[ale] SMTP fails at Motels ok at Home

Paul Cartwright paul_tbot at pcartwright.com
Fri Aug 10 16:15:43 EDT 2007


On Friday 10 August 2007 07:23:11 am Dan Lambert wrote:
> That is exactly the case. I have BS as my ISP, and once you are outside
> their service area, they block direct access to the SMTP servers. That
> block is IP based.
>
> I travel extensively for work, and I always have to deal with this
> issue. I can download my mail with no problem, but have to use webmail
> or an external (to BS) SMTP server to be able to send mail.

and that is exactly the reason I was thinking of switching to Speedfactory, so 
I could send mail when I'm on the road.. that is without a doubt a royal 
PITA.

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Paul Cartwright
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