Public wireless and SMTP servers

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i think you need to know the name of the smtp server at the access point.
makes sending pop3 mail pretty clumsy.

jtm

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1. Use the SMTP server of the access point. I use traceroute to find out who
their ISP is and it's usually an easy matter of using smtp.ispname.net or
mail.ispname.net. Or use that info to go to the ISP's support page and find
out.

2. See if your personal ISP offers authentication

3. subscribe to www.smtp.com

MD



Adam Smith wrote:
> Dear Folks,
>
> I've begun to use some public wireless access points. However, at
> many of them, I am unable to send email through my POP3 client, since
> my SMTP server is set for my normal internet provider.
>
> Is there a simple way to send POP3 mail from a public wireless
> internet access point?
>
> I'm using Windows XP and Eudora 6.x
>
> thanks

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As viewed from alt.internet.wireless, Laura Fredericks wrote:

>"Mad Dog" wrote:
>>1. Use the SMTP server of the access point. I use traceroute
>>to find out who their ISP is and it's usually an easy matter
>>of using smtp.ispname.net or mail.ispname.net. Or use that
>>info to go to the ISP's support page and find out.

>I highly doubt a free wireless access point is going to allow
>Joe Blow to use their SMTP server for outgoing e-mail. They
>might as well just hang out a sign that says, "Welcome
>Spammers".

The owners of the free spots usually just have somebody hang a
router up near the ceiling and connect it. Most of them have no
idea what's happening technically. There are two free hotspots
in my area, and I've sent mail from both of them using exactly
the technique Mad Dog describes above. As long as their ISP's
SMTP server doesn't require authentication, you're in.

And with Eudora v6, it's easy to set up a "relay personality";
when selected, its SMTP settings automatically override the
settings for all of your various accounts, thereby sending
all of your outgoing mail from that particular SMTP server.

>>2. See if your personal ISP offers authentication

>There ya go. ;-)
>
>Or use your ISP's webmail.

Always a workable solution.

--
Jafo

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As viewed from alt.internet.wireless, Mad Dog wrote:

>Laura Fredericks wrote:
>> I highly doubt a free wireless access point is going to allow
>> Joe Blow to use their SMTP server for outgoing e-mail. They
>> might as well just hang out a sign that says, "Welcome
>> Spammers".

>You should try it sometime then. I use wireless cafes a lot,
>mostly here in San Francisco, and I'd say 9 out of 10 times
>I can use traceroute to find the ISP (often SBCglobal) and
>use the SMTP server. I don't need to do it much these days
>since my ISP now has authentication, but you'd be surprised.....

Keep in practice; you'll still need to do it if the host ISP starts
blocking outgoing port 25.

--
Jafo