[X Newbies] Wi-Fi SMTP

[birgit rhoads]

You'll have to pardon me for being so dense.  Can you not use a web  
mail account?  I use Adelphia Powerlink smtp and I can access my mail  
on the web from anywhere.  I can also use a yahoo address or .mac and  
so on.  Is earthlink still so behind the times it has no web mail?  I  
have not yet used WiFi outside of my house so I have no real experience  
other than traveling with my iBook and using hotel dial up using  AOL  
freebies.
Birgit

"The box said 'Requires Windows 98, or better.' So I bought a  
Macintosh."
  -- Anonymous


On Jul 27, 2004, at 10:17 PM, Norman Cohen wrote:

> 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.
>
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