Hi,

Can anyone give me their views on the following companies:

http://www.34sp.com/

http://www.netrg.net

http://www.esitehosting.co.uk



Can anyone suggest a good SMTP mail company so I can send info from my domain name?

Regards,

Russ

if you just want a smtp gateway do a search on a search engine such as google. Loads of them come up.

If all else fails then drop me a pm and you can use mine.;)

About the SMTP... I know for a fact that 34SP don't offer an SMTP server with their packages (they are looking into it)... however, this does not mean you cannot send e-mail from (as an example) Russ007@yourdomain.com... for example, I send all my mail from my domain @aliasonline.net via my ISP's SMTP server (which is unfortunately smtp.btinternet.com :mad: ).

If you have a half decent ISP then this is probably the best solution... for another domain that I have hosted I do get an SMTP server, but I don't use it as it's in America... it's quicker for me to send e-mail via my ISPs SMTP server :)

As for the actual companies... I've used 34SP.com, and I've been pretty happy with their service. Not sure about the other two you've listed there though.

Most regular webhosting companies offer smtp nowadays.

But not all ISP's allow you to utilize it. They block port 25.

never quite understood that. It doesn't exactly use up bandwidth. Nearly 2000 people use one we have for our free hosting service and the bandwidth doesn't really register.

Its not cpu intensive either so no real argument could be used there either.

i forgot to post this before but ...

i was thinking about using netrg at one point, their responses to my questions were very helpful and promt.

Originally posted by thebyp2
never quite understood that. It doesn't exactly use up bandwidth. Nearly 2000 people use one we have for our free hosting service and the bandwidth doesn't really register.

Its not cpu intensive either so no real argument could be used there either.

The reason is simple... spammers.

i had a problem with aohell and smtp, the problem being they dont offer one and neither did my hosting company at that time. my answer , run my own.
www.argosoft.com (nowt to do with me, im not promoting it just using it as an example so srry if im in breach of forum rules :()
beyond simple to use.
run Winipcfg.exe
put your isps dns in the settings.
change it to allow relay
and in your email programs smtp server box add your machines network name which should come up in the localhost line when you start the server. runs great.
srry if i misunderstood your question.

The reason is simple... spammers.

I disagree. If you set up a smtp server with safeguards you can still leave it open. For example, our server simply stops people from sending more than 10 emails in one go. Not bullet proof, but does the job.

I agree that there are ways to limit it. What you mentioned combined with pop-auth is generally what is used. I wonder if people get around this using mailing lists (offered by the host)? Any experiences in this area?

sorry , the tools for mailing lists that i use only ever use sendmail.

34sp works great ;)

wow dragging up an old thread

Seems to be a lot of that going on lately.

Originally posted by thebyp2
wow dragging up an old thread

I was searching for SMTP, so I found this and dragged it up again ;)

This thread has sex appeal.

Originally posted by bambenek
This thread has sex appeal.

i'm tired, so i'm just going to say huh? :eek: