sending e-mail with Wi-Fi hot spot

Even though I can surf the Web & get e-mail via a Free Hot Spot Wi-Fi
connection, I can not send e-mail. I do not own a mobile phone or pay for a
mobile service provider. Any idea what is preventing me from sending e-mail?
My Wi-Fi set up connection seems to be OK.

On Sun, 30 Oct 2005 13:07:01 -0800, Lost & Found wrote:

> Even though I can surf the Web & get e-mail via a Free Hot Spot Wi-Fi
> connection, I can not send e-mail. I do not own a mobile phone or pay for a
> mobile service provider. Any idea what is preventing me from sending e-mail?
> My Wi-Fi set up connection seems to be OK.

Your smtp settings are likey set to what is required for company or ISP.
Since you are not connected to their network when you are at a hot spot,
you can not use their respective servers to send mail. Some company's and
ISPs use different ports or security requirements for their employees or
subscribers use while connected remotely. Ask your company email admin or
ISP what those settings are for remote access to the smtp server.

Alternatively, use your company's or ISP webmail interface to the email
server while connecting remotely at a hot spot.

One option is to use a SSL proxy like this one. Your email needs to be a
POP3 account.

https://www.mail2web.com/cgi-bin/login.asp?lid=0&il=1

Another solution that I use is to use XP Pro Remote Desktop through a Secure
Shell (SSH) tunnel to my home PC from wireless hotspots. That way I can use
my home PC just like I was sitting in front of it and use Outlook, etc. The
data link is totally encrypted end-to-end. Others do the same thing through
a VPN tunnel. If your home PC is running XP Home you can use UltraVNC (or
any flavor of VNC) through the SSH or VPN tunnel the same way. Here is a
current thread on the Broadband Reports site that talks about this...

http://www.broadbandreports.com/forum/remark,14686628

How I used to do that with OpenSSH for Windows and PuTTY with instructions
for using either Remote Desktop or UltraVNC through the tunnel.

http://theillustratednetwork.mvps.or...VNCandSSH.html

Additional help...

http://www.dslreports.com/faq/vnc

Also, check with your ISP. Its possible they have web based access you can
use to access your account to receive and send email. Ideally it would be
SSL based for security.

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"Lost & Found" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:3C513891-3AD8-4CDE-A596-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Even though I can surf the Web & get e-mail via a Free Hot Spot Wi-Fi
> connection, I can not send e-mail. I do not own a mobile phone or pay for
> a
> mobile service provider. Any idea what is preventing me from sending
> e-mail?
> My Wi-Fi set up connection seems to be OK.

One of the reason that hotmail, yahoo and gmail are so popular is that it
doesn't matter who your ISP is when you want to send or receive email. To
send email when you are not connected to your own ISP, you need to know the
proper setting for your outgoing mail setup.

"Lost & Found" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:3C513891-3AD8-4CDE-A596-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Even though I can surf the Web & get e-mail via a Free Hot Spot Wi-Fi
> connection, I can not send e-mail. I do not own a mobile phone or pay for
> a
> mobile service provider. Any idea what is preventing me from sending
> e-mail?
> My Wi-Fi set up connection seems to be OK.