Outgoing Email Server

[ZeeJustin]

I use Thunderbird for email. Every time I travel, I can no longer send emails unless I change the outgoing email server.

At home, it's mail.adelphia.net.

In our house in Vegas over the summer it was smtp.east.cox.net (my email address is through cox in Virginia). Why does this one sometimes work, but other times it depends on the connection I am currently using?

Is there any easy way to figure out what to change it to when I travel?

[nuclear500]

Not really. ISP's these days lock their SMTP servers down to only allow traffic from IP's in their domain. It is a means to prevent becoming an open relay for spammers from overseas and whatnot.

Look for a free SMTP relay service online that you can use at all times from any Internet connection.

[Freakin]

Get a gmail account, or Google Apps if you have a domain

[ZeeeeJustin]

I use Thunderbird for email. Every time I travel, I can no longer send emails unless I change the outgoing email server.

At home, it's mail.adelphia.net.

In our house in Vegas over the summer it was smtp.east.cox.net (my email address is through cox in Virginia). Why does this one sometimes work, but other times it depends on the connection I am currently using?

Is there any easy way to figure out what to change it to when I travel?

[ZeeJustn]

I use Thunderbird for email. Every time I travel, I can no longer send emails unless I change the outgoing email server.

At home, it's mail.adelphia.net.

In our house in Vegas over the summer it was smtp.east.cox.net (my email address is through cox in Virginia). Why does this one sometimes work, but other times it depends on the connection I am currently using?

Is there any easy way to figure out what to change it to when I travel?

[Josem]

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Not really. ISP's these days lock their SMTP servers down to only allow traffic from IP's in their domain. It is a means to prevent becoming an open relay for spammers from overseas and whatnot.

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this is right.


the other option is to create an additional "outgoing" only email account in thunderbird.


you'll then get a drop down box at the top of each email where you can choose which server to use. this is much easier than changing SMTP servers manually everytime you switch.

[Beavis68]

or just access your mail through a web page while you are travelling.

[ispiked]

They still require you to have a different mail server even if you're using authentication (username and password)?

But yeah, if you have another outgoing mail server you can use (like Gmail) I'd recommend using that. (You can use the Gmail to send all your e-mail.)

[mrw8419]

http://www.authsmtp.com/

You could use a pay service like the one I linked to. I work for an IT consulting company and we've successfully used this service for a company that sends large amounts of mail so that they are not blacklisted by local smtp servers. You could accomplish your goal of being able to send email without having to worry about finding a local smtp server.