You can check your mail through another provider if you use earthlink
/mindspring.
How ever they block the ability of sending through another isp.
They do not allow you to have remote sending from any other isp.
You can use the online e-mail access but that is it.
That has been in the 8 years I have used Mindspring/Earthlink.
Bill P.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul M Foster" <paulf@quillandmouse.com>
To: <slug@nks.net>
Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2002 6:40 PM
Subject: Re: [SLUG] Verizon and SMTP
> On Thu, Oct 31, 2002 at 10:53:46AM -0800, rhires@earthlink.net wrote:
>
> > Hey Everyone,
> >
> > I've been silent for a while, since SMTP doesn't work for me right now
under
> > Verizon's network. That is, when I send mail via SMTP (which I had been
doing
> > before under Earthlink's DSL), it seems to drop off into oblivion. It
worked
> > before under earthlink...I still am using my earthlink account for
> > sending and
> > receiving mail...I guess verizon doesn't want to pass mail through its
> > network
> > bound for earthlink and the to the rest of the net? Can anyone shed
> > some light
> > on this?
> >
> > The way I'm currently sending mail is through the web interface that
> > earthlink
> > offers. It will do until I can figure out a real way to send mail...
> >
>
> So you're using Verizon DSL and accessing your earthlink email account?
>
> I know that certain services like MSN and Earthlink block sending mail
> via any other SMTP servers than their own. The point is to lessen the
> relaying that would inevitably result if they simply allowed that kind
> of traffic. I haven't heard of Verizond doing this, though. There's no
> simple way around this, if this is what is happening. You just have to
> use Verizon's SMTP server.
>
> OTOH, I use Verizon DSL at home, and do not use their SMTP server. I
> have my website hosted in Wisconsin, and I use the hosting company's
> SMTP server. No problems. Verizon simply passes the traffic. I have POP3
> accounts on my hosting company's box, with Verizon, and Earthlink, but I
> use the hosting company's SMTP server. Also FWIW, my authentication with
> my hosting company is POP before SMTP.
>
> I'd sure be interested in a more in depth analysis of this from someone
> who knows more than me about it, though.
>
> Paul
>
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