ON Wednesday, September 25, 2002, 3:57:19 PM, you wrote:
JH> I use AOL to connect to the internet when I'm on the road because JH> there are so many local phone numbers to choose from. I can download JH> email from my server with TB! and the AOL connection, but I can't send JH> mail from TB!. TB! is set up just the same way on my laptop and my JH> desktop, so it seems I ought to be able to send/receive mail the same JH> and just use AOL for my access to the internet. I'm thinking it's JH> some kind of firewall, but I'm not sure. JH> Is there any way around this? Hi Jeanny, I am not an AOL expert but it might have to do with your dial up account being linked to a telephone number. Have a look at this tread: Re: global option for smtp server It describes how to install a SMTP server program. That should make it possible to send mail from whatever connection you are on. -- Best regards, Gerard -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Imagine if every Thursday your shoes exploded if you tied them the usual way. This happens to us all the time with computers, and nobody thinks of complaining. -- Jeff Raskin Using The Bat! v1.61 on Windows 2000 5.0 Build 2195 Service Pack 3 ________________________________________________ Current version is 1.61 | "Using TBUDL" information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
