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From: "Richard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> I was reminded that *I* may need to do that, as I travel with an old
Toshiba
> under W98 (boss is tight-fisted!). I was working in Stockholm's Bromma
> airport at the end of the week, & there was a vague possibility that I
would
> have to d/l a program from the office. No way could I get a dial-up link,
or
> a direct connect to the airport server, but the whole airport is a hot
zone!
One additional thing, which is related to Wi-Fi. A friend and his wife
travelled by van cross country and managed to find hot spots at every place,
where they stopped for the night. Often in, or near hotels, Starbucks and
local coffee shopes have it too. They did not change their e-mail settings
and had no problems.
They took digital pictures and sent them home to friends and family. All
this using their normal e-mail client (Eudora and OE). What puzlled me is
how did they manage to use the SMTP server form their "native" Comcast.
Did some experimenting the last few days on this subject. Some ISP's
provide info on how to setup your e-mail (SMTP server part) to use other
ISPs for this purpose. In most cases it does work, that is you can send
mail via Comcast (being connected to) using Earthlink SMTP server. You have
to put SMTPAuth.earthlink.net and give your user/pass.
Immediately I found an exception. Can't use Comcast SMTP over Earthlink
connection. IN that case you use webmail or any of the free e-mail
services.
I was very puzzled that while travelling, he never found a Wi-Fi ISP which
would NOT let him send with Comcast SMTP.
If you recall, years ago you could use any SMTP server w/o authorizing, then
they were blocked. Now they are available again, but with user/pass added
to SMTP.
Regards,
Rich
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