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<blockquote data-quote="oleimann" data-source="post: 706725" data-attributes="member: 63899"><p><strong>SMTP limitations on most providers</strong></p><p></p><p>In case you're still interested (it has been months, after all)...</p><p></p><p>It's a security issue to allow sending mail through smtp to addresses outside of the domain, because you could use the server to relay e-mail, making tracing the message a lot harder.</p><p>Most providers even block access to the sending-SMTP server's port from outside, if it's seperate from where e-mail comes in.</p><p></p><p>So, you would have to use your parent's internet provider's SMTP server to send e-mail, not the one from aol.</p><p></p><p>However, if it's just e-mail you want to send from anywhere, use the webmail from your AOL account instead. That should always work <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="oleimann, post: 706725, member: 63899"] [b]SMTP limitations on most providers[/b] In case you're still interested (it has been months, after all)... It's a security issue to allow sending mail through smtp to addresses outside of the domain, because you could use the server to relay e-mail, making tracing the message a lot harder. Most providers even block access to the sending-SMTP server's port from outside, if it's seperate from where e-mail comes in. So, you would have to use your parent's internet provider's SMTP server to send e-mail, not the one from aol. However, if it's just e-mail you want to send from anywhere, use the webmail from your AOL account instead. That should always work :) [/QUOTE]
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