Why should I use riseup.nets outgoing mail server?
There are many good reasons to use our SMTP: • The SMTP provided by riseup.net is over an encrypted connection. Most other SMTP service is insecure, where messages are sent in clear text. • We do not include your home IP address in the headers of your outgoing mail. We know of only a couple other providers which do this. We have written special software to make this possible. • Some ISPs will not let you send mail which has a from address different from their domain (for example, if you try to use AOL’s SMTP with any address other than an aol.com address it will fail). • Some ISPs severely limit how many emails you can send. • The SMTP service provided by riseup.net is portable: it does not depend on what network you are connected to. You will always be able to use it even if you are moving your computer around. On the other hand, you may wish to use the SMTP provided by your ISP: • riseup.net’s SMTP requires authentication and a secure connection, which is not supported by all mail cl
