Trouble setting POP3 mail service.

I am able to use my Gmail account without any trouble however I would like to also use my POP 3 email account. Currently I am able to receive email using my POP 3 account but when I try to set up and send an email message, I get the following error:
"Cannot connect to the mail server to verify your account information. Your server is not responding".
I am assuming that I have a setting incorrectly configured but I don't know what it might be. Again, I receive email just fine but am unable to send. Any suggestions?

AZSALUKI wrote:
i had the same problem (received fine, couldn't send). my internet provider AND verizon had given me the wrong outgoing server settings. i eventually found the correct one here in these forums. give us a little more info.
Charter is easy as that is what I had. In fact if you choose the phone to set up the email automatically it should work fine.
If you choose to set it up manually, unless you have a Charter business account, DO NOT use charterinternet.com settings.
UPDATE, I checked the Charter Web site and the settings for sending mail are correct in the list above.

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