[AccessD] OT SMTP Local Server

On 8 Jun 2006 at 14:49, pcs at azizaz.com wrote:

> 
> But currently I am not 'at home' - I am in Shanghai, China 
> hooking into the internet via broadband installed in my 
> stepson's apartment using a WAN Miniport (PPPOE), a PPP 

PPOE connecting to where? Your stepson's ISP?

...
> At this point, I get on the FMS discussion list and here I 
> find that:
> TAE only supports an "open" SMTP Server that allows 
> relaying - authentication as such is not supported - the 
> Username and Password field on TAE available for setting up 
> the parameters for the SMTP server to use is not for that 
> kind of authentication but for something else (whatever that 
> is!)
> 
> BUT, here is the suggested line of action from FMS: Create 
> your OWN local SMTP server....

If you are PPOE to your stepson's ISP, you should just be able to point TAE at the ISPs mail 
server. They will see you  as a local IP address and should allow access without any 
authentication. and TAE should be able to use it.