RE: [cobalt-users] MSN SMTP Mail

["Dan" <dan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> One of my clients is using Altavista Free Internet
> access, and Altavista is having problems with their
> SMTP server, actually it's just not working... I'ven
> even checked mail then tried to send again... nothing
>
> Some of my clients could set their reply and from addresses
> to their domain then use their ISP to send mail. Now do I have
> to put smtp.clientsIPSDomain.com into the "Relay for the following
> Hosts/Domains" box under the control pannel? And would this allow
> anyone from that ISP to relay via my server?
>
That's the problem with having clients on AOL or a free ISP as you've seen.
Better to use POP before SMTP and just don't tell your customers that you
don't want using the SMTP server that it's set up. If they don't POP before
they try the SMTP relay, they'll get an error anyway.

P.S. I'd be a little afraid of having a client that wants to have a presence
on the Internet but is too cheap to spend a $20 a month for a proper dialup
ISP.

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Dan Kriwitsky