Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-project (73 mails)

[Hartmut Meyer <hartmut.meyer@xxxxxx>]

Hi,

Am Montag 20 Oktober 2008 23:10:21 schrieb Carlos E. R.:
> On Monday, 2008-10-20 at 15:24 -0500, Bryen wrote:
> > On Mon, 2008-10-20 at 22:16 +0200, Hartmut Meyer wrote:
> > > Can someone explain to me how to send e-mail with my opensuse.org e-mail
> > > address? The address itself is working fine: I can receive e-mails.
> > >
> > > But what SMTP server would I for sending? And how to authenticate?
> >
> >     I. It is an forwarding address which forwards to your primary
> >        account.  

Like I wrote in my initial e-mail: this is working fine.

> >        To send mail under that address, simply use your
> >        existing smtp server that you authenticate to.
>
> and if your existing smtp server rejects you with the o.o alias (mine
> does),

Yes, that's the problem (sorry for not explaining this in my first e-mail). I 
was actually assuming that this (rejecting other FROM addresses) would be 
default with most SMTP servers. Anyway, it certainly doesn't work with my 
provider ...

> you can use the smtp server of gmail, if you previously configure a
> setting in gmail telling them you are using them to send with any other
> alias you want to.

But that would require me to get an gmail account, right?


Greetings from Bremen
hartmut