How do I use an SMTP server when not online to my Exchange server

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I normally connect to my office Exchange server, which I use to send and
receive mail. I also have several other accounts set up which connect to POP3
& SMTP servers. I notice that, when I'm offline (at home, for example), I
cannot send any messages, even though I've sent them via the other accounts,
because there's only one Outbox which is in the Exchange Mailbox. Can I
configure my Send/Receive settings so that, while Offline, I can still send
message via an SMTP server?
 
To simply click on "Send Later" button. When you come out of Outlook
you will prompted whether you want to send them now. Just say no. The
messages will remain in Outbox.

When you go to office and when you are online, you send the messages
manually.

hth
 
The whole point is that I'm out of the office for several weeks, and I want
to send messages while I'm away. I want to send them now, not later. I have
an SMTP server that I can access, so why can't I use it without having to
reconfigure my email accounts?
 
Sorry, I didn't understand your question. I thought you were working
offline, writing all the messages in your own time and send them
whenever you have access to the mail server.

Right, in your case, if you are online, then I you just click the send
button and it should prompt you to enter your password for security
reasons. Once it has verified you it sends the messages. are you
getting any error messages?

Are you using VPN - Virtual Private Network or are you dialing in to
your office? Either way it doesn'tmatter becasue under VPN you are
treated as being in the office while in dial up ou need to provide a
password.
 
No, I don't have either VPN or dial-in access to my office, so the Exchange
server is completely unreachable. However, I do have access to an SMTP
server, and I want to use that to send my email. All the messages I'm sending
have full internet addresses, so an ordinary SMTP server can handle them
perfectly happily. As far as I can work out, the only way to use an SMTP
server is to change the default e-mail account from the Exchange one to a
POP/SMTP one. Surely there must be a better way.
 
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