I hate ISPs

[growler_south]

My otherwise-lovely ISP, Orcon, refuses to supply an authenticated SMTP server. Which means that, unless I am logged in via an Orcon dialup, I cant use their SMTP server.

Webmail is no use- I'm using Internet Explorer 4.01 for the handheld PC, and it cant be upgraded. Orcon webmail doesnt support 4.01.

Erich got out of bed at 2am to make me a University of Alaska email account- but I cant log in to *that* either :-(Poor erich, I was so happy to hear his voice, he should have gone straight back to sleep, not stayed up and made me an email account.. )

So I'm back to Yahoo! the only place that still supports my ageing palmtop. Its nearly time to replace it, and I think I may have found the ideal machine- the Toshiba Libretto U100. 1.1Ghz vs 200Mhz, XP vs CE3.0, 60Gb vs 512Mb. and $2500 vs $400. Hmmm.... maybe when I'm a little more affluent. Perhaps Yahoo isnt all that bad...

2 more days till I'm on a plane to the big ol' USA...

Comments

[dhbearguy.livejournal.com]

If you can get out on port 25, I can provide you with outbound smtp services. Let me know if you are interested.
Dave

[growler-south.livejournal.com]

Thanks sexy :-)
I've figured out how to use Yahoo's SMTP (but not actually tested it yet) and have a couple of tame ITgeeks who may help- but I'll keep your offer in mind if it all goes wrong!

[barbarian-rat.livejournal.com]

Hope you and boofbiker have a good time in SF.