SMTP address when you don't know it

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gis

hi kids,
i have the problem whereby if i am in say an overseas hotel i can get
access to my email account via Entourage to download my mail without
problems. However i cannot send mail because generally the local
server requires an SMTP address which i don't know and when i ask i
only get blank stares from reception staff who helpfully look up the
street address of the hotel ... i have tried altering preferences to
"use same setting as receiver server" but that doesn't appear to
change the problem. Any ideas on how to resolve that one ...
sometimes i can get the server address from the IT supplier in the
hotel and then it all works beautifully , indicating that the problem
is simply that server address issue, but it is rare to find an IT
person in those circumstances.
Greatly appreciate any ideas or assistance,
Geoff
 
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Adam Bailey

i have the problem whereby if i am in say an overseas hotel i can get
access to my email account via Entourage to download my mail without
problems. However i cannot send mail because generally the local
server requires an SMTP address which i don't know and when i ask i
only get blank stares from reception staff who helpfully look up the
street address of the hotel ...
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See if your email provider offers an authenticated SMTP server (to which
you'll need to login) that you can use regardless of location. Often these
use a port other than 25 (such as 587) that you'll need to enter into your
account details.
 
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Corentin Cras-Méneur

hi kids,
Hello,

i have the problem whereby if i am in say an overseas hotel i can get
access to my email account via Entourage to download my mail without
problems. However i cannot send mail because generally the local
server requires an SMTP address which i don't know and when i ask i
only get blank stares from reception staff who helpfully look up the
street address of the hotel ...
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Well unless your SMTP offers relaying (and most don't), you probably
can't use your regular SMTP as you figured out already.
Many hotels simply don't offer an SMTP and I don't think there is a way
to auto-detect it if it even exists.

The solution would be to use the power of UNIX in your own Mac to use it
as your own personal SMTP. MacOS X comes with a built in application for
that called Postfix.
You can activate Postfix yourself and use 127.0.0.1 (basically redirects
to self) as your SMTP server.
You can either do it manually yourself:
http://www.cortig.net/wordpress/?p=33
or use a shareware called MailServe:
http://cutedgesystems.com/software/MailServe/
(pretty good and easy - but it costs $19.99).

Corentin
 
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