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Originally Posted by webmaster
The last time I checked Metrocast had one of the strangest email systems I've ever run across. They will not allow you to use any other outgoing mail server than theirs. If you bring your laptop on vacation and get connected through Metrocast at your hotel, your existing outgoing (SMTP) mail server won't work. You have to use theirs, or use web based email (like Gmail, etc.).
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It's not like that anymore... I've had Metrocast for a few years, and have always run my own mail servers. I've never had a problem with outgoing mail getting snarfed by Metrocast servers in the way.
I don't use unencrypted SMTP though, so that might be part of why I don't run into issues.