Sending email away from the office problem

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hippoeki

My Entourage email account is set up so that incoming emails come from
an Earthlink account and outgoing emails go out through ChoiceOne.
When I am away from the office (hotel, cafe, etc.) I can receive
emails no problem but I cannot send. How do I set up the account so
that I can send emails? Thanks.
 
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Corentin Cras-Méneur

My Entourage email account is set up so that incoming emails come
from an Earthlink account and outgoing emails go out through
ChoiceOne. When I am away from the office (hotel, cafe, etc.) I can
receive emails no problem but I cannot send. How do I set up the
account so that I can send emails? Thanks.
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The problem is that your SMTP server (the one used for outgoing mail)
probably doesn't allow you to send anything unless you are connected
locally to it. You need to use another SMTP server (like the one of
your ISP when you are away). Some SMTP allow you to send rom anywhere
(they usually require a login and password - like the one for the .Mac
accounts or gMail).
If you cannot use any of these options (lets say you don't have
authenticated SMTP and you are on a wireless access in a coffee place)
you might still be able to use your own Mac as your SMTP server. MacOS
X comes with a pretty robust SMTP called Postfix. You can enable it
manually (I have the info somewhere on my blog p I'd have to dig it
up), or you can use a shareware like MailServe which takes care of
everything for you.
Then you use "localhost" as you SMTP server and you are set :)

Corentin
 
H

hippoeki

Thanks, MailServe seems to be allowing me to send mail.

However, there is a delay of almost 24 hours, is this normal? Any way
to speed it up?
 
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Corentin Cras-Méneur

Thanks, MailServe seems to be allowing me to send mail.

However, there is a delay of almost 24 hours, is this normal? Any
way to speed it up?
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No it's not... it should be pretty fast.
THe problem is that you can't really tell where the delay was: on
postfix on your Mac (and it really shouldn't be the case) or on the
recepient server (which sometimes happens - and there is nothing you
can do about it - and it's unrelated to Postfix).
Corentin
 
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