Need a POP/SMTP provider

Originally Posted by pedantic

Yes you can obtain an email addy, but unless you actually use their dial up settings, many ISP's will reject any attempts to send email using their SMTP servers. This is to stop spammers from setting up email addresses, and sending mail from outside of the ISP's network.

Then you dont use their smtp servers


here is what you do you sign up to the orange home and creat a dial up account. you use pop.orangehome.co.uk and smtp.ntlworld.com as your settings and full email address as your username. This works 100% tested i do take it your with VM???

[pedantic]

Originally Posted by zinglebarb

here is what you do you sign up to the orange home and creat a dial up account. you use pop.orangehome.co.uk and smtp.ntlworld.com as your settings and full email address as your username. This works 100% tested i do take it your with VM???

I just knew you was going to say that. I think my point is still a valid one though.

The other thing to remember also is, I used to have a virgin net email addy, and because I didn't sign in with their dial up settings (I'd moved providers) they cancelled my account, after 30 days of "inactivity".

[greencreeper]

<me seperates zing and pedantic>

You're both right Gone are the days when it would have worked. I can't even use a SMTP proxy, such is NTL's security. But you can use one provider for POP, and another for SMTP, as zing says. That said, I think there are more exotic flavours of SMTP that would allow me to authenticate from outside the network.

At the moment I use a small outfit called "Pepperfish". Never had a problem. I think it costs about £20 a year - being a while since I made my last annual payment. They're now shutting down - not financially viable to continue. Great shame. I've got about 3 weeks to make alternative arrangements.

[pedantic]

Originally Posted by greencreeper

<me seperates zing and pedantic>

You're both right Gone are the days when it would have worked. I can't even use a SMTP proxy, such is NTL's security. But you can use one provider for POP, and another for SMTP, as zing says. That said, I think there are more exotic flavours of SMTP that would allow me to authenticate from outside the network.

At the moment I use a small outfit called "Pepperfish". Never had a problem. I think it costs about £20 a year - being a while since I made my last annual payment. They're now shutting down - not financially viable to continue. Great shame. I've got about 3 weeks to make alternative arrangements.

lol Am not arguing with Zing........honest.

Here's another you might want to look at. £15 per year.

[greencreeper]

Right. I've gone with I-Web Solutions - you might have heard of them

The domain name. God what a nightmare. They're all in use. Everything I can think of. I've nearly wept over this keyboard in frustration. IT'S MY NAME It's all too much

Originally Posted by greencreeper

Right. I've gone with I-Web Solutions - you might have heard of them

The domain name. God what a nightmare. They're all in use. Everything I can think of. I've nearly wept over this keyboard in frustration. IT'S MY NAME It's all too much

I have a domain hosted by them - no problems, I'm surprised all the leopardskin variants have gone - not

[greencreeper]

Humf. I tried every translation of "The Dwarf" and "Leopard". Even my own name is registered. Some domain variants are free - but I worry about sharing I've suggested a couple of domains - just awaiting a reply to my email.

[greencreeper]

All sorted Gone with jpw.me.uk - about £19 for two years. Linux Mini package. Just waiting for the domain to be accessible

<goes off to check whois again>