Re: [newbie] Sending email with Cable Connection
1. We're both military and we'll both move within a year so this arrangement is not permanent. 2. I've had my prodigy account for so long that to change for the short term would be an inconvienience. 3. I didn't understand the mechanics of smtp servers until seeing Mr. Jennings' post. Jordan R. Thompson wrote: I guess the question I have is _why_? If the account is in your neighbor's name, you can get him to add a user (I have cable here in Florida and we get up to 6 users, I think.) I don't even use the username that was given to me as it is too hard to remember, so I created one that I can remember and I retrieve my mail from that one. Jordan - Original Message - From: Chris Edwards [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2002 11:35 AM Subject: [newbie] Sending email with Cable Connection I recently arranged to share cable internet with my neighbor across the hall. Previously I had been using dail-up and KPPP to establish the connection. Now that I am on his LAN I am always connected, can surf to my hearts's content and recieve email. However, I cannot SEND email without dailing up. Any suggestions on what setting I need to tweak to be able to send email via my cable connection. Every time I try to send (via Mozilla) I get an error to the effect that it couldn't connect to the smtp server: smtp.prodigy.net. -- Chris Edwards Send email for alternate contact information email | aim | icq | postal | cell | phone Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- Chris Edwards Send email for alternate contact information email | aim | icq | postal | cell | phone Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Sending email with Cable Connection
I recently arranged to share cable internet with my neighbor across the hall. Previously I had been using dail-up and KPPP to establish the connection. Now that I am on his LAN I am always connected, can surf to my hearts's content and recieve email. However, I cannot SEND email without dailing up. Any suggestions on what setting I need to tweak to be able to send email via my cable connection. Every time I try to send (via Mozilla) I get an error to the effect that it couldn't connect to the smtp server: smtp.prodigy.net. -- Chris Edwards Send email for alternate contact information email | aim | icq | postal | cell | phone Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Sending email with Cable Connection
I guess the question I have is _why_? If the account is in your neighbor's name, you can get him to add a user (I have cable here in Florida and we get up to 6 users, I think.) I don't even use the username that was given to me as it is too hard to remember, so I created one that I can remember and I retrieve my mail from that one. Jordan - Original Message - From: Chris Edwards [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2002 11:35 AM Subject: [newbie] Sending email with Cable Connection I recently arranged to share cable internet with my neighbor across the hall. Previously I had been using dail-up and KPPP to establish the connection. Now that I am on his LAN I am always connected, can surf to my hearts's content and recieve email. However, I cannot SEND email without dailing up. Any suggestions on what setting I need to tweak to be able to send email via my cable connection. Every time I try to send (via Mozilla) I get an error to the effect that it couldn't connect to the smtp server: smtp.prodigy.net. -- Chris Edwards Send email for alternate contact information email | aim | icq | postal | cell | phone Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Sending email with Cable Connection
On Thursday 21 Nov 2002 4:35 pm, Chris Edwards wrote: I recently arranged to share cable internet with my neighbor across the hall. Previously I had been using dail-up and KPPP to establish the connection. Now that I am on his LAN I am always connected, can surf to my hearts's content and recieve email. However, I cannot SEND email without dailing up. Any suggestions on what setting I need to tweak to be able to send email via my cable connection. Every time I try to send (via Mozilla) I get an error to the effect that it couldn't connect to the smtp server: smtp.prodigy.net. Your neighbour obviously is not a prodigy customer. Mail smtp servers are normally configured to only accept mails for transmission from their own customers. So when you send a mail, the prodigy mail server recongnises it has come from a non prodigy domain and rejects it. This is an anti spamming defence. The solution is to open a mail account with your neighbours ISP, and to send mails via this account. That will not stop you receiving mails from prodigy, and your return address and identity in the mail header may still give your prodigy address. derek Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] Sending email with Cable Connection [adr]
Here is what you do. Open your email properties and set your smtp server to the same one that your neighbor has. Leave your pop server the same and you'll be golden. I had the same problem at work. But that will do it. Unless of course your neighbors isp's smtp server requires authentication. So basically every thing stays the same exept the smtp server setting. Hope this helps sean Ignorance should be painful. Registered Linux user #271218 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Jordan R. Thompson Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2002 7:59 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Sending email with Cable Connection [adr] I guess the question I have is _why_? If the account is in your neighbor's name, you can get him to add a user (I have cable here in Florida and we get up to 6 users, I think.) I don't even use the username that was given to me as it is too hard to remember, so I created one that I can remember and I retrieve my mail from that one. Jordan - Original Message - From: Chris Edwards [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2002 11:35 AM Subject: [newbie] Sending email with Cable Connection I recently arranged to share cable internet with my neighbor across the hall. Previously I had been using dail-up and KPPP to establish the connection. Now that I am on his LAN I am always connected, can surf to my hearts's content and recieve email. However, I cannot SEND email without dailing up. Any suggestions on what setting I need to tweak to be able to send email via my cable connection. Every time I try to send (via Mozilla) I get an error to the effect that it couldn't connect to the smtp server: smtp.prodigy.net. -- Chris Edwards Send email for alternate contact information email | aim | icq | postal | cell | phone Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
