[THIN] Re: OT: Scripted Change of Outlook Account Configuration

  • From: "Jeff Durbin" <techlists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2004 23:31:33 +1300

I'm not sure I follow. If the ISP doesn't allow outbound TCP on port 25
except from their own mail servers, how does authenticated SMTP help? For
example, my ISP is ISP A. If I'm on ISP B's network, and try to send mail
over TCP port 25  to my ISP's mail server (ISP A), ISP B blocks outbound
port 25 because it's not coming from their mail servers. 
 

-----Original Message-----
From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Steve Greenberg
Sent: 12 January 2004 5:30 PM
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Re: OT: Scripted Change of Outlook Account Configuration


A simpler way, if available, is to request an authenticated SMTP server from
your ISP. This way you can access the SMTP server of your own ISP account
from anywhere.
 
Regards,

Steve Greenberg
Thin Client Computing
34522 N. Scottsdale Rd. suite D8453
Scottsdale, AZ 85262
(602) 432-8649
(602) 296-0411 fax
steveg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx



-----Original Message-----
From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Jeff Durbin
Sent: Sunday, January 11, 2004 4:42 PM
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] OT: Scripted Change of Outlook Account Configuration


  I carry my laptop between multiple customer networks. Because most ISP's
only allow SMTP relaying from addresses inside their networks, I am
constantly reconfiguring my SMTP server settings for 3 accounts in Outlook
2002. Does anyone know of a (free) way to easily change the SMTP server
settings for my Outlook accounts? 
  I've looked around quite a bit for a VBScript (which is what I would
prefer), to no avail. I thought the Office 2003 Reskit Profile Wizard would
do it, but it doesn't capture these settings
(http://www.microsoft.com/office/ork/2003/three/ch10/OutE03.htm). I'm sure
there is an easy answer to this, but I'm not seeing it. Any ideas would be
greatly apprecicated.
 
Thanks,
 
Jeff Durbin

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