Sending smtp mail

[stickyb]

Having taken up temporary residence in Thailand for a while, I have finally managed to get an adsl connection installed on my telephone line.
However, seems like it is a "barebones" serviece - ie line only and nothing else - not even any support I can track down.

I want to use outlook to connect to my compuserve mail account - works fine for incoming messages but I can't send any mail. The compuserve smtp mail server won't let me connect because i am not on the compuserve domain, but have always got around this in the past in other countries because the isp provided an smtp mail relay that i could use.

So, what is the best advice? Is there a "free" mail relay server anywhere, or should i install an smtp server program on my pc?

[drauk]

You could run your own SMTP server, though you might find plenty of your mails not getting through to the intended recipients as some receivers will check ADSL-based servers, particularly those in Asia.

There are some cheap SMTP services available though. For example: http://www.authsmtp.com/auth-smtp/service.html

[swh]

Try advanced SMTP server, a program that runs in your system tray that will make your local machine a SMTP server, or Google mail GMAIL which allows you to smtp out.


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[stickyb]

Thanks drauk. followed your suggestion, works well