Re: Ask EU mail sending message
- From: Sebastian Lisken <Sebastian.Lisken@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: 9 May 2009 10:53:13 GMT
As ever so often, I'm coming into this late, and I probably have
nothing specific enough to contribute, but I would like to raise a
general point.
There certainly seems to be a difference between all your email
worlds and mine. I never look for a new SMTP server when I change
machines. I've used my laptop in various nets, now I'm using some
Swiss network - I don't even know which, I don't care.
The key for me is not to ask who is currently giving me internet
connectivity but who is providing my email account. I sign up for
freemail services such as GMX (or Gmail, for that matter), and all of
these provide a POP/IMAP server for reading and an SMTP server *with
username/password authentication* for writing. Because I authenticate,
they accept my connection from anywhere. The same goes for the old
university email that still arrives at my current mailbox through
automatic forwarding, and which has its own SMTP server which I use
if I want to send an email from that address (which is extremely rare).
Maybe the difference is that some of you have bought internet
connectivity from some ISP and chosen to also use the email account
that many of them offer as part of the package. That is something
I'd never do, because inevitably you may want to change ISPs either
because you're moving around or might find a better deal. You don't
want to have to notify your email contacts that your address has
changed just because you terminated a contract with some ISP. I'd
always advise against such "packages" as long as there are reasonably
good free email providers out there. (Oh, and in case I do switch
the place where I want to read my email, I always look for automatic
forwarding as a "must" function in an email provider.)
In Jane's case a third kind of ISP might be involved - the one that
provides her clothandclay.co.uk domain (clara.net?). Things might get
a bit muddy here as this might also be her "internet connectivity"
ISP in the UK. If this is the case there might be the problem that all
they offer is SMTP services from within their own network and without
authentication (as the customer is supposed to be authenticated by
having opened the DSL connection). But in the case of clara.net,
"http://www.uk.clara.net/support/email/setting-up-outlook"; seems
to suggest that you can also connect from other networks if you
authenticate via SMTP. Even if that particular page does not apply
to you, using the SMTP server that's related to your email account
and using user/password authentication is what I'd try to find.
Sebastian
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