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Electronic mail, telex, and fax http://home.eunet.no/~presno/bok/7.html
messages logged on to the ISP that owns the server will be allowed through. They do this
WR SUHYHQW QRQVXEVFULEHUV IURP XVLQJ WKHLU VHUYHUV H J WR VHQG spam mail.
The solve this problem, specifiy in the Properties dialog for the second email
account that it is to use the first account's outgoing server (smtp server). (In Outlook
Express, do this in Tools|Accounts|Properties.)
Example: Usually, I use four different mailboxes for outgoing mail. When at home,
I might be sending all mail from all mailboxes through the smtp server of the Tele2 ISP.
When travelling, I often change to the smtp server of my Eunet Traveller account.
Thus, the mail you receive from presno@eunet.no might have been sent from the
Tele2 server. The fact will be recorded in the small details of the mailer header of my
mail to you.
Warning: You can do this because most outgoing mail servers (SMTP) do not
require that you identify yourself by password when sending mail. Therefore, you can
even send mail using a fake address, like Michael.Jackson@heavens.org. Also, it means
that others can send mail using your name. So, if in doubt about mail you're receiving,
check the mailer header to see where it comes from. If it comes from a different server,
you may return a request for confirmation. As receipt of mail is password protected, the
fake sender will not be able to reply.
The Traveller's Dream
Email for free services may appear to be the traveller's dream. They let you get to your
email while travelling without the hassle of finding a local access point for your Internet
provider, or buying from a local service.
An even better solution is MailStart. Like the email for free services, everything
is done by Web browser. Enter your email address (as in "presno@eunet.no"), and your
login password (the one you normally use to get your mail when at home). MailStart will
get your mail for you, and let you handle it in a safe way.
You do not have to be concerned about using several email addresses for your
mail. Replies to your mails will go to your main account, and not to an account that you
may forget to check for incoming mail later.
Check Xmail for an alternative.
Replying
On the Internet, electronic messages have a structure that is common across the
network. On most systems, you can reply using a reply command. If this feature is not
available, use the sender's address as given in the mail header.
Note: Exercise caution when replying to a message sent by a mailing list
(also called a distribution list). If you wish to respond to the author only,
make sure that the only address you are replying to is that person's email
address. If you are not careful, your mail will go to the entire list!
A bounced message contains two mail headers: the header of your original message (in
part three), and the header of the bounced message (in part one).
The 'good' reply address is laid out in the 'From:' header. Thus, the message showed
above contains the following two 'good' addresses:
From: Network Mailer
From: presno@eunet.no
The Network Mailer located the second address line in the original message, and used
this address when sending the bounced message.
Note: there is no point in sending a message back to the service that sent
you the bounced message, like MAILER@VM1.NoDak.EDU above. This is
the address of an automatic mail handling program. Write to
Postmaster@VM1.NoDak.EDU if you want to talk to a "real person" at this
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