# Sending E-Mail from Different Locations **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [May 7, 2003, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sending-e-mail-from-different-locations/173681 "2003-05-07T15:51:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![sdimbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sdimbert/32/20204_2.png) [@sdimbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sdimbert)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2003, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sending-e-mail-from-different-locations/173681/1 "2003-05-07T15:51:35Z")
'm new to the laptop world. I’ve recently got my PowerBook set up to use a different Location Setting at my office than at home, so I can get online and check e-mail at both locations. But, when I try to _send_ e-mail from the office, it attempts to send the mail via the smtp server provided by my home-based ISP. This makes sense, since those settings are stored in the Accounts information in my e-mail application. But, aren’t smtp services restricted to people connecting via the ISP? At my office, I use a different ISP. How can I send mail from my office, using the email Account already established? ---
**Author:** ![Hern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Hern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hern)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2003, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sending-e-mail-from-different-locations/173681/2 "2003-05-07T15:54:38Z")
What application are you using to send your emails? If it’s Outlook then you can set up different profiles which handle mail in different ways. ---
**Author:** ![sdimbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sdimbert/32/20204_2.png) [@sdimbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sdimbert)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2003, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sending-e-mail-from-different-locations/173681/3 "2003-05-07T16:23:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Hern \* > **What application are you using to send your emails?** It’s Entourage, which is Outlook in Mac OSX. But, let me pre-empt you: I know about profiles in Outlook, but they create a new set of message folders… in essence a new Profile is a whole new Outlook experience. I want to be able to sit at my laptop at multiple locations and use my various email accounts no matter where I am, at school, at work, at a Starbucks using Wi-Fi, etc. I can’t be the first person to want to use POP Mail from more than one location, right? ---
**Author:** ![sailor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a587f6/32.png) [@sailor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sailor)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2003, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sending-e-mail-from-different-locations/173681/4 "2003-05-07T18:49:20Z")
\>\> How can I send mail from my office, using the email Account already established? I had this problem and the ISp gave me some info which allowed me to use the SMTP server while using another access by using a password. Talk to your ISP and they should explain how to do it. ---
**Author:** ![sdimbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sdimbert/32/20204_2.png) [@sdimbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sdimbert)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2003, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sending-e-mail-from-different-locations/173681/5 "2003-05-09T14:40:37Z")
**saior** , I spoke to them; they said it’s a no-go. It was Time Warner/Road Runner, BTW. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Mort\_Furd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Mort\_Furd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mort_Furd)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2003, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sending-e-mail-from-different-locations/173681/6 "2003-05-09T15:10:36Z")
It sounds like your ISP at work has the port for smtp blocked for all servers but their own. You’d have to talk to them about getting around that, but it probably isn’t possible with in their system/method of operation. What you might do is set up an smtp server on your laptop and set it up to do MX records transfers. This means that it looks onto the internet, finds the server of the recipient of your message, and hands the message straight to it instead of going through another smtp relay server. If you were using a PC, then I’d say you could get a copy of VPOP and be happy. If you’ve got OS X, you might try some of the free software out there. Sendmail could do it, and procmail. both would be a real pain to setup, though. P.S. If you do this, make sure to restrict access to your local machine only. If your machine accepts smtp connections from the net at large, you could become a spammers wet dream - an open smtp relay. If all of that was gibberish, then don’t try it. ---
**Author:** ![Horrifying\_Howler\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/df788c/32.png) [@Horrifying\_Howler\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horrifying_Howler_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2003, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sending-e-mail-from-different-locations/173681/7 "2003-05-09T15:20:47Z")
Why don’t you go to [www.e-mailanywhere.com](http://www.e-mailanywhere.com), and log on with your email address & password there? You should be able to receive mail from your server, and send as well, no? ---
**Author:** ![sdimbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sdimbert/32/20204_2.png) [@sdimbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sdimbert)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2003, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sending-e-mail-from-different-locations/173681/8 "2003-05-09T15:29:35Z")
**Magayuk** , I’m sure I could. As a matter of fact, I use an IMAP e-mail provider, so all of my folders, saved mail, sent mail, etc can be viewed via a web browser, without using a third-party gateway site. But, there are many features that an e-mail client provides, like auto-filtering, spam filtering, multiple signatures, multiple accounts, etc, etc, etc. Plus, i can interact with my mail offline after I download it. Suffice it to say that I want to get things to work from my email client. It should work, don’t you think? ---
**Author:** ![Mort\_Furd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Mort\_Furd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mort_Furd)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2003, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sending-e-mail-from-different-locations/173681/9 "2003-05-09T15:35:13Z")
Well, as best I can tell, you can’t send mail from there - and they’d be damned fools to do so, too. That is an invitation to spammers. ---
**Author:** ![Mort\_Furd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Mort\_Furd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mort_Furd)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2003, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sending-e-mail-from-different-locations/173681/10 "2003-05-09T15:40:21Z")
The simple (but inelegant way) would be to change to smtp server in your profile when you change locations. No fun at all,but you could do it. ---
**Author:** ![Mort\_Furd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Mort\_Furd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mort_Furd)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2003, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sending-e-mail-from-different-locations/173681/11 "2003-05-09T15:46:21Z")
The simple (but inelegant way) would be to change to smtp server in your profile when you change locations. No fun at all,but you could do it. ---
**Author:** ![Whiskey-Hotel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e68b1a/32.png) [@Whiskey-Hotel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whiskey-Hotel)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2003, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sending-e-mail-from-different-locations/173681/12 "2003-05-09T17:04:05Z")
Comcast (formerly ATTBI) has a secure Web mail server that you can access your e-mail using a web browser. Does TW/RR have one of those? You won’t be able to use Entourage, but it will allow you to receive/send e-mail with your home e-mail address. ---
**Author:** ![sdimbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sdimbert/32/20204_2.png) [@sdimbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sdimbert)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2003, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sending-e-mail-from-different-locations/173681/13 "2003-10-13T21:55:48Z")
This is an oldie, but I found the answer. It’s a MacOSX application called [LocationX](http://homepage.mac.com/locationmanager/).