Most folks who connect you to the internet (called Internet Service Providers or ISP’s) allow you to send and receive mail at will. YVOD offers a simple set up for all email accounts:
Username: <full email address> (eg: ulan@yvod.com)
Password: <password>
POP3 Server: mail.yourdomain (eg: mail.yvod.com)
SMTP Server: mail.yourdomain (eg: mail.yvod.com)
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The internet is still a wild place and this set-up will not always work. Unfortunately, some folks choose to limit what email servers you can use to SEND your email. Why? I have heard that it is to better monitor what folks send (scary). Another argument is that they place filters on your account to cut down on spam. This is bogus since that is our job if you use our mail servers. Whatever the reason, you need a solutions…
Fortunately there is a very easy way to get around these limits. Sending mail normally goes out on “port 25”. All you have to do is change this port number and you are done. YVOD operates SMTP servers on ports 587 and 20025 and you can use one of these instead.
Instructions for Eudora, Apple’s Mail.app and Outlook are below.
Eudora: Simply place a colon after the SMTP server along with the desired port (eg: mail.yvod.com:587). Alternatively you can modify the SMTP for the entire application by placing this text <x-eudora-setting:7211> in the body of any message and clicking on it.
Eudora Instructions
Mail.app Instructions
Outlook Instructions