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WifiSmtp - 1.1.1

get ISP name & smtp server for a WiFi hotspot

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Selected Version:	1.1.1
Release Date:	2006-08-06
License:	Freeware
Downloads (version 1.1.1):	7,404
Downloads (all versions):	11,272

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Product Description:

Don't you hate it when you are connected to a WiFi hotspot but you can't send e-mails because the ISP prevents you from using any other SMTP server than its own (and you usually don't know its address) ?

WifiSmtp tells you:

the name of the Internet Service Provider (ISP) you are connected to
the address of that ISP's mail server (SMTP)
the connection speed (available bandwidth)

It can also:

copy the address of the SMTP server to the clipboard (so that you can paste it into you favorite e-mail software)
regularly check the connection status

IMPORTANT NOTE: The current version of WifiSmtp can only recognize ISPs in a few European countries as well as one in Canada. Please send us information about your own ISP so that WifiSmtp can be useful in every part of the world (refer to the end of the readme for details).

What's new in this version:

Changed URL of database update file
Updated the local database (inside the application package)
Made the e-mail reports (uknown or incorrect ISP) a little clearer and added some debugging information
Known bugs:
- An error -1762 (that you can safely ignore) can randomly appear
- ISP identification in South America and Africa barely works, or not at all. Informations that can be obtained from an IP address is not delivered in the same format as for other continents. A future version of WifiSMTP will support that format.

Note: if you have submitted information on an ISP and WifiSmtp still reports it as "unknown" it simply means that I haven't had time to update the database. Same thing if your name is not yet in the ReadMe. Check for updates regularly using the update button in WifiSmtp.

Operating System Requirements:

This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:

Mac OS X 10.4 Intel
Mac OS X 10.4 PPC
Mac OS X 10.3.9

Additional Requirements:

Mac OS X 10.3.9 or higher
Universal Binary

Feedback Summary:

Version 1.1.1:
Overall Rating:	(5.0)	Features:	(3.0)	Support:	(3.0)
Ease of Use:	(5.0)	Quality / Stability:	(5.0)	Price:	(5.0)

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Use as speed checker. - Version: 1.1.1, 8/14/2006 11:20AM PST

ol_pip

Simple. Nice knowing the speed rate.

Sounds - Version: 1.1.1, 8/7/2006 11:52AM PST

Hookoa

The goofy alert sounds notified me that this is a solution looking for a problem, and somebody built this with little thought other than to be cutesy.

There are so many OTHER ways of sending email from a hotspot. I agree with the poster who said, "don't give anyone a reason to lock you out of their wifi spot".

bill

Yes, it is useful to some - Version: 1.1.1, 8/7/2006 01:41AM PST

Peyo

In reply to some earlier posts, this tool *IS* useful in some circumstances and to some people.

Not everyone is using an email account from an ISP (I know I don't) so obviously "just use your ISP mail server" is not the answer for them.

Using the OSX built-in mail server, activated through PostFix Enabler, might work (I know I use it wherever I can) but some gateways block SMTP traffic from any other machine than their own, trusted, internal mail server. So not your laptop then.

So getting the info about that trusted mail server can come in handy. And no, not every SMTP server require an account (actually most don't).

Hope this helps clarify...