SMTP, server side mail and other mail questions - GoFuckYourself.com

koko · 05-01-2003, 03:48 PM

I've a short but good double opt-in list with first and last names, gender, city and country. Little less than 40,000 addresses, all women and 100,000 or so men addresses. I know is not one of those 100.000.000-double-optin lists but I'm humble, so I don't care ;) I've software to send, subscribe and unsubscribe, but my problem is that I cannot send mails due to my ISP's relay. So the question is how do I get rid of this? I thought about some kind of server side mail client, I've my own boxes so that's not a problem at all. Is this possible or is there a better/inexpensive way? Or is there a way to override my ISP's SMTP with my own server's SMTP? They've not open relay ports, just in case. Any help more than appreciated

p00p · 05-01-2003, 04:08 PM

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Originally posted by koko
I've a short but good double opt-in list with first and last names, gender, city and country. Little less than 40,000 addresses, all women and 100,000 or so men addresses. I know is not one of those 100.000.000-double-optin lists but I'm humble, so I don't care ;) I've software to send, subscribe and unsubscribe, but my problem is that I cannot send mails due to my ISP's relay. So the question is how do I get rid of this? I thought about some kind of server side mail client, I've my own boxes so that's not a problem at all. Is this possible or is there a better/inexpensive way? Or is there a way to override my ISP's SMTP with my own server's SMTP? They've not open relay ports, just in case. Any help more than appreciated

Your ISP as in dialup provider, or ISP as in hosting company?
Send it through the server at your hosting company. That should not be a problem. If so, move to a different host.

koko · 05-01-2003, 04:09 PM

koko · 05-01-2003, 04:22 PM

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Originally posted by p00p

Your ISP as in dialup provider, or ISP as in hosting company?
Send it through the server at your hosting company. That should not be a problem. If so, move to a different host.

My ISP is a DSL provider, but I have dedicated servers at xxxwebhosting.com

p00p · 05-01-2003, 04:55 PM

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Originally posted by koko

My ISP is a DSL provider, but I have dedicated servers at xxxwebhosting.com

send the mail through their server. I wouldn't try to do it through your DSL connection.
Ask them to set it up so you can send through their server, from your website. Or, they can probably set it up to allow your DSL IP to use them as a relay.

05-01-2003, 03:48 PM	#1
koko Confirmed User Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 112	SMTP, server side mail and other mail questions I've a short but good double opt-in list with first and last names, gender, city and country. Little less than 40,000 addresses, all women and 100,000 or so men addresses. I know is not one of those 100.000.000-double-optin lists but I'm humble, so I don't care ;) I've software to send, subscribe and unsubscribe, but my problem is that I cannot send mails due to my ISP's relay. So the question is how do I get rid of this? I thought about some kind of server side mail client, I've my own boxes so that's not a problem at all. Is this possible or is there a better/inexpensive way? Or is there a way to override my ISP's SMTP with my own server's SMTP? They've not open relay ports, just in case. Any help more than appreciated __________________ ----------------------- Bass player wanted!

05-01-2003, 04:09 PM	#3
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