On Thu, 16 Mar 2006 13:16:28 -0800, Jim Pickering wrote:

You must have an account created (usually with your ISP) to send
mail via an authorized SMTP server.

GMail _does_ provide an authorized SMTP server for its users. They even
allow MS Outlook Express users to connect through port 465 w/SSL in case
their ISP blocks outbound port 25.

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Norman
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