Re: Wi-fi and SMTP
- From: "Ben Clay" <benf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2006 10:07:33 +0100
"DanR" <dhr22@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Alan wrote:.... snip ...
.. snip..I have an Apple Mac Powerbook with a wireless card. All works fine at
home. When I travel, I often use wi-fi hotspots, but I'm not able to
send emails although I can receive them fine.
It might be because your ISP will only allow email sending when you are
connected to its servers. The work-around is to use web based email.
(which you said you didn't like)
Many ISPs have gone this route to prevent spamming from its servers. Mine
has... SBC.
My ISP limits sending emails to when I'm connected via the broadband line in
the house ,too.
I have overcome that problem when I'm out and about by installing a mail
client that sits on a spare PC at home (I used MailEnable but there will be
others available). The PC is always on while I'm away and, because my ISP
supplies a static IP addresss, I can send emails to the SMTP service running
on the spare PC; in turn, it simply forwards them to my ISP for delivery in
the usual way.
Note: this SMTP service is giving me "mail relay" - what the spammers want
to use - so as well as a tight firewall, I have a very long username/pssword
combination. Interestingly, I was checking the logs in the early days and as
well as the usual hackers trying to get onto the mail server, I noticed my
ISP trying a whole series of tests to ensure they don't have a mail relay on
one of their lines.
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