multiple outgoing mail servers?

[inaminit]

Hi, I was wondering if anyone knows how to set up an email account in Outlook
Express to use different outgoing mail servers.

I have a different ISP from work to my ISP at home, so when I take my laptop
home I have to go in and manually change the outgoing mail server and then
put it back when I get back to the office.

It's an absolute pain, and would be great if I could have like a roaming
profile or the like. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[PA Bear [MS MVP]]

Can't be done other than manually.
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[Bob Lucas]

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I presume you have a POP3 mail account, which uses an SMTP mail server
for outgoing emails. If so, I recommend the following "solution", which
works for me.

Open Outlook Express. Then, click on Tools | Accounts | Mail and rename
your existing mail account. I suggest you add the suffix "work" to the
name. Save the name change.

Then, click on Tools | Accounts | Add... | Mail. Create an EXACT copy
of your existing mail account, but this time, use the suffix "home".
You will now have two virtually identical mail accounts in Outlook
Express.

In the Account Properties for the "home" version of your mail account,
change the name of the outgoing server to your home ISP. Also, untick
the box marked "Include this account when receiving mail or
synchronizing". (This step is essential if you elect to leave a copy of
emails on the POP3 server because otherwise, Outlook Express might
download duplicate messages from both variants of your mail account.)

Finally, decide which account you wish to designate as the default.

Having created the additional mail account, you won't need to change
your mail settings next time you travel between work and home. Whenever
you create a new message (or reply to an incoming message), merely
select the appropriate mail account from the drop down list in the
"From:" field. If you don't select a mail account, Outlook Express
will use the default account.

[Michael Santovec]

Depending on the ISPs you MIGHT be able to get by using the same server
in both locations. IT depends on how restrictive they are.

What error messages do you get when sending using the wrong SMTP mail
server?

Many ISPs require that you be directly connected to their service (not
via another ISP, corporate LAN, etc.) in order to send via their SMTP
mail server. (They match your IP address against those owned by the
service.) An exception is made for messages being sent to recipients of
their service. The typical error message will be "Cannot Relay" or "Not
Local" or "Not Gateway", "Not Allowed Rcpthost" or something similar.
For some mail services, the SMTP Authentication may be needed. In
OE/WLM this is specified in Tools, Accounts, Mail, Properties, Servers,
Outgoing Mail Server, My Server Requires Authentication.

Some ISPs block access to other SMTP mail servers while connected via
them. (They block TCP/IP port 25 except to their own SMTP mail server.)
Some of these ISPs will make exceptions if you present a compelling
reason to do this. The error messages may indicate network is
unreachable, access denied, or timeout errors (socket errors 10051,
10061 and 10060.) In some cases you can use Port 587 or 465 rather than
port 25 (specify in OE/WLM at Tools, Accounts, Mail, Properties,
Advanced). Your ISP is more likely to allow this port. The SMTP mail
server has to support this port. SMTP Authentication will likely be
required. In OE/WLM this is specified in Tools, Accounts, Mail,
Properties, Servers, Outgoing Mail Server, My Server Requires
Authentication.

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Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm

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