Yachts: ASMT Occassional Bulletin: Mobile Internet Users - Fax and Email Tips…

* This one went out on the email wire today, so I’ll post it here as well… 

ASMT Occassional Bulletin…

* A couple of tips for our yachting mobile Internet users. Two things that can help out with your mobile office which is probably going on more than 1 Internet Connection depending on your location (Satellite, Cellular, WiFi, etc.)

1.) Efax.com - for fax via any broadband connection (in and out, with your own fax #)

2.)  http://www.authsmtp.com for sending emails with Outlook, Outlook Express, Vista’s “Windows Mail” - which is basically Outlook Express Reloaded. Basically many ISP’s will allow you to send email when you are on your home connection with them, but once you go on another connection mobile - they block sending as a Spam Prevention Measure. Some, such as Google’s Gmail have SMTP AUTH all set up because they know that everyone is all over the place and not on their networks. Others such as Bellsouth.net seem to be behind the times.

That’s a good idea to use that authsmtp.com to allow SMTP (outbound email) relay on multiple Internet Connections. I’ll have to save that one for my clients as well. In fact I plan on writing an article on it and blogging it and sending it to my customers as well. I haven’t had anyone ask that question in awhile. We used to get that on Fleet 55 and 77 system customers and such.

Here’s the why for why that happens:

http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1T4ADBF_enUS255US256&q=sendmail%2bprevent%2brelaying

No company wants to be an “Open Relay” allowing anyone on any Internet Connection to send Emails - because that would allow spammers to abuse their SMTP Server. I am surprised that by 2009 that Bellsouth/AT&T haven’t implemented a POP3 first or SMTP AUTH method of allowing their actual customers to send Emails when on a Mobile Connection.

Gmail is using simple SMTP AUTH and SSL and different ports (SMTP: 465 POP3: 995) to allow their users to send from any connection. My web host on 1and1.com is also using SMTP AUTH. Bellsouth however has me down as well when I’m not on my DSL connection. But I’m phasing off of Bellsouth.net email anyway.

* Everyone have a good day and a good week!

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Alan Spicer Marine Telecom

http://www.marinetelecom.net

http://www.wifiyacht.net

+1 954 683 3426

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