I'm trying to use the ppp example to send email from my MOD5231 via dial-up modem. I need to do this so I can get status reports from a location with phone but no DSL or cable. My ISP won't let me dial-in unless I log out of my DSL account, which doesn't work in this case. Is there a free dial-up provider that will let me dial-in and send SMTP email? The ones I've found won't let you use SMTP since they don't want to be used by spammers, which makes sense.
Is there some better way to send out status info from a phone-only location?
Thanks!
Dialup emailing from Netburner
Re: Dialup emailing from Netburner
Hi,
It can be tough to find a public "annonomous" mail server that allows SMTP with no TLS authentication. One option is to try a function that was added to the NNDK a few months ago.
/*-------------------------------------------------------------------
* Send mail where the NetBurner acts a SMTP server.
* This method of sending mail is useful if you do not have a
* plain text SMTP server to route your mail through.
* A requirement for this function to work is a valid DNS sever
* in the configuration record or through DHCP.
* There are many mail servers that will only accept mail from
* other trusted servers as a means to prevent SPAM. When this
* this function was written it was able to successfully send mail
* to the GMAIL servers but not the YAHOO servers when
* connecting through a San Diego Time Warner Buisness IP.
* The Yahoo error does provide a link to register your IP as
* valid mail server. Use the SendMailAsServer example to see
* if a particular mail server is compatible.
* ----------------------------------------------------------------*/
int SendMailAsServer( PCSTR from_addr,
PCSTR to_addr,
PCSTR subject,
PCSTR textbody )
The best solution functionality wise is to get the SSL add-on library from NetBurner. This will then enable you to send email with SSL/TLS authentication. With this most mail servers should work since this is the authentication they want... gmail, yahoo, ext.
-Larry
It can be tough to find a public "annonomous" mail server that allows SMTP with no TLS authentication. One option is to try a function that was added to the NNDK a few months ago.
/*-------------------------------------------------------------------
* Send mail where the NetBurner acts a SMTP server.
* This method of sending mail is useful if you do not have a
* plain text SMTP server to route your mail through.
* A requirement for this function to work is a valid DNS sever
* in the configuration record or through DHCP.
* There are many mail servers that will only accept mail from
* other trusted servers as a means to prevent SPAM. When this
* this function was written it was able to successfully send mail
* to the GMAIL servers but not the YAHOO servers when
* connecting through a San Diego Time Warner Buisness IP.
* The Yahoo error does provide a link to register your IP as
* valid mail server. Use the SendMailAsServer example to see
* if a particular mail server is compatible.
* ----------------------------------------------------------------*/
int SendMailAsServer( PCSTR from_addr,
PCSTR to_addr,
PCSTR subject,
PCSTR textbody )
The best solution functionality wise is to get the SSL add-on library from NetBurner. This will then enable you to send email with SSL/TLS authentication. With this most mail servers should work since this is the authentication they want... gmail, yahoo, ext.
-Larry