send mail from multiple locations using different ISPs

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I use a laptop to send & receive mail via Outlook 2003 but the
following problem also happened with previous versions.

My ISPs are 1) NTLWorld (Broadband cable modem) from home, 2) Plusnet
(Broadband adsl) from another location and sometimes 3) btinternet
adsl broadband from my daughter's home.

Of course I needed to set up separate accounts for each so that the
correct smtp server is located for outgoing mail.

However when I move locations and change the default account in
Outlook I still get mail coming in which, default to the wrong smtp
server when I reply. Therefore I get a 'system administrator'
returned mail notification that relaying is not allowed.

The only way to avoid this is to remember to look at which account
will be used to send the reply and change it to the one for the
location I have moved to. After a few days Outlook realises that I
have moved and starts to behave as it should.

Example; my brother just now sent me a fresh email (not a reply to
one of mine). I received it at my NTLWorld location, having returned
here from my Plusnet location a few hours ago. When I replied to him
the reply defaulted to my Plusnet smtp server and failed.
 
Your will always get this, one way around it is to have an ISP that will
allow you to connect from any connection.
 
--And as a security guy, any ISP that alows forwarding through their SMTP servers, is an ISP that you don't want. A possible ssolution, that I use on the road, is to access web mail if your ISP has that feature. If not, hotmail does the trick.
 
Not at all, an ISP I use allows me to send mail despite the dialup
connection I am on (my email address is hosted by the ISP but I don't use
their connection) they issue me with a username and password and I have to
use a different SMTP server where I authenticate first - where the risk in
this. You may have missed that I didn't mention using email accounts not
hosted by an ISP just the connection.
Axtechguy said:
--And as a security guy, any ISP that alows forwarding through their SMTP
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servers, is an ISP that you don't want. A possible ssolution, that I use on
the road, is to access web mail if your ISP has that feature. If not,
hotmail does the trick.
 
We are I think saying the same thing, your smtp server is (i guess) your broadband connection rather than your e-mail ISP SMPT server. I do the same thing every day.
My point was SMTP relay by source ISP through a secondary SMPT server (ie carrier) creates bogus header info and looks spaming to most admins and doen't usually work by design. In your example I bet you have different POP server and SMTP server

----- Robert Crayk Outlook MVP wrote: ----

Not at all, an ISP I use allows me to send mail despite the dialu
connection I am on (my email address is hosted by the ISP but I don't us
their connection) they issue me with a username and password and I have t
use a different SMTP server where I authenticate first - where the risk i
this. You may have missed that I didn't mention using email accounts no
hosted by an ISP just the connection
Axtechguy said:
--And as a security guy, any ISP that alows forwarding through their SMT
Click to expand...
servers, is an ISP that you don't want. A possible ssolution, that I use o
the road, is to access web mail if your ISP has that feature. If not
hotmail does the trick
 
Nope my broadband connection isn't my SMTP server that's the point I can
have any connection type supplied by any ISP and I can still send my mails
because the particular ISP I use allows me to connect from any third party
connection type as long as I authenticate against the SMTP server first.
Here in the UK the trend is for ISP to monitor the connection type as well
and if you don't connect to say BT using a BT connection then you get
relaying denied and in some cases even if you connect to BT with a BT
connection but not the allocated phone number CLID then you get relaying
denied.
axtechguy said:
We are I think saying the same thing, your smtp server is (i guess) your
Click to expand...
broadband connection rather than your e-mail ISP SMPT server. I do the same
thing every day.
My point was SMTP relay by source ISP through a secondary SMPT server (ie
Click to expand...
carrier) creates bogus header info and looks spaming to most admins and
doen't usually work by design. In your example I bet you have different POP
server and SMTP server
 
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