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Oisín
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Jun 8, 2004, 04:04 PM
 
Anybody know what's a good free SMTP server to use? I can't access my ISP's here (obviously, since my ISP is in Denmark), so I thought I'd download a system-tray local SMTP server instead and see if I can get that to work...

So far, a search has yielded Advanced SMTP. Anyone have good/bad experiences with this (or know if it's like a huge scam or something)?
     
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Jun 8, 2004, 05:12 PM
 
Originally posted by Ois�n:
Anybody know what's a good free SMTP server to use? I can't access my ISP's here (obviously, since my ISP is in Denmark), so I thought I'd download a system-tray local SMTP server instead and see if I can get that to work...

So far, a search has yielded Advanced SMTP. Anyone have good/bad experiences with this (or know if it's like a huge scam or something)?
How about the free SMTP server which is part of OSX? Postfix Enabler can be used to turn it on.

There is a potential downside to this software, although this might not be of concern to you.
     
Oisín  (op)
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Jun 8, 2004, 05:35 PM
 
Originally posted by philm:
How about the free SMTP server which is part of OSX? Postfix Enabler can be used to turn it on.

There is a potential downside to this software, although this might not be of concern to you.
Hmm... forgot to mention that my PowerBook still only exists in my dreams, due to lack of funds...
     
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Jun 8, 2004, 05:53 PM
 
If you're running XP or 2000, they also have a SMTP built in within IIS.

What kind of system are you running?
     
C.J. Moof
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Jun 8, 2004, 06:09 PM
 
Originally posted by Ois�n:
Anybody know what's a good free SMTP server to use? I can't access my ISP's here (obviously, since my ISP is in Denmark), so I thought I'd download a system-tray local SMTP server instead and see if I can get that to work...

So far, a search has yielded Advanced SMTP. Anyone have good/bad experiences with this (or know if it's like a huge scam or something)?
Why don't more ISP's just enable POP before SMTP? One sends their POP user/pass, they're authenticated, and their IP is put on a "guest list" for (typically) 10 minutes, enabling sending from anywhere. Just check mail every 10 minutes, and you're able to send, and the maximum it's an open relay is for 9:59 from ONE IP address.

I have my corporate mail server set up this way, and it never matters where a laptop goes, they can always send from their account.

One thought to working around the problem is to get a .mac account and send from there.... it's ISP independent.
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Oisín  (op)
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Jun 9, 2004, 10:30 AM
 
Originally posted by velodev:
If you're running XP or 2000, they also have a SMTP built in within IIS.

What kind of system are you running?
XP... what's IIS?

I tried installing Advanced SMTP Server, and it works, but it's shareware, so only for 30 days.

Now there's just one thing that's bothering me: There's one particular e-mail address that I can't seem to send to using ASMTP. Just one particular e-mail address!

If I use my webmail (same address, just webmail instead of Thunderbird), then I can send to it, but not through Thunderbird...
     
   
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