[X-Unix] elegant management of multiple SMTP

[Brian Medley]

On Sun, Apr 04, 2004 at 11:54:05PM -0400, Jeff Porten wrote:

> On Apr 3, 2004, at 4:12 PM, Brian Medley wrote:
> 
> >You might try setting up a combination of smtp auth and a relay
> >host.  Do you have a machine at home that you can connect to all
> >the time?  If so, you can send email to it over a non-standard
> >port via smtp auth and then have it use your isp as a relay host.
> 
> Well, that might work, but then I'm still relying on my home ISP to 
> relay mail from an SMTP server, right?  Still not sure if they do 
> that....

You could always ask your ISP.  Or telnet to port 25 of the smtp
server and do an "EHLO name".  Check and see if AUTH is broadcast
as one of the features.  However, if it's not listed, then there
is still a good chance it is supported.

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