Special Edition Using Microsoft® Office XP

Troubleshooting

Working Around Anti-Spam Filters

Q1:

I have two Internet service providers. One is a local provider I use at home, because I like their speed and service. For business trips, I use an account with a national Internet service provider, to avoid having to access the Internet via a long-distance call at exorbitant hotel rates. While on the road, I have no trouble receiving mail from your regular ISP, but when I try to reply to e-mail, I get an error message that says something like This server does not allow relaying.

A1:

Most ISPs restrict access to SMTP servers for sending outgoing mail—typically, the mail server checks your IP address before allowing you to connect to the SMTP server. This step verifies that you are an authenticated ...