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HOW TO USE GMAIL AS YOUR SMTP SERVER!
Article from LifeHacker http://lifehacker.com/software/email-apps/how-to-use-gmail-as-your-smtp-server-111166.php
One of the little-known freebies Gmail offers is a portable SMTP server to send mail from any network for any email address.
Travellers who use their ISP's SMTP server to send mail with their email program (like Thunderbird or Outlook Express) can find themselves in a bind if they're on another network away from home, like at a coffee shop, airport or visiting relatives. But if you've got a free Gmail account (get one here) you can use Google's SMTP server to send mail through Thunderbird from you@example.com Update: Google rewrites the from address to your Gmail address.. Here's how to set it up:
- In your email client software, under Outgoing mail, set the SMTP server to
smtp.gmail.com. - Set the your username is
yourgooglemailname@gmail.com and make sure "Use username and password" is checked. - Also check off "TLS" under "Use secure connection."
And voila! You can send mail for any email address from any network (that lets you connect to an outside SMTP server) using your Gmail account - be sure to enter your Gmail password when prompted.
Check out Gmail's help section on POP access for Gmail for specific instructions for setting this up with your email program. If you only want to use the SMTP server, skip the POP bits and only set up SMTP to work with your existing email account.
Update 1: I was remiss not to point out that Gmail will set the from address for messages sent through smtp.google.com to yourgoogleemailname@gmail.com when using this method. Profuse apologies.
A reader says: "Some clarification: I set up Gmail for a client for SMTP access, and we discovered the following huge drawback: Gmail automatically rewrites the "from" line of any e-mail you send via their SMTP gateway to your Gmail address, and it overrides any Reply-To settings you may have in your e-mail software in favor of the one in Gmail's web interface. So while Gmail's SMTP access sure is handy, it's not a perfect solution for everybody.
On the plus side, Gmail also stores and indexes anything you send via SMTP as if you had sent it using the website, so all your e-mail is still searchable and in one place. Also, since Gmail SMTP does not use port 25, I've yet to see an ISP that won't allow me to send mail through it." Thanks, David!
Update 2: The Gmail spooler is no longer available, but a reader says Gmail invites can be had at bytetest.com. Thanks, Darin!
Update 3: Reader Derek Bennett says, "The solution is to go into your gmail Settings:Accounts and "Make default" an account other than your gmail account. This will cause gmail to re-write the From field with whatever the default account's email address is."
GMAIL EMAIL HELP
Here is a link from www.cctvforum.com
http://www.cctvforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=14817
I'm a little confused to your question. SMTP doesn't have a "authorization" layer beyond username and password. The protocol doesn't require a check box. But I can answer some of your issues at least. Most of the web e-mail services don't allow remote SMTP connections. You can't use Hotmail for it. Gmail does support SMTP.
http://lifehacker.com/software/email-apps/how-to-use-gmail-as-your-smtp-server-111166.php
Most home ISP's will not accept an SMTP connection from an end user. SMTP is meant more for server to server communications and most TOSs prevent end users from running a home mail server.
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Thomas
Sales Support
Video Insight
ISP Outgoing SMTP Server Hosts
This is for DVRs to send emails
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simple_Mail_Transfer_Protocol
http://www.e-eeasy.com/SMTPServerList.aspx
http://www.host45.com/resources/ispsmtps.php
Adelphia smtp.blk.adelphia.net
Alltel mail.alltel.net
AOL smtp.aol.com
AT&T mailhost.worldnet.att.net
AT&T Business Internet Service mail.attbi.com
BCPL mail.bcpl.net
bellatlantic.net smtpout.bellatlantic.net
Bestweb smtp.bestweb.net
BEV.net smtp.bev.net
Blacksburg.net smtp.blacksburg.net
BYU nm.byu.edu
CalWeb smtp.calweb.com
Charm.net smtp.charm.net
Charter Communications smtp.charter.net
chicagonet.net mail.chicagonet.net
Citizen's Internet smtp.swva.net
Coastalnet mail2.coastalnet.com
Columbia smtp.columbia.edu
Comcast smtp.comcast.net
Comcast / ATTBI smtp.comcast.net
CompuServ smtp.site1.csi.com
CompuServe Classic mail.compuserve.com
Concentric smtp.concentric.net
Cox East smtp.east.cox.net
Cox West smtp.west.cox.net
Crosslink smtp.crosslink.net
CU Boulder eces.colorado.edu
DirecWay smtp.direcway.com
EarthLink mail.earthlink.net
Enter smtp.enter.net
Ezy smtp.ezy.et
FloydVA.net mail.floydva.net
ibm.net smtp1.ibm.net
interaccess.com smtp.interaccess.com
ITOL mail.itol.com
Juno smtp.juno.com
Lycos email.1stup.com
MCI2000 mailrelay.internetmci.com
McLeodusa email.mcleodusa.net
mediaone.net smtp.ce.mediaone.net
Mindspring smtp.mindspring.com
Mpower Communications smtp.mpowercom.net
MSN smtp.email.msn.com
netcom.com smtp.ix.netcom.com
netexpress.net netexpress.net
NetHere mail.nethere.net
Netscape smtp.isp.netscape.com
Netzero smtp.netzero.net
NRVi.net mail.nrvi.net
NTELOS mail.ntelos.net
NYU.edu is4.nyu.edu
Omega Communications smtp.i-plus.net
PacBell mail.pacbell.net
PeoplePC mail.peoplepc.com
Prodigy smtp.prodigy.net
PSINet bbr0-f1.sna.com
PSI.net relay.smtp.psi.net
PSU.edu smtp.psu.edu
PTD.net mail.ptd.net
RCN.com smtp.rcn.com
Rider.edu enigma.rider.edu
Road Runner (Florida) smtp-server.cfl.rr.com
Road Runner (Hawaii) smtp-server.hawaii.rr.com
Road Runner (San Diego) mail.san.rr.com
SBC Global Pacbell smtp.pacbell.yahoo.com
SBC Global Prodigy smtpauth.prodigy.net
SBC Global SWBell smtp.swbell.yahoo.com
SBC Global Yahoo! smtp.sbcglobal.yahoo.com
SDSU rohan.sdsu.edu
Shentel smtp.shentel.net
SpeakEasy mail.speakeasy.net
SprintPCS smtp.sprintpcs.com
Sysnet mail.sysnet.net
telocity.com smtp.telocity.com
UCCS smtp.uccs.edu
UCSD smtp.ucsd.edu
ucsf.edu mail.ucsf.edu
UMBC smtp.gl.umbc.edu
velocityhsi.com mail.velocityhsi.com
Verio mail.verio.net
Verizon outgoing.verizon.net
Virginia Tech smtp.vt.edu
Waypoint mail.wayport.net
Yahoo smtp.mail.yahoo.com
Ziplink smtp.ziplink.net
ZNET mail.znet.com