ftp.bestdogbakery.co.uk
FTPUSERNAME bestdog
FTPPASSWORD xxxxxxxxx
PATHTOCGIBIN /public_html/cgi-bin/
USEPASSIVEFTP true
FTPPATHFROMCGITOCATALOG /public_html/acatalog/

[RuralWeb]

If things have been working fine then a possible cause is that your host has changed someting at thier end - best check with them.

[pinbrook]

yep its a host thing...