Anyway to figure out what smtp server I should use?
 

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?

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

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.