Brian McEwen writes, <most big ISPs now require you to use encryption when talking to their SMTP servers when you are sending email from some IP address that is outside of their network (when you are not at home, for exmaple, but at the StarBucks (assuming they don't provide service to the StarBucks).
The encryption used is SSL, Secure Socket Layers. If you can't use thqat protocol, no more sending mail while away from home.> Thank you for the explanation -- this sounds like a wireless-connection issue, though (since you mention Starbucks). I can and have sent and received email when not home, but never from a Starbucks and I'm not equipped or set up for wireless at all. I do all my Internetting including email via a dialup connection. I've got my Powerbooks both configured (FreePPP) for numbers local to the out-of-town place I occasionally find myself (five STATES away from home: never mind the Starbucks which is only 20 mins away), so I can access my ISP from that location, using their local number. And the email works fine that way, both sending and receiving. Dunno how "big" my ISP is -- NuNet is nationwide but to my knowledge not one of the household name ISPs like Netzero, Earthlink or AOL (and I don't know if they actually require the SSL SMTP), but I have no problems with email when I make my occasional trips up north. Does that help? ~Yersinia. ________ "'Eternal Vigilance Is The Price of Liberty' used to mean we watched the government - not the other way around." -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PowerBooks list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[email protected]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
