Can’t send email!
(see below for update)
I own a few domain names. One is for my blog and one is my main domain which is the email address I use for most contacts.
I also have a small web-design business which is a different domain name. When I email my clients I have to change the From field to the domain name of my business.
I have other domains, such as one that I use for secondary emails for stuff like online shopping, email newsletters, etc.
I use Mozilla mail, and I set up different accounts in Mozilla Mail for each From address that I’d need and when I send mail, I use the drop-down box in the Compose window to select what the From field will say.
I have a legitimate need for using different From fields.
But now Earthlink (my DSL ISP) seems to be blocking any mail that I send because my from field is never @earthlink.com I NEVER use the earthlink mail, I have no need for it since I have my own domains. But now I can’t send mail unless my from field is my real Earthlink domain.
This sux. How can I send email to my clients and family and blog friends? I don’t want to have to use various webmail interfaces. It’s been so nice to use pop mail w/ Mozilla mail: all the different domain emails forward to my main email account so I only have to check one email pop account, and w/ Mozilla Mail’s ealy drop-down box for selecting the From account, it’s all so easy.
But now I’m dead in the water.
I wonder if I can easly set up my own smtp server at home? I have several spare PC’s and can use one as a linux gateway.
Here’s a question for you all: Is there a free or cheap smtp server service I can subscribe to that will give me flexibility?
I need help, I can’t send any email! Fuck! And no, I don’t want to use various web-mai interfaces. And because most of my domains are actually sub-domains, I CAN’T use webmail for them.
F*************ck!
UPDATE: I’m pretty sure now that it’s not Earthlink, my DSL ISP, but rather the ISP of one of my email recipients that’s causing the problems. Other people whom I thought didn’t get my emails did get them, but had their own problems re. answersing (lost email, crashed outlook, etc.). My mom uses a small independant ISP who I believe is blocking all email whose from field is not matching the isp, so I will either have to email the owner or just send mail to her yahoo account (which is stupid). Anyway, looks like Earthlink is treating me just fine. 