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SMTP Authentication (very) basic question

Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 11:32 am
by ashleyK
I am setting up a new website for a client on my reseller hosting account.

They want to keep their mail server running with no changes.

My reseller hosting account has an SMTP server which I want to hook Swift Mailer into in order to send confirmation e-mails etc from scripts running on the webserver.

I do not have a username or password to use with this SMTP server as I don't have any mailboxes set up (the client wants to keep their original mail server running)

Can I use SMTP Authentication in this situation or am I barking up the wrong tree?

Re: SMTP Authentication (very) basic question

Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 3:42 pm
by Benjamin
You can use either the SMTP server on the box or your clients, but either way it needs a server address, user name and password in order to send mail.

Re: SMTP Authentication (very) basic question

Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 7:38 am
by ashleyK
Thanks for the reply.

Does this mean that if I set up a mail account on the webserver box, it will let me do SMTP Authentication even though the account isn't running on the primary mailserver (as found in DNS)

Re: SMTP Authentication (very) basic question

Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 12:16 pm
by Benjamin
Uhhh I would think so? Can't hurt to give it a try.

Re: SMTP Authentication (very) basic question

Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 12:29 pm
by ashleyK
Yes, giving it a try is my next course of action.

Thanks for putting up with my simpleton questions