My website host supports POP3 emails but charges extra for SMTP...Can I only receive emails in outlook?

Question

I am trying to setup my email so I do not need to go onto my hosts webmail....however they charge substantially extra for 'Authenticated SMTP'. If I do not have this can I not send emails through outlook, only receive?

Thanks

Answer 1

You may be confusing two things:



POP3 is a 'pull' protocol; your machine connects to a POP3 server and requests any mail.



SMTP is a 'push' protocol; the SMTP machine tries to connect to the next machine in the route to the destination.



It's the standard method for sending email from any normal email program.



Some ISPs offer SMTP for customers to receive email - rather than waiting for mail to be fetched, the ISPs server connects to the customers system and delivers each email as it arrives.

This is normally an extra, chargeable, service.



As far as the Authenticated SMTP bit, if that is for sending mail, it's possibly a 'roaming' account.

Many ISPs don't use authentication for outgoing email, but block it unless the machine sending the mail is connected through an account (ADSL / Cable) that they control, and sometimes only permit 'from' addresses that resolve back to their servers.



If you want to be able to send email from any internet connection, then they require password protection to prevent spammers using their system.





You mention a Website rather than an ISP? If you are using a different web host to your ISP, you can either forward email to the web site address on to your ISPs email, or set up outlook to use the web hosts pop3 and your ISPs outgoing smtp server.



Sorry if this is a bit generic, but the question is not clear..

If it does not help, please post a new question with more detail, like who the web host is and who your ISP is (but not any usernames etc).

That will allow people to look at the possible email server setups for those companies.

Answer 2

POP3 = Post Office Protocol 3 is used to download messages to your mail client (Outlook)

SMTP = Simple Mail Transport Protocol is used to send messages to other SMTP servers. Typically your ISP or other host offers the SMTP server. In fact, many residential ISPs block the required TCP port (25) needed to send e-mail directly as a preventative spam measure.



gmail (at one point) allowed its users access to both pop3 and smtp servers hosted by them -- they probably still do, but I have not kept up on it.



There are other free options if you don't want to pay your host.

Answer 3

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