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snkupo October 9, 2007 at 04:19:53 Pacific
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Hi.
I have a POP email address from my ISP. The SMTP outgoing server I use to send mail with will only work when I am connected to my ISP. Since I don't live at home all the time, and am connected to another ISP when I am not home, sending mail doesn't work when I'm not home.
Is there such a thing as a free SMTP server address I can use to send mail with my mail account even when I am not connected to my original ISP? I'd rather not change mail adresses.

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Chuck 2 October 9, 2007 at 04:32:57 Pacific

I have the same problem when away from home.
So then I use free mail service provided by
Yahoo. Then my address is
@yahoo.com
Go to your ISPs website. Maybe can login there and send mail.
Contact your ISP. Maybe they have a solution.

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Jennifer SUMN October 9, 2007 at 04:45:58 Pacific

If you're connected to another ISP you should be able to change the email account settings to use their outgoing email server, regardless of whether or not you have a mail account on that ISP.
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DMK October 9, 2007 at 08:04:56 Pacific

Hi
Most responsible isp's will not allow an open relay on their smtp server in order to avoid having their server used by spammers. I suggest that you contact your isp and ask if there is any workaround. Some will allow you to use the server while on another network if you authenticate your account on the smtp server. As Chuck 2 mentioned in his reply, check with your isp or go to their website and see if there is a webmail option for your account.
HTH
Dale

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per October 9, 2007 at 14:42:49 Pacific

gmail.com. The best out there.

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J_Squared October 9, 2007 at 15:51:57 Pacific

Assuming that you are connected to the internet, you do need to use an ISP's SMTP to send an email. You can do it directly from your computer using an SMTP server program such as Free SMTP Server. You can download it free from
http://www.softstack.com/freesmtp.h...
I have tried it and it works well.
This has the added advantage that your ISP cannot read your emails.

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J_Squared October 9, 2007 at 15:59:31 Pacific

Apologies for the typo in Response 5. It should have read, "you do not need to use an ISP's SMTP to send an email".

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Jennifer SUMN October 9, 2007 at 17:45:13 Pacific

J_Squarred, you can edit your responses by clicking the (edit): option.
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whitevalley October 9, 2007 at 19:57:37 Pacific

As DMK hinted, most decent ISPs have a Webmail feature. Use that -- it allows you to check/send email from ANYwhere, ANYtime, ANY connection.
Go to your ISP's homepage, and click on either "Webmail", or "Member Services, then Webmail", or something similar... Offhand, I can't think of any regular ISP that does not have that feature.

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lurkswithin October 9, 2007 at 20:46:07 Pacific

I am with per on this...get a gmail account and you don't have to worry about who you logged into as an isp. plus all the storage.
J_Squared...FYI... there is no such thing as private email across the web....you can hacve private messaging with private/secured networks but just sending emails is not a guarantee of privacy!
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