Hello slug, I thought I'd add one more message to this thread - my solution to the problem of sending e-mail through my AOL account while traveling, and using The Bat! to access and organize all my email.
No luck with sending anything through AOL - not even with Mercury - they somehow prevent nameserver use as well as relaying. So not even a direct delivery is allowed through AOL. You must go through another e-mail client, but as I said, The Bat! is not correctly processing my SMTP connection with ATT (it works on my ATT connection but this is a simple set up without authentication). So here is my solution: I found three web-based FREE e-mail clients. Most of those suggested in the threads are not free anymore, or no longer accept new accounts, or don't offer their SMTP sending service on their free accounts. Here are three that are free and work with AOL. I gather e-mail directly off my ATT account, but send through these: Compustream: http://www.compustream.net/register.asp GMX, a German site - largest free e-mail site in Germany, pretty easy to figure out even in german, use altavista tranlate/babelfish if necessary (but you have to connect directly to sign in) And you have to sign in with your whole e-mail address or customer number - in The Bat! account set up in the user spot too. http://www42.gmx.net/ softhome Gives free SMTP service, but says there are restricitons on how often you may check your account and bandwidth restrictions (I suspect they actually mean traffic, not strictly bandwidth) but they don't specify the actual amounts - so we'll see. http://softhome.net/ -- Best regards, slug mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ________________________________________________ Current version is 1.61 | "Using TBUDL" information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
