In setting up a system for a friend (Mepis installation) and finding him a cheap ISP (dialin), I've discovered his provider does not run an smtp server. So, I'm looking for alternatives so he'll be able to send mail from his machine. I've always only ever used smtp, and it's the only sort of mail transport scheme I can profess to have much of a grasp on (how it works, how to set it up). I've heard about things like sendmail and maybe qmail: aren't these alternatives for someone who can't, or doesn't want to, use an smtp server? Should I be looking to these as potential solutions to the problem of not having access to an smtp server? Are there other alternatives for sending email? I think I've heard that mail not sent through an smtp server has a greater chance of getting blocked by spam filters: is this true? Feedback on this query will be appreciated.
Thanks, James
You absolutely have to send mail through a smtp server, or it doesn't get to the addresee. This ISP has one, they just don't let customers connect directly to it. Check and see if they have a POP3 or IMAP server set up - the settings that they have for Outlook are the closest to the ones that Mozilla and Epiphany use.
Failing that, you'll have to find third-party email (if all they offer is a web-based interface, etc). cwazy.co.uk isn't bad - I just had to go across the pond to get it (I'm American, but this was the best no-frills POP3 system I found, since my ISP was really boneheaded about non-US email).
Jim
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