Re: Email Relay

["john doe" <ophidian_snake@hotmail.com>]

use your current isp's mail servers as your outgoing instead

most isps just relay anything you send as long as you are coming from a 
valid customer ip for their network

Casey


>From: Harold Crouch <hcrouch@mchsi.com>
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>Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2003 19:03:39 -0500
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>For two years now, I have been harold@cmh.net.
>
>For the last month, I have also been harold@xel.net.
>
>As of two hours ago, I am also hcrouch@mchsi.com.
>
>That's (two) too many email addresses.
>
>The suggestion has been made that, although I have moved from one city
>to another (and may be forced in the future to do it again) there is
>no reason that I have to drop my old (established) email adress.  I
>like that suggestion, and I would love to keep harold@cmh.net active.
>Wnating to do it and actually doing it are two entirely different
>things.
>
>When logged on to the internet through mchsi and attempting to send an
>e-mail through cmh, I get a relay error.  Now, I understand why ISPs
>don't like to permit relays, so I called mchsi tech support and asked
>if there is a way to get around this.  The first thing that I learned
>was that mchsi tech support only supports Outlook Express.
><sarcasm> What a surprise! </sarcasm>
>
>The second thing that I learned is that Outlook Express has a function
>called SMTP authentication.  Hey, Sylpheed has that also!  I've tried
>entering these four possible combinations:
>
>My cmh id and password in the authentication area of the cmh (pop)
>account.
>
>My mchsi id and password in the authentication area of the cmh (pop)
>account.
>
>My cmh id and password in the authentication area of the mchsi (pop)
>account.
>
>My mchsi id and password in the authentication area of the mchsi (pop)
>account.
>
>None of them seem to work. I keep getting relay rejections.
>
>It appears that I see the big picture, but I'm still fuzzy on the
>details.  Which one *should* be the correct combination?  Or do have
>to set authentication for both providers?
>
>- Harold
>
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