SMTP Server List - SMTP Servers
If you are going to be forwarding on mail from a POP3 account you will need a SMTP server to do the forwarding. Remember though that you need to pay to get access to Yahoo and several other POP3 servers. Detailed below is a searchable list of SMTP servers for various ISP and E-Mail providers. In order to avoid any chance of problems when using GetMail For Hotmail we would recommend using the corresponding SMTP server to the POP3 server which holds your account i.e. the account you are forwarding from.
However, a lot of people don't realise that you can actually run your own SMTP server for less than $5 a month! This gives you access to your own POP3 and SMTP server (using your own custom domain name e.g. john@thesmithfamily.com) and 1000 mail accounts that you can use however you like!
Besides using your mail providers SMTP server, a number of services are available that will allow you to use their SMTP server no matter where in the world you are, we recommend the SMTP2Go Worldwide SMTP Server (also great for travelers). This SMTP server will allow you to send e-mails without worrying about where in the world you are.
Can't find the SMTP server you're looking for? We highly recommend a service called SMTP2Go. They can supply you with authentication details for their SMTP server which will allow you to send e-mails from anywhere in the world, from any device that supports SMTP (Laptops, PDA's, iPhones etc). You keep your existing e-mail addresses and just use their server to do the sending, it's as simple as that.
Why The Need For A List Of SMTP Servers?
In an ideal world a list of SMTP servers like the one above would not be needed. ISP’s would take their responsibilities towards providing an e-mail platform seriously and we could all happily e-mail without trouble. SMTP does stand for Simple Mail Transfer Protocol after all. It’s not an ideal world and it is ISP’s that bring around 99% of the need for this list.
To start of with a large number of ISPs bury the details of their SMTP servers deep within their websites. This either needs a degree in advanced Google or perhaps just blind luck to find. I have no idea why they are so secretive, I assume it has something to do with them believing that it will stop spammers abusing their SMTP servers, something totally not needed as long as they are using authentication.
The next problems are connected. Some ISPs do not allow you to send mail over Port 25 (the port for SMTP) unless it is through one of their servers. They only allow SMTP relay through what they can directly control. This is all fine and dandy except for when they don’t make those details easily accessible (see the point above) or when you decide to travel on business or for a vacation. Because when they do this many ISPs also only allow you to send through their SMTP when you connect to the internet using their connection. This means that when you travel you have no way of sending e-mail using their server, the SMTP server that you’ve been forced to use from home. So you’re away on business but when you send an e-mail you get a dreaded “can not send” error message. Your ISP has forced the need for you to have access to another SMTP relay server. The list above helps by providing the SMTP details of many of the free and paid mail services that abound on the internet.
So as you can see the reason for the SMTP Server list is simple, it’s to help you find the SMTP server for your ISP/Mail provider and perhaps more importantly to give you options when you are travelling.
