From: Brian Bender (bbender_at_vocollect.com)
Date: Thu Jan 11 2001 - 11:14:21 EST
Hi Rob,
It looked like you meant to reply to this on-list -- hope you don't mind
my pulling it back there...
Another possible solution (one that I actually use) is to add an entry
to your hosts file (well, several). For instance, I might have these
lines in hosts:
#Internal network (at work)
#192.168.47.5 smtp.private
#One of AOL's smtp servers
#205.188.156.129 smtp.private
#One of BellAtlantic's mail servers
151.196.0.38 smtp.private
Then you set up your mail clients to use "smtp.private" as their SMTP
hosts, and uncomment just _one_ of those lines based on which
network you're on.
Another trick I've used in the past is to have shell scripts / batch
files that modify config files or registry keys based on a
"configuration".
- Brian
On 9 Jan 2001, at 23:47, Rob White wrote:
> The reference that Dave made to the IIS SMTP idea in Windows 2000 sounds
> wonderful. It would certainly solve all of my problems with constantly
> configuring Outlook to work properly when services will not allow access to
> mail from other servers. I installed the IIS from the disk but don't have
> a clue what to do now. I tried to read the help stuff but that confused me
> more. Does anyone have step by step directions how to setup what Dave has
> referred to? I would greatly appreciate it. Thank You.
>
> Rob
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Brian Bender" <bbender_at_vocollect.com>
> To: <thinkpad_at_cs.utk.edu>
> Sent: Monday, January 08, 2001 11:59 AM
> Subject: RE: AOL SMTP Server?
>
>
> > PLEASE don't do this without understanding the implications of open
> > SMTP relays (especially if you have a broadband acct., as these are
> > almost always being portscanned). If you allow relays from outside
> > your own network, you could very well end up contributing to the
> > widespread UCBE (spam!) problem...
> >
> > See:
> > http://maps.vix.com
> > http://spam.abuse.net
> > http://www.cauce.org/
> > http://www.spamfree.org/
> > and others...
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > - Brian
> > with a trusty old TP600 running Slackware-current and WinNT5
> >
> > On 4 Jan 2001, at 14:11, Dave W. Beauvais wrote:
> >
> > > You could try this... run your own SMTP server. I do this on my laptops
> > > because it's so convenient. When on the go, it's hard to tell what type
> > > of Internet connection I'll have, but in the past, it almost always
> > > meant setting up new e-mail accounts in Outlook or modifying existing
> > > ones to send through a different SMTP server.
> > >
> > > Running my own server, I have a single account set to send mail through
> > > the server "localhost". The mail is sent from my own computer's SMTP
> > > server no matter what network I'm connected to. Very handy solution!
> > >
> > > Win2K has this feature built-in in the form of IIS's SMTP service, if
> > > you install it. On my Win98-based laptop, I use a program called
> > > "Advanced Direct Remailer" from http://www.mailutilities.com/adr/ .
> > > It's US$40 to register, but there's a 30-day trial period to see if it
> > > works for you. There may be cheaper servers available, but I liked the
> > > security features offered by this app. You just configure it, set it to
> > > load with Windows, and it sits there as an icon in the tray.
> > >
> > > Dave
> > >
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Mitchell Leben [mailto:mitch_at_leben.com]
> > > > Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2001 02:26 PM
> > > >
> > > > Bruce,
> > > >
> > > > The problem with that is that the ISP refuses
> > > > connections for outgoing email when coming from
> > > > an outside source (such as an AOL dialup).
> > > >
> > > > I did follow the suggestion to contact
> > > > domains_at_aol.net (thanks James) and will share
> > > > any information with this list.
> > > > [snip]
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
>
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