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  • Subject: Re: [BL] use your gmail acct for archiving/backup
  • Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2007 06:00:52 +1200

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




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