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Message from Steven
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James wrote:
>
> I personally do not use gmail's smtp server. 

Then how do you upload your files?  Doesn't that
use SMTP?  Or am I missing something?

> But it seems most other smtp servers require 
> authentication these days

Not in my country.  I have used three different
ISPs here and none of them require authentication
for SMTP.  Of course, those SMTP servers only work
for subscribers logging on the ISP.

> If you're looking for any solution, you might 
> want to see what Freesco has come up with. 
> It's a one-floppy firewall/router distro that 
> recently implemented smtp authentication somehow.

Throwing the baby out with the bathwater, are you?

Cheers,
Steven