Comments on: Why Enforce Outgoing Mail Servers? http://www.pctechnix.ie/pctechblog/2008/05/09/why-enforce-outgoing-mail-servers/ Technical Thoughts in the Irish IT Solutions Marketplace Sun, 18 Dec 2011 16:13:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Eamon http://www.pctechnix.ie/pctechblog/2008/05/09/why-enforce-outgoing-mail-servers/comment-page-1/#comment-39 Eamon Wed, 09 Jul 2008 20:48:10 +0000 http://www.pctechnix.ie/pctechblog/?p=23#comment-39 They may not anymore, and may have recently changed this but I can say without a single doubt that this was not the case at least 12 months ago when I was on a clients site. We had tried absolutely everything in terms of outgoing mail settings and we were told by their technical support that there was no option but to use their outgoing mail server settings. They may not anymore, and may have recently changed this but I can say without a single doubt that this was not the case at least 12 months ago when I was on a clients site. We had tried absolutely everything in terms of outgoing mail settings and we were told by their technical support that there was no option but to use their outgoing mail server settings.

]]> By: Daffy http://www.pctechnix.ie/pctechblog/2008/05/09/why-enforce-outgoing-mail-servers/comment-page-1/#comment-38 Daffy Wed, 09 Jul 2008 10:16:15 +0000 http://www.pctechnix.ie/pctechblog/?p=23#comment-38 I know for a fact, that Irish Broadband do not "force" you to use their outgoing mail servers. They recommend it, for various reasons, but there is no policy in place preventing you from using an SMTP server that is outside of their network. I know for a fact, that Irish Broadband do not “force” you to use their outgoing mail servers.
They recommend it, for various reasons, but there is no policy in place preventing you from using an SMTP server that is outside of their network.

]]> By: paul http://www.pctechnix.ie/pctechblog/2008/05/09/why-enforce-outgoing-mail-servers/comment-page-1/#comment-37 paul Thu, 19 Jun 2008 14:48:07 +0000 http://www.pctechnix.ie/pctechblog/?p=23#comment-37 I would guess there is a problem with how mail.pctechnix.ie is setup. If you had something like telnet handy you could check to see how connections to it are handled. Google access mail server via telnet. Paul I would guess there is a problem with how mail.pctechnix.ie is setup. If you had something like telnet handy you could check to see how connections to it are handled. Google access mail server via telnet.

Paul

]]> By: Eamon http://www.pctechnix.ie/pctechblog/2008/05/09/why-enforce-outgoing-mail-servers/comment-page-1/#comment-25 Eamon Mon, 12 May 2008 12:16:29 +0000 http://www.pctechnix.ie/pctechblog/?p=23#comment-25 Hi, i understand what you are saying but Irish Broadband for example, would not allow mail.pctechnix.ie even with authentication for the outgoing mail server. I've tried that and asked them to provide settings as in the case like Gmail where you have to alter ports, etc but it doesn't look possible. They may have these settings somewhere but i've been at a loss to find them. Hi, i understand what you are saying but Irish Broadband for example, would not allow mail.pctechnix.ie even with authentication for the outgoing mail server. I’ve tried that and asked them to provide settings as in the case like Gmail where you have to alter ports, etc but it doesn’t look possible. They may have these settings somewhere but i’ve been at a loss to find them.

]]> By: Todd http://www.pctechnix.ie/pctechblog/2008/05/09/why-enforce-outgoing-mail-servers/comment-page-1/#comment-24 Todd Mon, 12 May 2008 10:35:05 +0000 http://www.pctechnix.ie/pctechblog/?p=23#comment-24 Hi, ISPs don’t' force you to use their Outgoing mail servers. They provide access to a free outgoing mail server for customers connected to their network. If you try to connect to their outgoing mail server from another network (eg. use Irish BB to access NTL mail server) they won’t allow that. This is to stop Spam and abuse of their mail servers from outside their network (and hence out of their control). Some email service provides (Eg Gmail) allow you to use their outgoing mail server with authentication, so you can send mail from any network. This authentication is usually the same as you incoming mail username and password. See http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=76147 for a guide on how Gmail does it. I would imagine mail.pctechnix.ie has a similar service. It's fairly straight forward to set up and removes the need to change your outgoing mail server when you're on the move. Hi,
ISPs don’t’ force you to use their Outgoing mail servers. They provide access to a free outgoing mail server for customers connected to their network.
If you try to connect to their outgoing mail server from another network (eg. use Irish BB to access NTL mail server) they won’t allow that. This is to stop Spam and abuse of their mail servers from outside their network (and hence out of their control).
Some email service provides (Eg Gmail) allow you to use their outgoing mail server with authentication, so you can send mail from any network. This authentication is usually the same as you incoming mail username and password.
See http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=76147 for a guide on how Gmail does it.
I would imagine mail.pctechnix.ie has a similar service.

It’s fairly straight forward to set up and removes the need to change your outgoing mail server when you’re on the move.

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