gmail question

[kengr]

I'm told that you can fetch gmail messages using a POP server. What I need to know is if you also have access to an SMTP server.

I can't afford to renew my pacifier account so when it dies, I won't be able to use my email program to send mail except at home. And if I lose my comcast account, I won't be able to send mail there either.

I'll still be able to receive mail because shadowgard.com has pop access. Just not SmTP accesss.

Comments

[shana.livejournal.com]

I checked the settings and I didn't see smtp, but they have something called IMAP. You might check to see if it's something you can use.

[kengr]

I know the mailer I'm using can do IMAP I've just never used it and don't know if that can be used to *send* mail...

Possible alternative

[morgan-gw.livejournal.com]

If you need it, I can set you up an account on silver-gateway. The webmail interfaces are SquirrelMail or Horde, and it has POP, IMAP and SMTP. You can also set it so it forwards everything to another address if you want (for example, I have several addies that all forward to my main one). Contact me back-channel if you want to discuss it further :-).

Re: Possible alternative

[kengr]

Well, as noted, receiving isn't a problem, just sending.

[tww1fa]

Yes, Gmail does provide an SMTP server. http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=78892&topic=12920

I used to use it until I decided that the web-based interface worked better than any of the IMAP/SMTP clients I was using.

[maxstories.livejournal.com]

I'm not entirely sure what you are aiming for. If you have a GMail account then you can enable it for downloading emails (POP3) and sending emails (SMTP). The instructions are here.

The typical approach is to configure Thunderbird or Outlook to send and receive your GMail.

An alternate approach is using message forwarding from GMail to other accounts or vice versa.

[kengr]

What I wanted to do was find out if I could keep using my existing mail setup if I lose my internet connection (my current setup can be run off a thumb drive, so I can use the free computers in several places to fetch (which I could already do) and to *send* email.

I'm preparing for the possibility I'll have to drop my internet service.