Re: Compuserve SMTP

"Nicola Redwood" <nicolaexternal-newsgroups@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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"Devs" <spamtrap@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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In message <1183631993.23281.0@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Owain
<owain47125@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes
Try putting the ISP email address in the From: and the CS mail address in
the ReplyTo: ?

That will get it out I'm sure it's just his pals won't know who it's
from!
--
Devs
"Punchdown Pete the old Kroner"

You just need to use the ISP's SMTP server and depending on whether or not
they require it, authentication.
No need to change the sending email address.
I use the SMTP server for my Yahoo! Plus account for example, which uses
authentication and because my ISP block outgoing connections on port 25, I
use port 587 which Yahoo! support instead.
Had a CS account for years and done this with many ISP's ADSL and dial-up

I think what the OP is trying to achieve is a single OE mail account which
can be used for any ISP, given that he said the laptop was used in various
places.

I thought the whole point of authenticated SMTP was to allow this
portability: you prove that you have an account on the SMTP server that you
are using, so as to allow that server to be accessed from "foreign" ISPs
which won't have validated you via the dial-up or broadband account logon.

You do get some ISPs that won't co-operate either way: Wanadoo would only
let you access their own SMTP server (and no other) while you were connected
via a Wanadoo connection, but they would not allow access to their server
(even with authentication) from any other ISP. I think the server refused to
respond, without even getting to authentication. Stalemate. As for
configuring using different ports than 25/110 - well that wasn't on the crib
*** used by the Indian call-centre, so I got no joy when I tried to find
out if there was a way of circumventing the restriction. Have you noticed
how Indian call-centres will try to convince you that you don't have a
problem if you ask a question that's not on their list? ;-)

This was for a non-computer-literate user who wanted to be able to send
email from his new laptop both from his home (Wanadoo) connection and his
work (non-Wanadoo) connection, and couldn;t get his brain around switiching
between two OE accounts (with different SMTP servers configured) depending
on where he would be when he actually pressed Send/Receive.


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