Laptop email sending problem

Steven Vollom stevenvollom at sbcglobal.net
Fri Sep 26 17:29:43 UTC 2008


Billie Walsh wrote:
> On 09/26/2008 tom bell wrote:
>   
>>  If you plug into another internet connection (i.e., your friend's or
>>  work) that is not your ISP then you cannot send email by SMTP.  You
>>  can
>>  use a browser to login to your ISP's homepage and go to their email
>>  login and compose email online and send it that way.
>>     
>
> With an att.yahoo account you want "SSL" for sending but no security 
> setting for receiving.
>
> Just so you know, with att.yahoo you can send mail from any connection 
> unless the ISP blocks it. We have an att.yahoo account that we keep as a 
> backup. Our main provider, wireless, requires ALL outgoing mail to go 
> through their server. I receive it through the att.yahoo account. When 
> traveling and using wifi connections at hotels and such I send through 
> the att.yahoo account without difficulty.
>
>   
Thank you Billie,

I finally got the problem solved.  Valter Mura gave me a solution I 
already knew and overlooked perhaps 50 times.  You are among several 
that helped me solve the problem and I am grateful.  Best wishes to you 
and yours.  Again, thanks!

Cordially,
Steven




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