At 24 May 2009 00:37:24 +0100 John wrote:

> > > Just wondering if anyone in this group could recommend a free (or
not
> > > free)
> > > SMTP server, so I can send email from Qmail (Windows Mobile 2003SE),
> when
> > > travelling around. The plan is to connect to the net from several
> > > different
> > > locations, some wifi, other via bluetooth and mobile phone
networks, so
> I
> > > need something that will allow me to send from any place, any time.
Any
> > > ideas guys and gals?
> > >
> > > ps, if you cant help with the above... is there any way I can
quickly
> send
> > > and receive email from googlemail (Gmal) using the PPC?, any client
for
> > > gmail for the ppc, or maybe you have another way to do it?
> > >
> > > Thanks a lot, hope you can help.
> >
> > GMail supports both POP3 and IMAP or receive (you have to turn one or
the
> > other on from the GMail web interface settings) and SMTP to send so
it
> will
> > work with either QMail or the built-in Messaging app.
> >
> > In addition, AOL supports IMAP and SMTP, and Hotmail supports POP3 and
> SMTP,
> > so they'll work with QMail and Messaging as well.
>
> Thanks for the reply Todd....
>
> From what I see I need to use STARTTLS or SSL, but my version of Qmail
> (v2.9.23.2977) appears to not support this.... Well it is there, but
> everything is grayed out.
> Do you know how to enable STARTTLS/SSL?
>


It's not greyed out on mine, but I'm using a 3.0.x version. Perhaps you
might upgrade? (Though I don't remember it being greyed out in 2.9.x
either...)

In either case, you shouldn't need it- the "SSL" setting works fine for
GMail.