Alternative SMTP server in OL Connector

[Paolo]

Hi,

I'm using Office Live Connector to connect my Outlook to Windows Live Mail
when I'm at home. Unfortunately my ISP for wireless internet service (that I
use when travelling) does not allow my laptop to connect directly to
SMTP.LIVE.COM server and wants that I use its SMTP server for outgoing mail.

Is it possible to configure the Office Live Connector to use an alternative
SMTP server instead of SMTP.LIVE.COM?

I could use POP3, I know, but I don't want to download messages on my
laptop. I want to connect to the server from different PCs.

 

[20100205]

First let me make one thing very clear. Pop3 has nothing to do with
outgoing mail. POP stands for Point of Presence. It is used to download
messages.

To send messages, you need to configure SMTP. This is: Simple Mail Transfer
(or Transport) Protocol.

Yes you can set up an alternative SMTP but to do this, you need to create
another account (it could be a dummy account) with correct SMTP (the one
given by your ISP). In pop3 server section, you simply enter
"pop3.mail.com" (or out.mail.com) and if this is not the one used by your
ISP, it would fail but you are not concerned about this, right? When
sending or replying to messages, you simply select your dummy account which
has your designated SMTP. I do it all the time inter-changing Yahoo.co.uk
with hotmail.com. You may not know but yahoo.co.uk is a free service from
yahoo but for most people with yahoo.com it is not a free service.

I hope you get the idea but please let me know if you want further
information.

hth

 

[Peter Foldes]

Paolo

The answer is yes you can configure a different SMPT. But most likely the issue when
you are on the road is the outgoing port which has to be set at 587 instead of 25

 

[Peter Foldes]

POP3 = Post Office Protocol