Hello Gary, Att works for me with Mercury, but AOL will not. I got the IP address of the nameserver on my PC with ATT by using IPConfig/ALL in the command prompt window (Win 2000) - they may change over time so I may have to re-enter. But you are right, not very usefull for me -maybe I'll think of some reason this method of mail delivery would be preferable later.
But with AOL on my portable computer for traveling with Win 98 (ugh). I (and helpers) did a Whois search and came up with IP addresses of the nameservers but still got a message back from the server of "We do not relay non-local mail - sorry" Incidentally, what and exactly how does one do a Whois search - I sort of muddled through Google and went to a site where I entered AOL.com, but is this really the way? I feel like I've taken a IT course since yesterday - finally figuring out what some of these things are - nameservers, DNS, Dynamic something or other - where the IP address is chosen as you go... Thanks. Wednesday, October 16, 2002, 10:39:25 AM, you wrote: G> On Wed, Oct 16, 2002 at 11:29:14AM -0500 or thereabouts, Allie C Martin wrote: >> Gary [G] wrote:' >> G> Mercury would work best if you had your own domain, and running >> G> your own mail server. Otherwise, I don't see any practical use >> G> for it, as TB! provides all the transport (SMTP & POP3) info for >> G> any account that you have existing. >> >> You don't need to have a domain to make Mercury directly deliver >> mail for you. G> Hi Allie, G> Does Mercury have their own mail servers.. How else could it deliver to G> domains if ISPs block port 25? There are several ISPs, i.e. ATT, G> Simpatico, etc., which block 25, so their customers are forced to use G> their own mail servers only. -- Best regards, slug mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ________________________________________________ Current version is 1.61 | "Using TBUDL" information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
