Rick - you're right, but the free ISP I'm using doesn't have any ads (except
the branding in MSIE). It works fine with a normal DUN connection. In fact
the two are symmetrical: whichever I'm dialled into I can't send messages on
the other account. I have since come across a mention of "blocking smtp
relay". (Outlook express helpfully tells me this when I try to send.) This
looks like an ISP configuration to minimise spam. So I may be stuck.

All - apologies in advance if multiple copies of my posts appear. I thought
posts arriving from my unsubscribed account would get trashed but they still
seem to be accepted.

Joe

> -----Original Message-----
> Ian gave a great answer that I'd like to add one thing to.
>
> "Normally" the "dial on demand" features of an E-mail client
> or Operating System will "NOT" start up a "free" ISP properly.
> They do not use DUN or RAS services in quite the "normal way".
> They "generally" require starting a manual dialer and connecting
> to their service through it and an interface that also loads the AD
> generating and tracking software (and AD "bar")...
> While it is possible to use the e-mail program in a way that you
> are trying, the above "may" always be an obstacle that you might
> never fully overcome, only "work-around"...
>                          Good luck...   Rick Glazier
>
> > > I've set up two "internet email" profiles and I can
> *receive* mail fine
> > > from both ISPs, but I cannot work out how to send on
> both. Outlook appears
> > > to decide randomly which one it's going to use to send on
> and leaves the
> > > message in the Outbox until I connect to that ISP. It's
> not always the same
> > > one..........
> >
> > First, you usually can't send a newly created email unless
> you logged in to
> > the mail server (that is, checked your email from that
> server during that
> > session).  And newly created emails will use the default
> server (check
> > Accounts under the Tools menu to see which is which).
> >
> > Secondly, when replying, the server used is the one which
> received the
> > original message.
> >
> > Now, keeping the above in mind, select Send Using from the
> File menu  in
> > Outlook, then choose the appropiate server.  Hope this helps.

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