Some people recommend you install SMTP mail server software on your local
machine and get it to send mail direct. We do not recommend this for the
following important reasons:
- Your mail is more likely to be caught as SPAM - the IP addresses
allocated to dialup and broadband accounts do not usually have the correct
(forward and reverse) DNS entries required for SMTP servers.
- Some email servers (including some of the major email providers!) block
email from IP addresses used by dialup and broadband users of other ISP's.
- More and more ISP's are blocking outgoing SMTP (port 25) as an anti-SPAM
prevention measure - stopping your machine sending SMTP mail directly.
- Why install additional software on your machine (which may incur cost,
poses possible security risks and will require periodic updates /
maintenance) when AuthSMTP is low cost
and you can send your email direct from your email program!
AuthSMTP does not suffer from these problems and is a low cost and reliable
'authenticated SMTP mail relay service' - click
here for our service information.
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