David's suggestion is an excellent one, but I ran into an added problem when I tried it. My ISP, Earthlink, no only prevents me from using SMTP servers outside their domain; when I am connected to the Internet through them, I cannot use the SMTP server on my Mac!! On the other hand, I've corresponded with people who are doing this regularly, and report that they give themselves much speedier service than their ISP would.
On or near 11/5/03 3:48 PM, David Cortright at [EMAIL PROTECTED] observed: > The problem is that every access point has a different policy on whether > or not they allow you to use SMTP servers outside their domain. They do > this to prevent spam. So even if you have an SMTP server you can > theoretically reach from anywhere (like .Mac) the ISP may block you. > > Although I haven't done this, one possibility is to run an SMTP server > on your Mac, and then use that server to send your mail. Apple includes > sendmail (or postfix if you have Panther) that should do the job. There > are instructions on the net on how to set this up; try Google or > macosxhints.com. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lindsley > Williams > Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2003 5:54 AM > To: Entouragers > Subject: Entourage at Internet Cafes > > My wife and I are away from our home base often. To maintain contact > and > keep up with our work, we sometimes locate internet cafes with either an > Ethernet port (common at Kinkos, for really modest or low fees; > sometimes > free) or various Wi-Fi locales, including Apple stores. > > We get mixed results with our email accounts at these other locations. > Going to an Apple store with its Airport, we have never had a problem > receiving or sending email (the Apple Stores we've been at don't require > Airport network passwords, at least so far; I know some do). But, > elsewhere > in Ethernet/Wi-Fi situations, we often (but not always) encounter a > barrier > to SENDING mail. > > I suspect this problem involves both our settings as well as those in > the > host site of the moment. For some internet cafes, we can't tell what > our > success will be sending mail until after we've paid the temporary > connection > fee. > > Our workaround, which is inefficient but suffices, is to use our ISP's > "webmail" system and "compose" replies on it. But that results in the > outgoing mail record being kept elsewhere until we grab each one back > into > our central records. > > Let me add that we each have, at least for now, POP accounts and it's > those > I am trying to work with for now. > > What can/should we do to give us the best chance of obtaining a full > connection? If we try to maximize our success on that front, are we > opening up our systems to unwanted invasion by others? > > Or, should we bite the bullet and convert to IMAP protocols on our host > ISP > and our Entourage installations? If the latter, is there a "primer" on > that > subject that this list's members recommend? > > Thanks, > > > Lindsley Williams -- Microsoft MVP for Entourage/OE/Word (MVPs are volunteers) Allen Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Entourage FAQ site: <http://www.entourage.mvps.org/> AppleScripts for Outlook Express and Entourage: <http://members.thinkaccess.net/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/Scripts/> Entourage Help Pages: <http://www.entourage.mvps.org/> -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> old-archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>
