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On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 12:37 PM, Mark Knecht <markknecht@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> He has just started switching from Time-Warner's Roadrunner cable |
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> modem service to Verizon's FIOS. His new link is up and his speed is |
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> very nice. (20Mb/S downlaod, 5Mb/S upload using Speakeasy.net to |
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> test.) The issue he is running into is that Roadrunner's SMTP server |
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> is not allowing him to send email, presumably because he's not on one |
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> of their IP address. |
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It could also be Verizon blocking you from connecting to other SMTP |
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servers, to prevent spam. You very well may be able to sent RR email |
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through Verizon's server. You also may be able to connect on |
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non-standard ports, or have Verizon lift the blocking for your account |
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(if in fact they are blocking it). I've never dealt with either of |
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those companies, but I know Southwestern Bell (later named SBC, later |
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named AT&T) DSL used to block SMTP and it was fairly painless to call |
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them and have the block removed. |
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> Anyway, he's thinking I need to convert him over to a Verizon email |
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> address but I was thinking that if he could continue using Evolution |
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> but send and receive through GMail it would be a better long term |
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> solution. |
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I think it is good advice to everyone to avoid using ISP e-mail |
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accounts. I learned the hard way when my ISP went out of business |
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overnight, try changing your e-mail address on sites when you don't |
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have access to the old address anymore to confirm that change. It's |
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almost impossible. Plus, people are afraid to change ISPs if they are |
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going to lose the address that all of their family, friends, |
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colleagues know them by. So I think the gmail idea sounds like a good |
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one (and you can set it to fetch his roadrunner/verizon mail, too). |
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> Is this a good idea and more importantly is this possible? What |
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> sort of issues will I have managing this for him. |
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Assuming he doesn't have any exotic e-mail scripts or folder structure |
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going on, I would use Gmail with IMAP, then he'll be able to access |
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his email at home and have the ability to check it via the web in case |
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he's ever out and about and needs access. |
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