Anyway to figure out what smtp server I should use?

[Jace]

I am sitting at best western and they seem to be using something I have no experience in tracking down info for

here is the tracert I get

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:\Documents and Settings\Jace>tracert wwww.yahoo.com

Tracing route to rc.yahoo.akadns.net [216.109.112.135]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 2 ms 4 ms 1 ms 192.168.12.1
2 * * * Request timed out.
3 8 ms 11 ms 7 ms 192.168.201.3
4 27 ms 31 ms 24 ms 66.0.131.117
5 32 ms 21 ms 24 ms g0-9.na21.b000192-0.atl01.atlas.cogentco.com [20
5.198.2.161]
6 39 ms 33 ms 41 ms p4-0.core01.dca01.atlas.cogentco.com [154.54.7.1
54]
7 50 ms 50 ms 43 ms t4-1.mpd01.dca01.atlas.cogentco.com [154.54.3.15
8]
8 225 ms 236 ms 195 ms t8-3.mpd01.dca02.atlas.cogentco.com [154.54.6.19
8]
9 211 ms 40 ms 49 ms t2-4.mpd01.iad01.atlas.cogentco.com [154.54.2.50
]
10 51 ms 69 ms 48 ms yahoo.iad01.atlas.cogentco.com [154.54.10.2]
11 41 ms 72 ms 46 ms ge-0-0-0-p100.msr1.dcn.yahoo.com [216.115.108.1]

12 45 ms 38 ms 38 ms ge9-3.bas2-m.dcn.yahoo.com [216.109.120.155]
13 43 ms 35 ms 40 ms w2.rc.vip.dcn.yahoo.com [216.109.112.135]

Trace complete.


I see atlas.cogentco.com in there, but i usually am able to see an internet provider before that so I can figure out what smtp server to use

no such luck here

anyone have any ideas?

[mattz]

bump for you, hitting you up on icq on another issue

[react]

That 66.0.131.117 is owned by DELTACOM.NET incase that helps.

Aside from that the better alternative is to setup your own SMTP server to listen on a non-standard port. Sometimes even that isn't enough, though. Really a VPN is the only way to fly.