[X Newbies] Wi-Fi SMTP

[Norman Cohen]

In your mail account preferences, which smtp server is listed? To find  
this information, assuming you are using Mail.app, choose Preferences  
under the Mail menu. Select your account in the account list. Under  
"outgoing mail server (SMTP)," what is the name of your server? I ask  
this because your e-mail address is in the earthlink domain. That  
usually implies that you are using earthlink's smtp server, since many  
smtp servers to not let one send e-mail if the e-mail address is not  
within the ISP's domain. So even if you are hooked up to the internet  
through comcast (or adelphia), when you send an e-mail with an  
earthlink.net e-mail address (e.g. jane at earthlink.net), you won't use  
comcast's smtp server, because it will refuse to send your message, you  
will use earthlink's smtp server. Now earthlink won't accept the mail  
unless you send it to the address listed in the link I sent you in my  
last message. It will only accept e-mail at the standard smtp server if  
you are connected through their network (earthlink dial-up or earthlink  
dsl).

To send authenticated mail through a comcast account, see this page:

<http://faq.comcast.net/faq/answer.jsp? 
name=17798&cat=Email&subcategory=Mail%20(Mac)>

Note these instructions will only work if you are sending mail using a  
comcast.com address!

One other option for you is to enable your postfix mail agent and set  
up your own e-mail delivery system on your roaming computer. The  
advantage is that you can send mail from just about anywhere and not  
worry about authentication. The downside is that some recipient mail  
systems refuse mail from a server that isn't registered. This is  a bit  
above what should be discussed on a Newbies list, so I won't go into  
any further details. Just letting you know that it is possible.

Norm
Norman Cohen
nacohen at mac.com

"Politics is not the art of the possible. It consists in choosing  
between the disastrous and the unpalatable."
John Kenneth Galbraith
On Jul 27, 2004, at 5:46 PM, Jane wrote:

> Thanks Norm, but I use Comcast cable. The radio station uses Adelphia  
> cable.
> Their network that I join simply is named belkin54g
> It connects to this TiBook seamlessly and my mail.app picks up all  
> accounts.
> I've looked up Adelphia.net's smtp verbiage but that did not work.