Bruce Johnson wrote: > > On May 10, 2009, at 10:29 AM, Clark Martin wrote: > >>> Anyway, Cox readily provides their SMTP address and I'm up and >>> running. >> You're better off enabling authentication. It will work whever you >> are >> at and you won't have to keep changing your settings. > > No, it wont. Cox, for example, blocks ALL traffic for outgoing > mailservers on their network authenticated or not, at least here in > southern AZ...if you're on their network ALL outgoing mail has to go > through their servers unless you connect via VPN to the network with > your mail server on it.
That's just plain nuts. Who blocks any outgoing traffic? Sounds like a good reason to avoid Cox like the plague. > Not a big deal, though, all major mail programs will happily accept > multiple outgoing email servers, and usually try them all in turn > before complaining. I've got 4 outgoing servers set up on my laptop. > (Cox, Google, the main UA one and the COP server) > -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting "I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway" --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
