Re: Switching between two different SMTP servers
From: N. Miller (duh_at_blackhole.aosake.net)
Date: 06/11/04
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Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2004 22:58:59 -0700
In article <st-74647C.11273110062004@msnews.microsoft.com>, Steve Klein
says...
> My boss uses his laptop at home and at the office.
> Recently, his ISP started blocking port 25, so he can't reach the SMTP
> server here at our office. They expect all outgoing mail to go through
> their SMTP server.
Your IT staff could add SMTP AUTH access through port 587. It is allowed by
the RFCs governing email, and his ISP should not be blocking port 587 out.
> But their SMTP server only allows connection from the directly connected
> users. So when he's in the office, he has to use our SMTP server.
> So each time he moves between home and office, he has to change his SMTP
> server settings in his Account Properties window.
> Isn't there some automated way to make this change?
There is a kludge, but it requires paying attention to the account list in
the new message compose window. With the same Identity, set up a second
account. Use the work SMTP settings for the one account, and the home SMTP
settings for the other account. This would also work for accessing the work
SMTP server through port 587, if the IT staff sets it up; one account
configured for the default port, the other configured, in the Advanced
settings, to use port 587.
> I tried using two different identities (we use IMAP, so his incoming
> mail appeared in both), which worked, but it meant loosing access to his
> address book.
There is a way to set up the address book to share email addresses with
different identities. It should be explained in the Help files; if the
method is not obvious.
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