[windows2000] Re: OT: email problem while traveling
- From: "Costanzo, Ray" <rcostanzo@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2004 15:22:39 -0500
I have not been following this thread.
What about installing IIS with SMTP service on the machine and using
localhost as the SMTP server in the mail program?
Ray at work
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sullivan, Glenn [mailto:GSullivan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2004 3:23 PM
> To: 'windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'
> Subject: [windows2000] Re: OT: email problem while traveling
>
> Why can't the traveling users simply send email through
> CompuServe's SMTP
> servers?
>
> Set up to receive mail from the pop servers (port 110, which
> shouldn't be
> blocked) and to relay out through CompuServe's SMTP servers...
>
> Or am I missing something? Has CompuServe gone to an
> AOL-Like proprietary
> mail system?
>
> HTH,
>
> Glenn Sullivan, MCSE+I MCDBA
> David Clark Company Inc.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Spanne [mailto:werenomads@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2004 2:35 PM
> To: windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [windows2000] Re: OT: email problem while traveling
>
>
> I need a bit more info, but here are a few assumptions.
>
> Compuserve is used as ISP because of world wide presence, and
> relatively
> cheap, but are not using its email (propietary, not POP/SMTP?) and
> you/they want to stay with Compuserve. Users are also using a
> local ISP
> for connectivity and/or POP/SMTP accounts, and they work fine when
> connecting with that ISP. Compuserve is blocking access to
> the SMTP of
> the local ISP, as part of a way of preventing
> spoofing/bouncing or other
> means of improper mail use (my ISP does this as well, getting
> to be common
> practice in that business).
>
> As a result, you will either need to use a web interface for email, or
> have an email host that has an alternate port(s) for SMTP to
> bypass the
> default port 25 used by SMTP and blocked by many ISPs. Ease
> of support,
> and access from any internet connected PC would lean me towards web
> interface.
> http://dmoz.org/Computers/Internet/E-mail/Free/Web-Based/
> There are hundreds available, and many are free, with added
> services for
> $. Yahoo!, Hotmail, Lycos, Mail.com are some of the most well
> known, and
> each provide the ability to pull mail from POP accounts. For example,
> Yahoo! will host your domain for $ and then you can create
> email addresses
> and use their web mail interface, and you can buy as much
> storage space
> for the web mail accounts as you want, you can also have
> POP/SMTP access
> to get mail off their servers for archiving. FuseMail.com is great for
> pulling from multiple accounts, but I think its kind of a beta of a
> particular technology, so its future is up in the air.
>
> Does this business have it's own domain name? If so, is it hosted by a
> third party? If not, they should consider getting one, and having it
> hosted.
>
> http://reviews.cnet.com/2001-6028-0.html
> www.webhostdir.com
> www.webhostdir.com
> webhosts.thelist.com
>
> My wife has a small business and web/mail hosting of her domain name.
> $7.50 month when paid annually, $11.50 monthly etc. Up to
> 500 POP/SMTP
> accounts (alternate port for SMTP available, limitted by 1000MB total
> storage limit) Bandwidth 50GB monthly ETC. She is not a
> roadwarrior, so
> prefers local email client.
>
> After all this, this may not be the direction you want to
> head. Tell me
> what your thinking, and hopefully I can help you find what you need.
>
> David
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> > Thanks for the replies. Can those ideas you're discussing
> be accessed
> > using
> > Compuserve from China? Will this solve the "not a relay"
> problem when
> > sending from China?
> >
> > David, could you point me in the right direction regarding
> email hosting?
> > I'm not trying to be lazy, I'm just hoping you have some
> experience with
> > these services and can show me a good one.
> >
> > Art
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "David Spanne" <werenomads@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2004 3:46 PM
> > Subject: [windows2000] Re: OT: email problem while traveling
> >
> >
> >> Understood, but I'm not advising they use "the web
> interface" of the
> >> ISP.
> >> They may have to put their existing email that they
> probably have in a
> >> PST
> >> (since they are using Outlook for POP/SMTP) back on to a server.
> >> My simple assumption is that for a "small company" with 3
> road warriors,
> >> its cheaper to use an email hosting service of one type or another,
> >> rather
> >> than set up your own email servers (any type) or mess with
> VPN or the
> >> other solutions mentioned. There are so many options available for
> >> services to host your email in one way or another, that I
> can't imagine
> >> a
> >> solution could not be found that is much simpler and cheaper than
> >> setting
> >> up a server.
> >>
> >> David
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> > I could be mistaken, but I believe that the reason they
> didn't want to
> > use
> >> > the web interface that the ISP provided was because they
> already had
> > mail
> >> > in
> >> > Outlook that they needed to have access to with their
> >> incoming/outgoing
> >> > mail.
> >> >
> >> > Drew
> >> >
> >>
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