Sending smtp mail
 

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?

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

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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Thanks drauk. followed your suggestion, works well