On Mon, Jul 15, 2002 at 01:16:43PM -0700, Todd Lyons wrote: > Find one which supports smtp auth and configure your client to always > use that outbound smtp server. Anywhere you connect from will work if > you are using smtp auth (and smtp outbound is not blocked by your > location's firewall, which it isn't blocking your smtp currently, so it > probably won't block the smtp auth :)
No can do.... Earthlink, Mindspring, et al block port 25 to any other mailserver except their own. So when you're dialed up on them you have no choice but to use their mailserver. This is an antispam policy to prevent spammers from doing tresspass relaying. Plus it lets them throtle spammers and use software the automatically detects and terminates their accounts. :) -- Ben Reser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://ben.reser.org We tend to see all wars through the lens of the current conflict, and we mine history for lessons convenient to the present purpose. - Brian Hayes
