re: Outlook Express-I am not a subscriber- Is there any way I can e-mail someone whose e-mail address?

Question

is reachable only by outlook?

Answer 1

Yes, you can. The only catch is that you cannot receive e-mails since you are not a subsriber.

These are the steps to do it. Don't SPAM! Oh BTW - ISP usually will block you from spamming anyway so if they do, call them and tell them that you need port 25 to be open because you need to relay mail. They will either tell you can't or they will do it for you.

#1 - First, find out the mail-exchange record (If you don't know how, I will explain below.)
#2 - Create a new outlook express account. For user name, just add anything you want. (i.e. [e-mail]) When the wizard asks you what type of mail server you are using, choose POP3. Enter some bogus incoming mail server. However, enter the answer you got from #1 for outgoing(i.e. mx1.mail.yahoo.com) For user name and password, just add something bogus since you won't need it anyway.
#3 - Now, when you are done creating the account, click properties and uncheck "Include this account when receiving...." since you're not a subscriber.

Now, when you send an e-mail to your friend, outlook will contact your friend directly. Your friend will see that the e-mail came from whoever you specified as your user name.
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To find the Mail-Exchange record (aka MX record) go to www.dnsstuff.com and look at the little blue box all the way to the right. It should be labeled DNS lookup. Type in the domain name (i.e. if his email is [e-mail] then type yahoo.com) and choose MX from the drop down. Then click lookup. Yahoo has multiple MX records so choose one.

For the person below... I guess you don't know as much as me.

Answer 2

no such thing, as described