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The best solution to this problem is to use the SMTP server
associated with the ISP or network you are using. This
simply means putting the address of that SMTP server into
your e-mail
software, in the
"Outgoing Mail Server" or "SMTP Server" box.
In most cases, you can do this while still using your
UMCP email address as your return address. For your
convenience, we have compiled a list of some SMTP server names
for various ISP's that will permit this.
AOL users note - Unfortunately, this
approach will not work with AOL, because AOL does not
provide an SMTP server for its customers.
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If the solution described above won't work for you, other
possibilities (not necessarily the most convenient or most
secure) include:
- Download and install our Virtual Private Network client software. Use of this client will allow a connection through any ISP world-wide seem to be coming directly into the University of Maryland network. This allows use of the University's SMTP servers and access to restricted sites such as libraries and databases.
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Web-based e-mail programs - Many of
these services (e.g., www.homemail.com,
www.readmail.com) will allow you to read your mail
(often with very poor security), but not to
send it. Others are full service (e.g.,
www.hotmail.com, www.yahoo.com), but you can't identify
yourself by your University of Maryland email address.
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The following is what we have been able to locate in
terms of a service that will permit you to both read
and send mail. We aren't recommending this approach,
nor can we provide technical support for this approach,
because of issues of:
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Security: sending your id/password
unencrypted over the Internet -- and if you choose
to read your email on the site, make sure to use
the IMAP approach, so that your mail stays on the
server instead of being downloaded.
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Privacy: gathering demographic
information and sharing it with advertisers to
which you are subject on the site, and about whom
you will receive email if you fail to opt out at
the right moment.
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