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Old 18-11-2004, 20:48   #9
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Originally Posted by zenmaster
I frequently have to set up email account for other people. When I try to test these accounts the 'send' part invariably fails. I assume this is because I am forced to use the NTL SMTP server.

Does anyone know if it is possible to use an alternative SMTP server with an NTL account and, if so, how do I go about it?

Thanks.
If you are setting up e-mail accounts for others on their machines then presumably you will be setting up a connection to their STMP server. If during the test session the "send e-mail" fails it could be for a number of reasons:-

a) their SMTP server is down
b) they are using an intermediary link like SpamPal and that's down or incorrectly set up
c) their firewall is blocking their e-mail client
d) various other reasons which forum members no doubt will point out

There are I believe other free servers but they do have problems and may be blocked by NTL anyway.

If you are looking for an alternative way of sending an e-mail when the NTL server is down then set up a free account on www.yahoo.com. In that way you can log on to the site with your browser and e-mail away. Depending on the circumstances, you can ask the people to e-mail replies to your normal account or to your Yahoo account.

Hope this helps.
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