Blocking Incoming Mail

[King George John]

Hi:

I wish to permit the users of my XP machines to SEND mail but not receive
mail. (I would get the mail from another machine.) I would like this to
apply to both OUTLOOK and OUTLOOK EXPRESS.

I want the technique to be difficult to "get around."

Why?

The XP machine is used by the kids but they don't have access to the other
machine.

Thank you,

jlg

 

[Tony Talmage]

Pretty sure you can just nix the POP3 (incoming) mail server in your Account
settings. With this, you should be able to send mail (assuming your SMTP
server is correct) and not be able to receive. hth.

--
Tony Talmage
Web Developer
Graphic Education Corporation
http://www.graphiced.com
(888) 354-6600

 

[Tony Talmage]

Sorry... spoke too quickly. I am unable to set my OE account with a blank
POP3... so maybe I should suggest putting something useless
([email protected]) instead. Unfortunately, I'm not sure how else to block
incoming mail.

--
Tony Talmage
Web Developer
Graphic Education Corporation
http://www.graphiced.com
(888) 354-6600

 

[Harry Ohrn]

You may wish to post to an outlook newsgroup
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.outlook.general

 

[Rob Schneider]

Hi:

I wish to permit the users of my XP machines to SEND mail but not receive
mail. (I would get the mail from another machine.) I would like this to
apply to both OUTLOOK and OUTLOOK EXPRESS.

I want the technique to be difficult to "get around."

Why?

The XP machine is used by the kids but they don't have access to the other
machine.

Thank you,

jlg

Probably should just have a "house" rule. Surely there ways to do this,
and it's even simpler if your house had a mail server doing all the mail
forwarding on to your ISP.

However ... my experience is that the kids all know how to get their own
email accounts on Yahoo et. al. anyway and it will be a losing
proposition to think you are controlling their emailing.

If anything, ensure that the kids have their own login ID's to the XP
box, and that they have their own email accounts (for both
sending/receiving) so that they aren't sending mail from your email
account/id (which may be the biggest risk you may wish to consider
controlling).