Hi Rob, I already mentioned this in my reply yesterday.
> Most ISPs don't provide an authenticated SMTP server, but a number of other > email account providers do. > Apple does with a MobileMe account, and so does Google with a Gmail account > to name only two. Cheers, Ronni On 27/06/2010, at 9:43 AM, Rob Findlay wrote: > Anyone can get a free Gmail account. In your Gmail settings you can setup > your main account as the address to send email from. This means Gmail will > send mail for you with the return address of your own preferred email account. > > Once this is setup you can use smtp.gmail.com with SSL on port 587 as your > primary outgoing server and it pretty much works anywhere on any device. > If you have a SPAM problem you can also forward your mail to Gmail to run it > through their amazingly effective filters and store it in IMAP form on the > server in practically unlimited quantity so you never risk losing mail if > your computer crashes. > > Good Value. > > On 27/06/2010, at 9:23 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: > >> >> Hi Daniel & Alex, >> >> Daniel, are all your email accounts IMAP? Or can you send using a POP >> account on 3G Network? >> >> Like Susan mentioned in her reply, when on the 3G Network I have to use my >> MobileMe IMAP Mail account to send (which is what I do). >> As I cannot send using my Westnet POP Mail Account, unless I change the >> Outgoing Mail Server (SMTP) to mail.bigpond.com. >> >> Both Westnet & MobileMe 'Outgoing Mail Server (SMTP) use Default Ports >> 25,465,587. >> Westnet SMTP is: Authentication NONE & does NOT use SSL (Secure Sockets >> Layer)) >> MobileMe SMTP is: Authentication Password, Username & Password & does NOT >> use SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) >> >> I have my MobileMe ro...@mac.com set as my 'Default' Primary Account on my >> iPhone, so all mail is sent via ro...@mac.com. >> I have the same issue when travelling with my MacBook Pro and connecting >> through other Networks in Hotels. >> I can send using my MobileMe Mail account, but not my Westnet Mail Account >> unless I change the server. >> >> I can see where Alex is coming from, but as I use my MobileMe account as >> default primary account, it doesn't really trouble me that much. >> >> Cheers, >> Ronni >> >> On 26/06/2010, at 8:37 PM, Daniel Kerr wrote: >> > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au>
