Can Eudora be used on a free isp like netzero???

[glp1del]

I use Eudora at school to keep tract of my email accounts. At home I tried to set it up but keep getting cannot connect to server errors. I get this error even when I try to connect to my mail.com account which I paid the annual fee for pop3 access. I am using netzero as my ISP at home and was wondering if that was causing the problems.

Thanks in advance,

Glp1

 

[loogie]

I think that netzero does not allow you to access smtp servers other than their own. I'm not positive on it though. When I use netzero, I have to set the smtp server to the netzero one. Try 1nol, they have no banners and I am able to send mail using servers other than their own.

On this same topic, does anyone know how to set up their own smtp server? So that I could just set up my pop mail accounts to send mail through my own server? Hopefully, the solution will be free. linux can do this right?

 

[wesman2]

i'm sure you could setup your own smtp server with linux, but you may have to use a non-standard smtp port(not port 25) as this is probably what netzero blocks.

 

[glp1del]

Thanks loogie I'll try that tonight when I get home. As for the server, I am sure you can use linux. But I would think you would need a static IP which no free ISP is going to give you.

Thanks again, Glp1