From: Chuck Blaisdell (chuck_at_ccncn.org)
Date: Fri Jan 05 2001 - 00:58:02 EST
Here's another idea that I use when on the road and using several
free dialup services with my Thinkpad (needed to get that in here <g>).
Create an account at
http://www.myrealbox.com (Free service sponsored by
Novell). They supply an smtp server that you can mail through no
matter what your connection is. You just have to remember to set
your email client to do a POP check of your myrealbox address
(which you don't ever have to actually use for receiving) before
sending through the myrealbox smtp server.
Chuck
On 4 Jan 2001, at 14:11, Dave W. Beauvais wrote:
> You could try this... run your own SMTP server. I do this on my laptops
> because it's so convenient. When on the go, it's hard to tell what type
> of Internet connection I'll have, but in the past, it almost always
> meant setting up new e-mail accounts in Outlook or modifying existing
> ones to send through a different SMTP server.
>
> Running my own server, I have a single account set to send mail through
> the server "localhost". The mail is sent from my own computer's SMTP
> server no matter what network I'm connected to. Very handy solution!
>
> Win2K has this feature built-in in the form of IIS's SMTP service, if
> you install it. On my Win98-based laptop, I use a program called
> "Advanced Direct Remailer" from http://www.mailutilities.com/adr/ .
> It's US$40 to register, but there's a 30-day trial period to see if it
> works for you. There may be cheaper servers available, but I liked the
> security features offered by this app. You just configure it, set it to
> load with Windows, and it sits there as an icon in the tray.
>
> Dave
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Mitchell Leben [mailto:mitch_at_leben.com]
> > Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2001 02:26 PM
> >
> > Bruce,
> >
> > The problem with that is that the ISP refuses
> > connections for outgoing email when coming from
> > an outside source (such as an AOL dialup).
> >
> > I did follow the suggestion to contact
> > domains_at_aol.net (thanks James) and will share
> > any information with this list.
> > [snip]
>
>
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