I have pondered doing that, but am concerned that it could be harnessed by "evil doers" also. Still worth looking into before I go out and subscribe to a dialup ISP I guess... So far it has not been a big issue, as I do not even tell my clients I am eMailing backup and intrusion stats to a gMail account set up for each client.
Thanks! Gil > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Paul McNett > Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2008 11:54 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [NF] Dialup Internet Backup > > > Gil Hale wrote: > > After over 10 years of using Earthlink once as a dialup ISP, later as an > > on-the-road and backup connection, I finally closed the account > late last > > year. And I am now thinking I may have made an error. I used > to be able to > > use the Earthlink account's eMail specs and my UserID/Password to set up > > eMail alerts from various firewall devices and backup software. > I cut all > > that over to another ISP's info. But that ISP has lately begun > to require > > me to use authentication for outbound eMails, and some of the > firewalls do > > not support that feature. So I am considering looking at > another dial-up > > ISP (likely not Earthlink $$) to correct that. It is not a > major issue, but > > I prefer to know if anything is going on with a problem before > anyone else > > knows. It is part of how I have been able to attain Hero Status with > > several clients of mine <g>. > > Put up your own email server on the net, that allows unauthenticated > port 25 connections from your devices in the field. Then send the mail > anywhere you want from there. > > Paul > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
