Topic: Email problem

[RobRoye]

I've been using E-Smith for about 4 years now for my home gateway, website, FTP, email, etc...

I talked a friend of mine into using it as well and learning as I did, but we've come across a snag. I get my internet access from a friend's company and got a static business IP. He has cable with a residential IP. As quite a bit of the email from his IP would be blocked since it comes from a residential IP he wants to use his ISPs mail servers for his personal email. E-Smith seems to be blocking it, however. He can receive his email just fine, but he cannot send anything to anyone but himself. Wierdest thing I've seen in a long time.

Does anyone have any ideas what might be causing this?

[NickR]

He needs to put the hostname of his ISPs mail server in the Configuration / Email panel in the "Address of Internet provider's mail server" box.  Then he just points his email client to the internal IP of the SME.

[Anonymous]

Thanks for the information. I'll let him know and we'll try it out.

[RobRoye]

Worked like a champ. Thanks for the info, it was causing much vexation, hehe.

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