RE: AOL SMTP Server? (Run your own SMTP server)

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From: Michael Geary (Mike_at_Geary.com)
Date: Fri Jan 05 2001 - 13:27:37 EST


I recommend this solution too. I've been using VPOP3 myself, and it works
great:

http://www.pscs.co.uk/products/vpop3/

VPOP3 is also about $40 with a 30-day trial. It has a POP3 server as well as
SMTP, but you can just use whichever part of it you need. It also has
security features; I'm not sure how they compare with Advanced Direct
Remailer.

It makes things so much more convenient and flexible when you have your own
SMTP server on your local machine!

-Mike

> 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.


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