Email software question.

[eigen]

So my school has implemented this some new email policies including this gem :

1.Change their 'Outgoing/SMTP' server setting to xxx.xxx.xxx . Note that this only applies to computers located on the campus network and will not work for off-campus ISPs. Off campus users' should use their ISP's email server for outgoing email.......

So this means I cant send email while sitting at my local wifi enabled coffeeshop ( or of course anyplace else).

Any suggestions on how I can do this, am I just gonna have to act like a spammer and find open servers to use.

I also seem to remeber an app that let send email directly from your box without need for a server. Anyclues on this.( linux)

 

[Nothinman]

It's good to see schools trying to corral spam.

As for what you're going to do, I can't say because I've run my own mail server for some time now and havn't had to worry about it. If you are running Linux you could setup a local MTA to deliver for you, if it isn't configured with a smart host it will try to deliver the mail itself by connecting directly to the destination mx hosts but this probably won't work at school since they would be blocking outgoing smtp traffic now.

 

[eigen]

Originally posted by: Nothinman
It's good to see schools trying to corral spam.

As for what you're going to do, I can't say because I've run my own mail server for some time now and havn't had to worry about it. If you are running Linux you could setup a local MTA to deliver for you, if it isn't configured with a smart host it will try to deliver the mail itself by connecting directly to the destination mx hosts but this probably won't work at school since they would be blocking outgoing smtp traffic now.

How would I do this? I wouldnt need it to work at school per the above paragraph.