Re: Outlook SMTP server problem
- From: "Mark J. McGinty" <mmcginty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2007 16:30:54 -0700
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On Aug 23, 12:50 pm, "Vanguard" <vangu...@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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Up until I moved to college I used outlook to send and receive email
from my att/yahoo account. Now that I have moved into my dorm and am
on the dormnet network I can no longer use the att smtp server. The
IT
people here say that they do not have an SMTP server. So does this
mean that I can't send email through outlook while I am here?
You are attempting to access an SMTP server from off their domain;
i.e., to the network with the SMTP server, you are off-domain. You
have not proven that you have rights to use their resources because
you are not authenticated on their domain. The owner of the SMTP
server requires you prove you are allowed to use their resources to
prevent abuse by spammers. In the SMTP setup in your e-mail client,
authenticate to the SMTP server.
For info on off-domain port 25 (SMTP) traffic blocked to thwart spam
from spamming or infected customers, read:
http://www.commercestreet.com/Blocking_Port_25.htmhttp://help.yahoo.com/help/us/mail/pop/pop-38.html
http://www.postcastserver.com/help/Port_25_Blocking.aspxhttp://www.aota.net/Troubleshooting/port25.php4http://www.spamhaus.org/faq/answers.lasso?section=ISP%20Spam%20Issues...http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_zdewk/is_200406/ai_ziff129473
http://www.google.com/search?q=%2Bblock+%2B%22port+25%22+%2BSMTP+%2Bspam
I understand that they don't want me using their server because I am
not connected to their network. Is there any way around this? Is there
another server that is public use? I don't really know, I am just
throwing ideas out.
These days it has become completely impractical to run an MTA (mail transfer
authority) that permits the public free use as a relay. To publically
advertise one even minimally would be tantamount to donating a server along
with a ton of bandwidth to spammers, they use-up open realys like there's no
tomorrow!
Even if you found one, the ant-spam vigilantes would blacklist it before
long. (Sometimes I can't decide whether it's the spammers, or the anti-spam
vigilantes that are the biggest bunch of a-holes... they both suck!)
In any case, the registrar I use (www.domainsmadeeasy.com) offers free email
service with every domain registration (or they'll sell it to you for
$9.99/year, but it costs less to register a domain.) The free email
includes a 25MB POP3 plus a login to their SMTP server that allows 250
outbound emails per day. Their SMTP servers listen to the standard port 25,
as well as a few other non-standard ports, so people on networks with port
25 firewalled (e.g., Cox residential Internet service) can still use it.
There may be other lower cost options out there... this one works for me
though.
-Mark
Thanks for all of your help
.
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